37/33. Chapter:
Sunan Ibn Majah 4276 — Gathered Barefoot and Naked
The Resurrection
Hadith About Being Gathered Barefoot and Naked on Judgment Day
Sunan Ibn Majah : 4276
Sunan Ibn MajahHadith Number 4276
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَالِدٍ الأَحْمَرُ، عَنْ حَاتِمِ بْنِ أَبِي صَغِيرَةَ، عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ، عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ، قَالَ قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ كَيْفَ يُحْشَرُ النَّاسُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ قَالَ " حُفَاةً عُرَاةً " . قُلْتُ وَالنِّسَاءُ قَالَ " وَالنِّسَاءُ " . قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَمَا يُسْتَحْيَى قَالَ " يَا عَائِشَةُ الأَمْرُ أَشَدُّ مِنْ أَنْ يَنْظُرَ بَعْضُهُمْ إِلَى بَعْضٍ " .
A'isha Narrated from:
I said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, how will the people be gathered on the Day of Resurrection?’ He said: ‘Barefoot and naked.’ I said: ‘And the women?’ He said: ‘And the women.’ I said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, will we not feel embarrassed?’ He said: ‘O ‘Aishah, the matter will be too serious for them to look at one another.’”
Reference : Sunan Ibn Majah 4276In-book reference : Book 37, Hadith 177English translation : Vol. 5, Book 37, Hadith 4276
Summary of Sunan Ibn Majah Hadith 4276
This hadith about being gathered barefoot and naked on the Day of Resurrection answers a question from Aishah. She asked how people would be gathered, and the Prophet said: barefoot and naked. She asked about women too, and he said that women would also be gathered that way. When she asked about shame, the Prophet explained that the matter would be too serious for people to look at one another. The hadith does not make the scene casual or light. It shows the weight of the Day of Resurrection. People will not be focused on each other in the usual way. The concern and seriousness of that Day will be greater than worldly embarrassment.
What we learn from this hadith
- People will be gathered barefoot and naked on the Day of Resurrection.
- The same gathering is mentioned for men and women in this narration.
- The seriousness of that Day will distract people from looking at one another.
