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Will disobedient Muslims be able to prostrate to Allah on the Day of Resurrection, knowing that hypocrites will not be able to do so?

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The Sunnah indicates that nations will be called on the Day of Resurrection to follow what they used to worship. The people of Tawhid (monotheism) will remain, and Allah will uncover His Shin, whereupon the believers will prostrate to Him sincerely, while the hypocrites will try to prostrate, but their backs will become a single layer, and they will be unable to. The hypocrites will be separated from the believers by a wall, and the believers will cross the Sirat (bridge), some of them being saved and some falling into the Fire. The disobedient believers will prostrate because they used to prostrate sincerely in this world, and they will be distinguished from the hypocrites and will cross the Sirat. The Hadith is used as evidence for the disbelief of one who abandons prayer, and that such a person will not be among those who prostrate to Allah or cross the Sirat; rather, he will go to the Fire with the disbelievers. The disobedient Muslims in the Fire will be recognized by the marks of prostration, which the Fire will not consume, and the Prophet will recognize his Ummah by their radiant faces and white limbs from the traces of ablution.

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