{"_id":"6a6f77779f3ece1b887a4fa3","title":"{\"ops\":[{\"insert\":\"Will family members turn against one another on the Day of Judgment?\\n\"}]}","question":"{\"ops\":[{\"insert\":\"I have often heard that on the Day of Judgment, family members will turn against one another in order to save themselves. Is this true for every person? Is there a way to be among those who are not like this? And if family members flee from one another on that Day, how will they be reunited in Paradise?\\n\"}]}","answer":"{\"ops\":[{\"insert\":\"No, this is not true of everyone. The Qur'an describes people fleeing even their closest relatives on that Day:\\n\\n\"},{\"attributes\":{\"bold\":true},\"insert\":\"\\\"On that Day every person will flee from their own siblings, and even their mother and father, and even their spouse and children. For then everyone will have enough concern of their own.\\\" (\"},{\"attributes\":{\"link\":\"https://quran.com/80/34-37\",\"bold\":true},\"insert\":\"Qur'an 80:34–37\"},{\"attributes\":{\"bold\":true},\"insert\":\")\"},{\"insert\":\"\\n\\nThis is illustrating the terror of that Day weighing on the accountable soul; it is not necessarily malice or betrayal between relatives.\\n\\nThere are, however, exceptions:\\n\\n\"},{\"attributes\":{\"bold\":true},\"insert\":\"\\\"Close friends will be enemies to one another on that Day, except for the righteous, who will be told, 'O My servants, there is no fear for you today, nor will you grieve.'\\\" (\"},{\"attributes\":{\"link\":\"https://quran.com/43/67-68\",\"bold\":true},\"insert\":\"Qur'an 43:67–68\"},{\"attributes\":{\"bold\":true},\"insert\":\")\"},{\"insert\":\"\\n\\nTo be counted among the righteous: let faith be the foundation of your relationships, so that even your closest ties are built on what pleases Allah.\\n\\n\"},{\"attributes\":{\"bold\":true},\"insert\":\"\\\"...except those who have faith, do good, and urge each other to the truth, and urge each other to perseverance.\\\" (\"},{\"attributes\":{\"link\":\"https://quran.com/103/3\",\"bold\":true},\"insert\":\"Qur'an 103:3\"},{\"attributes\":{\"bold\":true},\"insert\":\")\"},{\"insert\":\"\\n\\nAs for how loved ones will meet one another in Paradise, Allah says:\\n\\n\"},{\"attributes\":{\"bold\":true},\"insert\":\"\\\"We will remove whatever bitterness they had in their hearts. In a friendly manner, they will be on thrones, facing one another.\\\" (\"},{\"attributes\":{\"link\":\"https://quran.com/15/47\",\"bold\":true},\"insert\":\"Qur'an 15:47\"},{\"attributes\":{\"bold\":true},\"insert\":\")\"},{\"insert\":\"\\n\\nThe desperation of Judgment Day, then, does not define eternal relationships; in Paradise, every trace of bitterness between loved ones will be lifted.\\n\"}]}","tags":[{"_id":"668da0010b76658b4c232b9d","tag":"Relationships: Parent and Child","count":129},{"_id":"668da0830b76658b4c23393f","tag":"Relationships: Sibling","count":32},{"_id":"668da0350b76658b4c233100","tag":"Unseen: The Day of Judgement","count":14}],"createdOn":"2026-08-02T16:59:35.364Z"}