28. Injustice

28. Injustice

chapter 225. Injustice is Darkness

483. Jabir ibn ‘Abdullah reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “Fear injustice. Injustice will appear as darkness on the Day of Rising. Fear avarice. Avarice destroyed people before you and led them to shed one another’s blood and to make lawful what was unlawful for them.”
Grade: Saheeh (Authentic)
Commentary: Qaadee ‘Iyyaad (الله رحمه (explained, “It (i.e. injustice) will be darkness over the unjust on the Day of Rising. He will not be guided by it as the believer will be guided by his light.” Justice brings about benefaction and maintaining ties while injustice causes severance of ties. See also comment on narration no.

484.Jabir reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “During the final days of my community there will be distortion, slander and tyranny, and it will begin with people who commit injustices.”
Grade: Da’eef (Weak)

485. Ibn ‘Umar reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “Injustice will appear as darkness on the Day of Rising.”
Grade: Saheeh (Authentic)
Commentary: Qaadee ‘Iyyaad (الله رحمه (explained, “It (i.e. injustice) will be darkness over the unjust on the Day of Rising. He will not be guided by it as the believer will be guided by his light.” Justice brings about benefaction and maintaining ties while injustice causes severance of ties. See also comment on narration no

486. Abu Sa’id reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “When the believers are saved from the Fire, they will be stopped on a bridge between the Garden and the Fire. They were be interrogated concerning the injustices which occurred between them in this world. When they have been cleansed and they have been disciplined, then they will be given permission to enter the Garden. By the One who holds the soul of Muhammad in His hand, one of them is better guided in his position than he was in this world.”
Grade: Saheeh (Authentic)
Commentary: In a wording of the same hadeeth it says, “When the believers have crossed the bridge over the Fire…” The Siraat is a very thin and slippery bridge erected over the Fire after which is the Garden. People will cross the bridge according to their good deeds; some will cross in the twinkling of an eye, some like (speed of) lightning, some like the (speed of) wind. Others will cross like (i.e in the speed of) a horse, some like the riding of a camel. Some will run, some will walk, some will crawl and some will be wrenched away and thrown into the Fire. Those amongst the sinful Muslims who fall into the Fire will remain for as long Allah wills, but will later be pardoned and removed from the Fire. The Qantarah is the end part of the Siraat after which is the Garden. May Allah protect us from the Fire. Therefore, despite the great success of crossing the Bridge, Allah the Mighty and Exalted will not allow the people to go into the Garden until they have been cleansed and purified of all sorts of injustice.

487. Abu Hurayra reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “Beware of injustice. Injustice will appear as darkness on the Day of Rising. Beware of coarseness. Allah does not love those who are coarse and foul mouthed. Beware of avarice for it destroyed those before you. They cut off their relatives. Allah summoned them and they made lawful what was unlawful.”
Grade: Saheeh (Authentic)

488. Jabir reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “Beware of injustice. Injustice will appear as darkness on the Day of Rising. Fear avarice. It destroyed those before you and caused them to shed one another’s blood and to make lawful what was unlawful.”
Grade: Saheeh (Authentic)

489. Abu’d-Duha said, “Masruq and Shutayr ibn Shakal met in the mosque. The people sitting in circles in the mosque moved towards them. Masruq said, ‘I can only think that these people are gathering around us in order to hear good from us. If you relate from ‘Abdullah, I will confirm you. If I relate from ‘Abdullah, you can confirm me.’ He said, ‘Abu ‘A’isha, relate!’ He said, ‘Did you heart ‘Abdullah say, “The eyes commit fornication. The hands commit fornication. The feet commit fornication, and then the genitals either confirm or deny that”?’ ‘Yes,’ he replied, ‘I have heard it.’ He said, ‘Did you hear ‘Abdullah say, “There is no ayat in the Qur’an which is greater in combining the halal and the haram and the command the prohibition than this ayat: ‘Allah commands to justice and doing good and giving to relatives’ (16.90)?”‘ ‘Yes,’ he replied, ‘I have heard it.’ He said, ‘Did you hear ‘Abdullah say, “There is no ayat in the Qur’an swifter in bringing relief than His words, “Whoever has taqwa of Allah He will give him a way out” (65:20?’ ‘Yes,’ he replied, ‘I have heard it.’ He said, ‘Did you hear ‘Abdullah say, “There is no ayat in the Qur’an stronger in entrusting things to Allah than His words, “My slaves, you have transgressed against yourselves, do not despair of the mercy of Allah” (39:53)?’ ‘Yes,’ he replied, ‘I heard that.'”
Grade: Hasan (Sound)
Commentary: The narration highlights the following, among others: 1. From the beneficial use of the mosque is for the people of knowledge and its students to conduct learning circles in them. 2. One should approach the people of knowledge and seize any right opportunity to benefit from their knowledge. 3. Knowledge can be reffered to as Khayr (good). 4. From the best of knowledge is that transmitted by the companions – may Allah be pleased with them all. 5. The people of knowledge should cooperate to teach the people from the Khayr that Allah has bestowed on them. 6. One should be careful of what he looks at, touches, and where he goes. The senses should not be employed in sins. 7. If one fears Allah in the open and the secret, He will make a way out for Him. 8. Allah the Mighty and Sublime is so merciful to His creatures. He forgives whoever turns to Him in repentance. 9. The best speeches are the concise and all-encompassing ones. Allah Knows best.

490. Abu Dharr reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, reported that Allah, the Blessed and Exalted, said: “My slaves! I have forbidden injustice for Myself and I have made it forbidden among you, so do not wrong one another.
“My slaves! You err by night and day and I forgive wrong actions and do not care. Ask me for forgiveness and I will forgive you.
“My slaves! All of you are hungry unless I have fed you, so ask Me to feed you, and I will feed you. All of you are naked unless I have clothed you, so ask Me to clothe you and I will clothe you.
“My slaves! If all of you, the first of you and the last of you, the jinn among you and the men among you, were to be as godfearing as the most godfearing heart of any one of you, that would not add anything to My kingdom. If they were to be as corrupt as the most corrupt heart of any one of you, that would not decrease anything in My kingdom. If they were to join together in one place and then ask of Me, and I gave every man among them what he asked for that, that would not reduce My kingdom at all, except as the sea is decreased if a needle is dipped into it.
“My slaves! It is only your actions which I have appointed for you. Whoever finds good should praise Allah. Whoever finds other than that should only blame himself.'”
Grade: Saheeh (Authentic)
Commentary: The hadeeth teaches that: 1. Allah the Mighty and Sublime is Able to do all things, yet He is ever Just. He says, “And your Lord will never be unfair to anyone.” (Q 18: 49). 2. Allah prohibits the creatures from wronging themselves. So a person should neither wrong himself nor anyone else. 3. Allah is Kind and Merciful towards His creatures; He feeds them, clothes them, pardons and grants tremendous favors on them. 4. The servant should regularly supplicate to Allah the Most High for his wordly needs as he would beseech Him for guidance and pardon. 5. One should be optimistic of been granted forgiveness of his errors when he sincerely seeks Allah’s forgiveness. 6. The vastness of Allah’s kingdom; for as nothing really reduces from the sea if the needle is dipped into it, nothing reduces from Allah’s kingdom if he grants all creatures their needs at the same time! 7. We should be godfearing at all times keeping in mind that our deeds – secret and open – are recorded, and that we will be recompensed accordingly. 8. The righteousness of a person does not bring any benefit to Allah the Mighty and Exalted. 9. Allah is ever Just; so the one who finds other than good reward has only reaped what he sowed. 10. The pious predecessors were full of reverence for Allah’s words