Part 32

When she restored her state, she grievously wept and said Omy son it is so cherished to me and if I knew, I

would never do it and I repent to Allah from my doing. Then she entered her house, changed her clothes

and gave me a suite filled with Dirhams and said, O Salih, give these Dirhams in charity on behalf of my

Salih said goodbye to her, supplicated to Allah for her, went away and gave the dirhams in charity. On

the night of the next Thursday, I went to the graves as I used to do and I slept. I saw in my dream that the

people in the cemetery rose from their graves and sat in circles and upon them the plates were descended.

The young man was very happy and delightful amongst them and to him there came a plate and he took it.

When he saw me, he advanced towards me and said, O Salih, may Allah reward you in the best way for me,

Allah the Almighty relieved me from the torture because my mother gave up wailing and lamenting. The

reward of charity also reached me. Sahih said, what are these plates? These are the presents of the living

people to their dead, from charity, recitation of the Quran and supplication. They descended upon them

every night of thus. It is said this is the present of so and so to you. So, return to my mother and send peace

upon her and say to her may Allah reward you in the best way for me. I received the reward of your charity

on behalf of me and you will join us soon, so prepare yourself. Salih said, "I awake and come to the house

of the mother of this youth after some days. I found a bier at its door. I asked for whom this bier is placed?

They replied, for the mother of the youth. I offered prayer upon her and she was buried beside her son in

this grave. I supplicated Allah for them and went away. We ask Allah to cause us to die while we are

Muslims and join us to the righteous people and protect us from the Fire, for He is Ever-Generous, Ever

{The blame is only against those who oppress men with wrong-doing and insolently transgress beyond

bounds through the land, defying right and justice: for such there will be a chastisement grievous}

"Allah has inspired to me that you are all to be humble and that no one should exalt himself above

It is also reported that,

"If a mountain transgresses against the other, Allah will make the one that transgressed it into dust."2

The Prophet (pbuh) also said,

"There is no sin whose owner is more deserving to be tortured by Allah in this world along with

punishment in the Hereafter than the one who transgresses against others and severs the relation with

Allah, the Almighty caused the earth to swallow up Qarun when he transgressed against his people.

Concerning him, Allah the Almighty said,

{Qarun was doubtless, of the people of Moses but he acted insolently towards them.} (Al-Qasas: 76)

Allah, the Almighty also said,

Ibn Al-Jawzi (may Allah have mercy upon him) said, the scholars are in disagreement about the

identification of Qarun's transgression. Ibn 'Abbas said that he designate for the adulteresses a sum of

money to charge Moses (pbuh) with this heinous crime. Ad-Dahak said he transgressed by disbelief in

Allah, the Almighty. Qatada said he transgressed through exalting himself. Ata' AlKhurasani said, he

transgressed through making his clothes longer than the peoples by a span. And Al-Mawrdi said, he served

under the Pharaoh and he transgressed and oppressed the children of Israel.

Concerning Allah's saying" {Then we caused the earth to swallow up him and his house} the scholars said,

"When Qarun ordered the adulteresses to charge Moses as previously mentioned, Moses got angry and he

supplicated Allah against him. Allah the Almighty revealed to him saying, "I ordered the earth to obey you

so order it with whatever you want. Moses said, 'O earth, swallow him,' so it swallowed him until his bed

was sunk into the earth. When Qarun saw this he entreated Moses by the kinship. But Moses said, 'O earth,

swallow him and it took him until his feet were sunk.' Moses continued to supplicate until Qarun was

completely swallowed by the earth. There upon Allah revealed to him, O Moses how harsh you are. By my

honor and Glory, if he entreated me, I would respond to him! Ibn 'Abbas said, Allah caused the earth to

swallow him up until he reached to the lowest earth.

Samrah Ibn Jundub said, whenever the earth swallowed him he would return back to normal and

the process would be repeated. Muqatif said, "When Qarun was destroyed, Banu Israel said, "It is Moses

who destroyed him to take his property and his house, so Allah caused the earth to swallow him up after

three days; {And he had not (the least little) party to help him against Allah)} i.e., to protect him from

Allah, {Nor could he defend himself} i.e. he could not prevent what Allah has revealed him of chastisement.

