when we will be pought to His presence with heads bowed down...

when we will be pought to His presence with heads bowed down in shame and repentence, and with a blackened face, but with heads full of their love (Walayah), we have faith that He will cause our accounts to be scrutinized by a Benevolent Son of a Benevolent Father who Himself holds a high status in the eyes of the Almighty. (ma’ad) Whose Account will be taken ? On the day of Qayamat people who will be accounted for their deeds will be classified into four groups.

The first group of people will be the ones who will be made to enter paradise without accounting. They will be the ones who loved Ahlulbait (A.S.) in their life-time and had not committed any sins, or died after repenting and seeking forgiveness from Allah. The second group be will averse to the first one, they will be the enemies of Ahlulbait (A.S.). They will be thrown head- long into the fire of hell without taking their accounts.

The following verse speaks about such people: “These are they who disbelieve in the communications of their Lord and His meeting, so their deeds become null, and therefore we will not set up a balanca for them on the day of resurrection”. (Surah-al-Kahf: 105).

Shaikh Kulaini relates from Imam Ali Zainul Abadeen (A.S.) that He said, that the polytheists (mushreqeen)’s and unbelievers (kafereen)’s deeds will not be weighed weighing of deeds (meezane A amal), accounting (Hisab), and scroll of deeds are meant for the muslims only, while according to the Qur’an the polytheists and unbelievers will remain in eternal chastisement. The third group will consist of people who will be made to wait for accounting.

They will be the ones whose evil deeds would be surpassing their good deeds. When their sins will be compensated for (by waiting long), they will find freedom. The Holy prophet (S.A.W.S.) said to Abdullah ibne Abbas, “Some people will have to wait for a hundred years for accounting, and only then will they be made to enter paradise”. But for which particular sin will he be made to wait is not specified.

Hence a believer (mo’min) should keep himself away from all sins, so that he may not have to wait that long. (ma’ad) Shaikh Sadooq relates from Imam Ja’far –as- Sadiq (A.S.) that He said, that on the day of Qayamat two types of people from the followers of Ahlulbait (A.S.) will have to wait for long. One will be the indigent a poor person, while other a rich a wealthy person. The poor man will cry out, “o my Lord why do I have to wait so long.