Is the report that Allah apologizes to the poor on Resurrection Day authentic?
2026-10-14
T164 · Ibn Taymiyyah
Shaykh al-Islām Ibn Taymiyyah
شيخ الإسلام أحمد بن تيمية
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النص العربي
السؤال الأصلي
ومما يروون عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم: "أن الله يعتذر للفقراء يوم القيامة ويقول: وعزتي وجلالي ما زويت الدنيا عنكم لهوانكم على، لكن أردت أن أرفع قدركم في هذا اليوم، انطلقوا إلى الموقف فمن أحسن إليكم بكسرة، أو سقاكم شربة من الماء، أو كساكم خرقة انطلقوا به إلى الجنة".
الجواب
الحمد لله، هذا الشأن كذب، لم يروه أحد من أهل العلم بالحديث، وهو باطل مخالف للكتاب والسنة بالإجماع.
English translation
English translation prepared for SalafAlSalih.com from the cited Arabic source. It is not an official translation.
Original question
Among the reports they attribute to the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, is: “Allah apologizes to the poor on the Day of Resurrection and says: ‘By My might and majesty, I did not withhold the world from you because you were insignificant to Me; rather, I wished to raise your rank on this day. Go to the place of gathering, and whoever treated you kindly with a piece of bread, gave you a drink of water, or clothed you with a scrap of cloth, take him into Paradise.’”
Answer
Praise be to Allah. This account is false. None of those knowledgeable about hadith has narrated it. By consensus, it is invalid and contrary to the Book and the Sunnah.
Source and editorial notes
Majmūʿ al-Fatāwā 18/377
مجموع الفتاوى
Majmūʿ al-Fatāwā
Arabic collated with the cited edition and a second transcription: https://quranislam.github.io/fatwa/ibn-taymiyyah/fatwa291.html. Each individual report and its full reply is preserved within the larger collected question. Diacritics omitted and honorific glyphs expanded. Titles and scope notes are editorial.