Part 15

are an adulteress." or "a harlot", or "a whore" or to say to her husband, "you are the prostitute's

husband" or to call her child as " the whore's child"

The same rule is applied if someone slanders a man of committing adultery, or a free boy

with pederasty. The unjust accuser in all the above cases must suffer eighty stripes unless he

brings a testimony of four men who support his allegation. Otherwise, he must be flogged with

eighty lashes upon the request of the offended person.

The Prophet, too, forbade a man to wrongfully accuse his bondman or his slave girl of

A person who accuses his maid servant with adultery, will be subjected to the punishment

of slandering on the Day of Judgement unless he happens to be true"

A lot of ignorant people are indulged in such offenses which procure the chastisement in

this world and in the hereafter.

When a person says something unknowingly right or wrong, it may lead him to fall down in

hell as far away as the distance between the east and west.

"0 Messenger of Allah! Will we be called to account for what we say?" The Prophet answered

"May you be lost to your mother! The people will be thrown with their face." down, into the hell

only on account of the product of the tongues "i.e. their talking: " He who believes in Allah and the Day

of Resurrection should speak well. Otherwise, he should keep silent."1

{Not a word does he utter but there is a vigilant Guardian.} (50:18)

'Uqbah Ibn ' Amir once asked the Prophet (pbuh),

"What is the salvation, Allah's Apostle?" The Prophet said, "Control your tongue, keep inside your house,

and weep (be sorry) for your sins. And the person farthest from Allah will be the one whose heart is hard" 2

"Verily Allah dislikes the indecent obscene person " 3

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22) Misappropriating Spoils of War, Muslim Funds or zakah

{ If thou fearest treachery from any group, throw back (their covenant) to them, (so as to be) on equal

terms: for Allah loveth not the treacherous.} (8:58)

{No Prophet could ever act dishonestly. If any person acts dishonestly he shall, on the Day of Judgement,

restore what he misappropriated, then shall every soul receive its due whatever it earned.} (2:161)

Abu Hurairah heard the Prophet (pbuh) mentioning Ghulul, emphasizing its magnitude, and

declaring that it was a grave sin, saying,

"Do not commit Ghalul, for I would not like to see anyone amongst you on the day of Judgement, carrying

over his neck a camel that will be grunting. Such a man will say,"O Allah's Apostle! Intercede with Allah

for me!" and I will say," I cannot help you for I conveyed Allahs' message to you. Nor would I like to see a

man carrying over his neck a horse that will be neighing. Such a man will be saying," O Allahs' Apostle!

Intercede with Allah for me!" and I will reply," I cannot help you, for I conveyed Allahs' message to you".

Nor should I like to see a man carrying over his neck a sheep that will be bleating, or one carrying over his

neck a crying soul, or one carrying over his neck clothes which will be fluttering, or one carrying over his

neck gold and silver. Such men will be saying,' 0 Allah's Apostle! Intercede with Allah for us, and I will

say," I cannot help you for I conveyed Allah's message to you."1

Whosoever takes from these kinds of the spoils before they are distributed among the fighters or

something from the Muslim's common treasury without the Imam's permission, or something from the

zakah fund which is assigned to the poor, will come on the Day of Judgement carrying it on his neck.

"Render back (even) the thread and the needle, and shun Ghalul, for it puts man (who commits it) to shame

on the Day of Judgement."2

The Prophet appointed a man named

"Ibn Al-Lutaibah for collecting the Zakah. When he returned he said, "This (i.e. the Zakah) is for you and

this has been given to me as a present: whereupon, the Prophet ascended the pulpit and gave a sermon,

saying, "By Allah, whoever takes something from the resources of the zakah (unlawfully) will meet Allah

carrying it on his neck on the Day of Resurrection.

Verily, I may know one of you who will meet Allah carrying on his neck a camel what will be grunting, or a

cow that will be mooing, or a sheep that will be bleating. Then the Prophet raised his hands till we saw the

whiteness of his armpits, and he said thrice "0 Allah! Have I not conveyed your message (to them)?"3

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"When we conquered Khaibar, we gained neither gold nor silver as booty, but we gained goods, food and

clothes. Then we departed with Allah's apostle to the valley of " Al-Qira", and at that time Allah's apostle

had a slave of his called "Rifa'ah lbn Yazid who had been presented to him by a man who had leprosy.

