Part 17

receive a part of the aggressor's good deed- (as a compensation). Should they fall short of his aggression,

then the aggrieved person' sins and misdeeds will be transformed from them to him, and he will be thrown

into the fire (Hell)." 2

"Beware, from the curse of the oppressed as there is no screen between his invocation and Allah." 3

"Whoever usurps even one span of the land of somebody, his neck will be encircled with it down to the

seven earths on the Day of Resurrection." 4

Allah the Almighty is quoted in a holy tradition, saying,

"My anger is so agitated against those who oppress another person that has none for support except

Some of the righteous ancestors were always reciting, "Do not oppress the weak persons lest you might

be of the most violent of the strongest ones."

Abu Hurairah was quoted saying, "Verily, the bustard dies in its nests fearing from the oppressors.

The Torah states, "Someone calls from behind the Path (Sirat), "O tyrant oppressors! O damned

luxuriant! Allah, indeed, swears by His Might and Majesty that no oppressor will tread that path this Day-

"When the people who had migrated to Ethiopia came back home and met with Allah's Apostle, he asked

them saying, "Would you, please, inform me with some of the wonders you have experienced in the

Ethiopian territories?" Whereupon some young men replied, "We would, O Allah's Apostle". They added,

"While we were sitting, an old monastic woman bearing a jug of water on her head passed by us. Then, an

Ethiopian young boy appeared and put his hand at her back and pushed her. As a result, she fell and her

jug broke. When she stood up she angrily rebuked him saying," "0, treacherous! When Allah sets up His

Reported by Muslim and Al-Tirmidhi.

Throne, assembles the former and latter (generation), and when hands and feet shall confess what they had

produced, then you will realize the (consequences of that) situation between you and me before Him

The narrator said, "Allah's Apostle commented, crying, "She really spoke the truth: how does Allah bless

people whose weak persons can not retaliate from the strong ones ."1

"Five (persons) deserve Allah's wrath and He has the full choice to chastise them in this world, or to

adjourn their case to the Hereafter so that they shall return to the HellFire:

a) A people's ruler who receives his full right of his subjects but does not fulfill their rights from

himself or guard them against himself,

b) A people's commander whom they obey but he does not observe equality between the strong and the

weak, and he talks in vain,

c) A man who does not bid his wife and children to fulfil their duty to Allah, or teach them the affairs of

d) A man who has engaged the services of someone but did not pay him and

e) A man who consummated marriage with a woman but did not grant her a dowry." 2

'Abdullah Ibn Salam related, "After Allah the Almighty had perfected the creation of mankind, they got

up on their feet and directed their gazes towards the sky, saying, "O Lord! Whom would you give your

help?" Allah declared, "I would grant My Help upon the offended until he gets his due right."

W ahb Ibn Munabih narrated, "A tyrant king had built a palace for himself. Later, a poor old woman

came and made a small hut of twigs beside the palace to reside therein. One day, while the king was

wandering round the palace, he saw the hut. Angrily, he asked his servants, "Whose hut is this?" Once he

was informed that it was owned by a poor woman, he gave a command to remove it. As the poor woman

came and saw her hut in ruins, she questioned with sorrow, "Who has demolished my hut?" She was

answered, "It was the king". At this moment she directed her face forward the sky and invoked Allah,

saying, "O Lord! I was actually absent (when my hut was destroyed) but You are never absent!" At the time

of her dua' Allah revealed to Gabriel to turn the palace upside down."

Khalid Ibn Barmak along with his son had once suffered imprisonment. Remembering the past days,

the son said, "O father! After the luxuriant days we had, now we are in jail". His father replied, "O son! We

paid no attention to the offender's invocation which Allah received and did not neglect".

