Will the meezaan on theDay of Resurrection havea pointer?

Is there any evidence to say that the meezan (thescale)on the day of
resurrection will have a lisaan (tongue)?.
Praise be to Allaah.
The meezaan (balance) which will weigh people's deeds on the Day of
Resurrection is proven in the Qur'aan and mutawaatir Sunnah.With
regard to its description, it is proven that it will have two pans, in
which good deeds and bad deeds will be placed, as it says in the
well-known hadeeth about the one with the piece of paper. Some
scholars said that the meezaan will have a pointer, and there is a
report concerning that from Ibn 'Abbaas and al-Hasan al-Basri, but
there is no saheeh, marfoo' hadeeth concerning that.
Shaykh Saalih ibn 'Abd al-Azeez Aal ash-Shaykh (may Allah preserve
him)said: It is narrated in the Sunnah that the meezaan will have two
pans, one in which bad deeds will be placed andone in which good deeds
will be placed; theone whose pan of good deeds weighs more heavily
will have attained success and willenter Paradise, and the one whose
pan of bad deeds weighs more heavily will be subject tothat which
Allah warned him of.
Some of the scholars said that part of the belief of Ahl as-Sunnah
isthat the meezaan will have two pans and a pointer.
The idea of the meezaanhaving a pointer was mentioned by Ibn Qudaamah
in al-Lam'ah and by others, but there is no clear evidence for this,
or I have not come across any clear evidence for it. Rather they based
this idea on the fact that the pointer will indicate which pan is
heavier, so they looked at the apparent meaning of the words and took
that as proof that it has a pointer, but the matter requires more
research.
End quote from Sharh al-'Aqeedah at-Tahhaawiyyah
The wording of Ibn Qudaamah (may Allah have mercy on him) referred to
appears in Lam'at al-I'tiqaad, wherehe says: The meezaan has two pans
and a pointer, and deeds are weighed in it. "Then, those whose scales
(of good deeds) are heavy, -these, they are the successful. And those
whose scales (of good deeds) are light, they arethose who lose their
ownselves, in Hell will they abide." [al-Mu'minoon 23:102, 103]. End
quote.
Shaykh 'Abd ar-Razzaaq ibn 'Abd al-Muhsin al-'Abbaas (may Allah
preserve him) said: Al-meezaan: part of believing in the Last Day is
believing in the meezaan that will be set up on the Day of
Resurrection: "And We shall set up balances of justice on the Day of
Resurrection, then none will be dealt with unjustly in anything. Andif
there be the weight ofa mustard seed, We will bring it. And Sufficient
are We as Reckoners." [al-Anbiya' 21:47]. So deeds, records and people
will be weighed. It is a real meezaan which has two pans. In one pan
good deeds willbe placed and in the other bad deeds will be placed.
That is referred to the hadeeth of the piece of paper, which mentions
the two pans, as it says: "The piece of paper will be placed in one
pan and the scrolls in the other." In some reports it says: "It has a
pointer and two pans." This was narrated from Ibn 'Abbaas (may Allah
be pleased with him) and was quoted by Abu'sh-Shaykh via al-Kalbi. It
was also narrated from al-Hasan. However, there is no mention of the
pointer in any marfoo' hadeeth, but the hadeeths that speak of the
meezaan are mutawaatir. And the Qur'aan is filled with references to
the meezaan, which is a meezaan that can weighthe smallest amounts:
"So whosoever does good equal to the weight of an atom (or a small
ant), shall see it.
And whosoever does evilequal to the weight of an atom (or a small
ant), shall see it."
[az-Zilzaal :7-8].
End quote from al-Tuhfah as-Saniyyah Sharh Qaseedat Ibn Abi Dawood al-Haa'i
And Allah knows best.

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