While the slave was dismounting the saddle of Allah's apostle, an arrow (its thrower was unknown) came

and hit him. The people said, " Congratulations to him on his martyrdom". Allah's apostle said," No, by

him in whose hand is my soul, he had a sheet (of cloth) which he had taken (illegally) on the day of Khaibar

from the booty before its distribution and has become a flame of fire burning him." On hearing that, a man

brought one or two leather straps of shoes to the Prophet and said, "These are the things I took (illegally)"

"This is a strap, or these are two straps, of fire", the Prophet said." 1

`Abdullah Ibn ' Amr related,

"There was a man who looked after the family and the belongings of the Prophet was called "Karkarah."

The man died and Allah's apostle said," He is in the Hell fire. The people then went to look at him and

found in his place a cloak he has stolen from the war booty."2

Zaid Ibn Khalid AI-Juhani narrated,

"A man has stolen something from the booty of Khaibar. As a result, the Prophet refused to observe

the funeral prayer for him and said to his companions " Observe prayer for your fellowman, (and I would

never observe it for him because he has stolen (from the booty obtained from war) in the way of Allah"

Zaid added, "We, then, searched that man, luggage and found therein some of the Jews pear's which were

Imam Ahmad related, "Allah's apostle avoided prayer for none but the one who had stolen from the

war booty and the one who had committed suicide. The Prophet said,

"The gifts presented to official employees are a sort of Ghulul." And there are numerous Prophetic

traditions related to this point, and some of them are mentioned in the chapter of "Injustice"4

Injustice, generally speaking, may be classified into three categories:

a) To violently spoil one's property.

b) To act tyrannically by unjustly killing, beating or wounding people.

c) To aggressively insult, curse, slander and ill-treat people. The Prophet, while being at "Mina" gave a

"0 People! Your belongings, and your honor are sacred to each other as sacred as this day, this month, and

this city." and: prayer is invalid without ablution, and charity is unlawful from Ghalul." 5

{As to the thief, male or female, cut off his or her hand: retribution for their deed and exemplary

punishment from Allah, and Allah is exalted in power, full of Wisdom.} (5:38)

Ibn Shihab commented, 'I Allah severely punished whosoever steals people's property by cutting off

his / her hand. And He is Almighty in retribution and full of wisdom in dispensing the penalty he has

"When an adulterer commits illegal sexual intercourse, then he is not a believer at the time he is

doing it, and when somebody drinks an alcoholic drink, then he is not a believer at the time of drinking it,

and when a thief steals, he is not a believer at the time he is stealing. The door of repentance is usually

Ibn 'Umar narrated, I' Allah's apostle cut off the hand of a thief for stealing a shield that was worth

'Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) narrated, "The hand should be cut off for

stealing something that is worth a quarter of a dinar or more."2

"The hand of a thief was not cut off except for stealing something equal to a shield in value." It was said, "

`Aishah: How much is shield worth?' She answered: "A quarter of a Dinar."3

According toariothernarration the Prophet said, "Cut off (hands and feet) for stealing what is worth a

quarter of a Dinar, but not less".

A quarter of a dinar, by then, was worth three "Dirhams."

Abu Hurairah narrated the Prophet as saying,

"Allah curses the thief who steals a "Baidhah" (or a helmet) for which his hand is to be cut off, or

steals a rope for which his hand is to be cut off."4

Ai-' Amash commented, "People used to interpret "Baidhah" as an iron helmet, and they used to think

that the rope may cost a few dirhams.

"A woman from Banu Makhzum used to borrow things and never give them back. Consequently, the

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Prophet passed an order to get her hand cut off."1

"The woman's people ~ame to Usama Ibn Zaid to intercede with the Prophet that he may pardon her. When

Usamah spoke to Allah's apostle about that matter, Allah's apostle said, "Do you intercede (with me) to

violate one of the legal penalties of Allah?" Then he got up and addressed the people, saying, "0 people!

The nations before you went astray because if a noble person committed theft, they used to leave him, but if

a weak person among them committed theft; they used to inflict the legal penalties on him. By Allah, if

Fatimah, the daughter of Muhammad committed theft, Muhammad would have cut off her hand!" 2

Abdul-Rahman Ibn Muhayriz asked Fudhalah Ibn Ubaid whether hanging the thiefs amputated hand to

his neck is of the tradition of the Prophet. He said.

"A thief was summoned before the Prophet who gave an order to cut off his hand and tie it to his

The Muslim Jurists viewed that a thiefs' repentance is not valid unless he gives back what he has

robbed. In case he is bankrupt, he should ask the real owner of the stolen thing to pardon him.