Zaid Ibn Hakim related, "I felt timid before no one except one whom I have wronged, knowing that he

has none to defend him except Allah. And he says to me, "Sufficient for me is Allah, Allah is (the Judge)

Abu Umamah related, "On the Day of Judgement, the oppressors shall meet with their victims on the

board of Hell. They shall recognize each other and remember their situation in this world. So, the offended

would not allow their oppressors to pass unless they take of their good deeds (as compensation). If their

good deeds ran out, the sins of the oppressed persons would be loaded on the oppressors."1

`Abdullah Ibn Unais narrated the Prophet say,

"Allah will gather his worshipers on the Day of Judgement bare-footed, naked and uncircumcised. Then, a

caller whose voice would reach near and far says, "I am the sovereign, I am the Judge. None of the

dwellers of Hell shall enter it, and none of the dwellers of Paradise shall enter it with a misdeed until I

castigate upon him, even in regard to a slap 'and what is more." Allah says, {And not one will thy lord treat

How could we retaliate, while we will be summoned bare-footed, 'O Allah's Apostle?' He answered: 'By the

good deeds and sins, which is a fitting recompense.' {And not one will thy lord treat with injustice.}"2

Kisra, the king of the Persians, had adopted an instructor to educate and culture his child. As soon as the

child had attained the highest level of refinement and education, the instructor brought him only to harshly

beat him for no reason. The child committed this situation to his memory until he came of age and

succeeded the throne of his father as a king. One day, he sent for his old instructor to inquire from him

about the reason for which he beat him. The instructor said,' Your Majesty! Just as you have got the most

refined manners of culture and merits, I became sure that you would succeed your father and be a king.

Hence, I intended to let you taste beating and oppression so as to abandon it in dealing with your subjects".

The little king replied "God bliss you!" He gave an order that he (the instructor) would be rewarded.

"The invocation of the offended person ascends through the clouds. And Allah responds to it saying, "By

My Might and Sovereignty, I will give you victory, even after a while." 3

Of the most detestable forms of Persian is procrastination in repaying one's due debts, while being able.

"Procrastination (delay) in repaying debts by a wealthy person is injustice." 4

"The delay in the payment of debt by one who can afford to pay is injustice that justifies his defamation

and torture by the lender." 5

Defamation means that the lender tells him in public that he has delayed the payment. Torture stands for

Reported in At-Targhib wa At-Tarhib

Reported by Abu Dawud and An-Nasai'.

To deprive a woman of her due dowry, expenditures and draping is a form of injustice. 'Abdullah

Ibn Mas'ud says, "Each man and woman on the Day of Resurrection will be openly shown before all

creatures, and it will be said, This is so-and-so. Let those who have a claim of something over him come

and get it back". Hence, the Prophet said, "Women shall rejoice as they regain their due rights from their

fathers, brothers or husbands. Then,' Abdullah Ibn Ma'sud recited, {There will be no more relationships

between them that day, nor will one ask after another} (AI-Mu'minun: 101)

He added, "Allah will then be tolerant with him in regard to his Own due rights, but not so in the

people's. Thereupon, such a man or woman will be set up and Allah will say to the owners of the rights

"Come and take back your rights." Accordingly, Allah will command the angels, saying, "Take of his/her

good deeds and give every right owner his/her due." In case such a man or woman is righteous and there is

a little bit of his good deeds left behind, Allah will multiply it manifolds so as to admit him to Paradise. But

if he was a wretched person, and nothing of his good deeds remains, the angels would say, "O Lord! His

good deeds are over and he is still indebted, so, Allah will say, "Take of their sins and load on him."

Finally, such a man will be cast into the Fire."

To employ a laborer and not to pay him is a type of injustice. The Prophet mentioned Allah say,

"I will be an opponent to three types of people on the Day of Resurrection:

a) One who makes a covenant in my name, but proves treacherous,

b) One who sells a free person and eats his price,

c) And one who employs a laborer and takes full work from him but does not pay him for his labor." 1

The same rule is dispensed if a Muslim committed any injustices against a Jew or a Christian, for it is

subject to Allah's saying, I am His opponent." It also applies if someone took an oath regarding a debt upon

himself and he was lying.

"Allah has decreed the fire of Hell for a person who usurps the property of a Muslim through false oath

and debarred him from Paradise." A Companion asked, "0 Messenger of Allah! Even if it is a worthless

something?" The Prophet replied, "Even if it be the twig of a bush." 2

Verily, the most abominable thing before a man's eye on the Day of Resurrection is to face the one

whom he had oppressed in this life and who will sue for retaliation.

"Allah will definitely enforce the settlement of all the dues to those entitled to receive them on the Day of

Judgement, even the wrong done to a hornless goat by a horned one will be redressed." 3

"The first to dispute with each other on the Day of Resurrection are a husband and his wife. By Allah, her