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Shiavault - a Vault of Shia Islamic Books An Overview of The Mahdi’s (‘atfs) Government Addendum The following are questions posed by one of the translators of this book and the answers of the author to them: Question 1 Please explain hashr and nashr .[^1] Answer: Perhaps the hadith means that during the commencement of the Day of Reckoning, all human beings and other creatures will head toward Bayt al-Muqaddas (in Jerusalem) except those who were buried in Qum.
In fact, those who would be admitted to paradise will enter it directly from Qum, for, as mentioned in hadith s, one of the doors of heaven will be opened in Qum. Since “it is the day of the transformation of the world into another form,” on the Day of Resurrection this world and all its contents will change and nothing will remain of them. Perhaps, this is improbable.
It is also possible that this hadith refers to the raj‘ah or the purgatory world ( ‘alam al-barzakh ) in which the souls of all believers would assemble in Bayt al-Muqaddas except for those who were buried in Qum which would be a purgatorial heaven for them.
At any rate, perhaps it can be said as an explanation that one of the reasons for abandoning their own religions and inclining to Islam would be as stated in the hadith s. On one hand, they would see that if they embraced Islam, they would enjoy all the privileges of being Muslim. In addition to being exempted from paying the jizyah , they would also have a share in the public treasury.
On the other hand, if they remained in their religions, they would suffer both a guilty conscience (for not accepting the truth after knowing it) and a financial burden (in paying jizyah ). So, they would choose the first option and become Muslims. Or, maybe there are other points and aspects of the hadiths which are beyond our understanding.