52) Overburdening and Arrogance against others

This includes overbearing the weak, the male slave, the female slave, the wife and the beast. Allah, the

Almighty ordered us to deal in kindness towards these varieties. He said,

{Serve Allah and join not any partners with Him, and do good to parents, kinsfolk, orphans, those in need,

neighbors who are of kin, neighbors who are strangers, the companion by your side, the way-fairer( ye

meet) and what your right hands possess: for Allah loveth not the arrogant, the vainglorious}

{Serve Allah, and join not any partners with Him}

Al-Wahidi said "Ahmad Ibn Ibrahim Al-Mahragjani told us on the authority of Mu'adh Ibn Jabal (may

Allah be please with him) who said, once I was riding behind the Prophet (pbuh) on a donkey. The Prophet

said, O Mu'adh, I said, here I am! At your service O Messenger of Allah. He said,

"Do you know what are the rights of Allah towards His servants and what are the rights of the

servants towards their Lord? I said, "Allah and His Messenger know best. He said, "The rights of Allah

towards His servants is to worship Him and ascribe not any partners unto Him and the right of servants

towards their Lord is to torment not the one who does not ascribe any partner unto Him." 1

On the authority of Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) who said, "Once a bedouin came to

the Prophet (pbuh) and said, O the Prophet of Allah, counsel me? The Prophet said,

"Do not ascribe anything unto Allah, even if you are cut up into pieces or burnt and do not delay the

prayer from its appointed times for it is the trust of Allah. And do not drink wine for it is the key of every

Allah, the Almighty said, {and do good to parents} this means that the person should deal gently and

be kind to his parents. He should not be harsh in his response to them. He should be before them as the

slave before his master. {Kinsfolk} Allah means that theperson should have good relations with them and

be kind towards them. {Orphans} the person should be merciful towards them and rub their heads. Those in

need, By spending some of his money and returning gratitude. Neighbors who are of kin, means those with

whom you have a kinship. They have the right of kinship, the right of a neighborhood and the right of

Islam. Neighbors who are "strangers" are those with whom you have no kinship.

On the authority of ' Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) "The Prophet (pbuh) said,

"Gabriel continued to counsel me concerning the neighbor until I thought that he would designate to him a

On the authority of Anas Ibn Malik (may Allah be pleased with him), "The Messenger of Allah (pbuh)

"On the Day of Judgment, the neighbor will hang himself to his neighbor saying, "0 Lord, you

granted my brother many blessings and deprived me any. I spent my night suffering the hunger while he

was very satisfied. Ask him why he was very stingy and prevented me any of the blessings You granted to

Concerning Allah's saying, {The companion be our side} Ibn `Abbas and Mujahidsaid, he is the one

who accompanies you in travel, he has the right of the neighbor and the right of companionship. (The

wayfarer is the weak and you should guide him to what he wants. Ibn `Abbas said a person should receive

the wayfarer with hospitality and should feed him until he goes away." What your right hands possess, they

are the slaves, whether male or female. The person should provide for him and should forgive him his

mistakes. Concerning Allah's saying, {for Allah loveth not the arrogant, the vainglorious}, Ibn 'Abbas said,

"What is meant by arrogant is the one who exalted in himself (very proud) who does not observe Allah's

rights. By the vainglorious, Allah means the one who exalts himself over people by the blessings which

On the authority of Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) who said, "the Messenger of Allah

"While a man, from those who preceded you, wearing a garment was walking arrogantly and in a

vainglorious way, he was swallowed by the earth and he will be driven in it until the Day of Judgment."

Usamah said I heard Ibn 'Umar saying, "I heard the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) saying,

"Whoever drags his clothes out of conceit, Allah will not look at him on the Day of Judgment." 3

In this death disease, the Messenger of Allah (pbuh) used to advise people with prayer and

with what their right hands possess saying,

"Allah, Allah, be heedful of prayer and what your right hands possess." 4

In another narration, it is reported that,

"Good treatment of what the person owns is a good omen and ill-treatment is a bad omen." 5

The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said,

"The one who treat what he owns in an evil way will never enter Paradise." 6

Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said,

"Once I was beating my slave with a whip and I heard a voice from behind me saying, "0 Abu

Mas'ud, know that Allah is more able than you on this slave" Ibn Mas'ud said, " I will never beat any slave