Sahih al-Bukhari 6573

Sa'id and 'Ata' ibn Yazid related from Abu Hurayra from the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. 'Ata' ibn Yazid al-Laythi related that Abu Hurayra said, "Some people said, 'Messenger of Allah, will we see our Lord on the Day of Rising?' He said, 'Do you have any doubt about seeing the moon on a night when it is full and there are no clouds obscuring it?' They said, 'No, Messenger of Allah.' He said, 'Do you have any doubt about seeing the sun when there are no clouds obscuring it?' They said, 'No, Messenger of Allah.' He said, 'That is how you will see Him on the Day of Rising. Allah will gather people together and will say, "Whoever used worship something should follow it." Those who worshipped the sun will follow it, those who worshipped the moon will follow it, and those who worshipped idols will follow them. This community will be left, together with its hypocrites. Then Allah will come to them in other than the form which they recognise and say, "I am your Lord." They will say, "We seek refuge with Allah from you. This where we stay until our Lord comes to us. When our Lord comes to us, we will recognise him." Then Allah will come to them again in the form which they recognise and say, "I am your Lord." They will say, "You are our Lord," and they will follow him. A bridge will be set up over Jahannam.' "The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, 'I will be the first to cross it. The supplication of the Messengers on that day will be, "O Allah, preserve us! Preserve us!" It has hooks like the thorns of the prickly-plant Have you seen the thorns of the prickly-plant?' They said, 'Yes, indeed, Messenger of Allah.' He said, 'They are like the thorns of the prickly-plant except that only Allah knows how huge they are. They will hook onto people according to their actions. Some of them will be destroyed by their actions and some will be lacerated and then saved. When Allah has finished judging between His slaves and wishes to bring out of the Fire those He wishes to bring out of the Fire of those who used to testify, "There is no god but Allah," He will command the angels to bring them out. They will recognise them by the mark of sajda. Allah has forbidden the Fire to consume the mark of sajda on the child of Adam. They will emerge from the Fire burned and blackened and a water called the water of life will be poured over them and they will grow as the seed on the bank of a stream grows. Then only one man will be left who will be facing the Fire and he will say, "O Lord! Its wind has poisoned me and its blaze has burned me! Turn my face away from the Fire!" He will continue to supplicate Allah who will say, "If I grant you that, perhaps you will ask something else?" He will say, "No, by Your might! I will not ask Me for anything else!" Allah will turn his face away from the Fire. "'Then he will say after that, "O Lord, bring me near to the door of the Garden!" Allah will say, "Did you not claim that you would not ask Me for anything else? Woe to you, son of Adam! How treacherous you are!" He will continue to supplicate Him and Allah will say, "If I grant you that, you will ask something else." He will say, "No, by Your might, I will not ask for anything except that!" He will give pledges and promises that he will not ask Him for anything else, and He will bring him right up to the door of the Garden. When he sees what it contains, he will be silent for as long as Allah wishes him to be silent. Then he will say, "O Lord, let me enter the Garden!" Allah will say, "Did you not claim that you would not ask Me for anything else? Woe to you, child of Adam! How treacherous you are!" He will say, "O Lord, do not make me the most wretched of Your creation!" He will continue to supplicate Him until He will laugh at him. When He laughs at him, He will then give him permission to enter it. When he enters it, he will be told, "Wish from that" and he will make wishes until, when he stops wishing, He will say to him, "You can have that and the same again."'" Abu Hurayra said, "That man will be the last of the people of the Garden to enter it." He ('Ata') said, "Abu Sa'id al-Khudri was sitting with Abu Hurayra and did not change any of his hadith until he reached his words, 'You can have that and the same again.' and Abu Sa'id said, 'I heard the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, say, "You can have that and the same ten times over.'" Abu Hurayra said, 'I remember it as "the same again.'"