(43) Oppressions

CHAPTER 1. Retaliation (on the Day of Judgment) in cases of oppressions.

3:620 Narrated by Abu Said Al-Khudri
Allah’s Apostle said, “When the believers pass safely over (the bridge across) Hell, they will be stopped at a bridge in between Hell and Paradise where they will retaliate upon each other for the injustices done among them in the world, and when they get purified of all their sins, they will be admitted into Paradise. By Him in Whose Hands the life of Muhammad is everybody will recognize his dwelling in Paradise better than he recognizes his dwelling in this world.”

CHAPTER 2. The Statement of Allah :- “No doubt! The Curse of Allah is on the ?âlimân (polytheists, oppressors, and the wrong-doers etc).” (V.11:18)

3:621 Narrated by Safwan bin Muhriz Almazini
While I was walking with Ibn ‘Umar holding his hand, a man came in front of us and asked, “What have you heard from Allah’s Apostle about An-Najwa?” Ibn ‘Umar said, “I heard Allah’s Apostle saying, ‘Allah will bring a believer near Him and shelter him with His Screen and ask him: Did you commit such-and-such sins? He will say: Yes, my Lord. Allah will keep on asking him till he will confess all his sins and will think that he is ruined. Allah will say: ‘I did screen your sins in the world and I forgive them for you today’, and then he will be given the book of his good deeds. Regarding infidels and hypocrites (their evil acts will be exposed publicly) and the witnesses will say: These are the people who lied against their Lord. Behold! The Curse of Allah is upon the wrongdoers.” (11.18)

CHAPTER 3. A Muslim should not oppress another Muslim, nor should he hand him over to an oppressor.

3:622 Narrated by ‘Abdullah bin Umar
Allah’s Apostle said, “A Muslim is a brother of another Muslim, so he should not oppress him, nor should he hand him over to an oppressor. Whoever fulfilled the needs of his brother, Allah will fulfill his needs; whoever brought his (Muslim) brother out of a discomfort, Allah will bring him out of the discomforts of the Day of Resurrection, and whoever screened a Muslim, Allah will screen him on the Day of Resurrection . “

CHAPTER 4. Help your brother whether he is an oppressor or he is an oppressed one.

3:624 Narrated by Anas
Allah’s Apostle said, “Help your brother, whether he is an oppressor or he is an oppressed one. People asked, “O Allah’s Apostle! It is all right to help him if he is oppressed, but how should we help him if he is an oppressor?” The Prophet said, “By preventing him from oppressing others.”

CHAPTER 5. Az-Zulm (Oppression) will be a darkness on the Day of Resurrection.

3:627 Narrated by Ibn ‘Umar
The Prophet said, “Oppression will be a darkness on the Day of Resurrection.”

CHAPTER 6. If the oppressed one forgives the oppressor, is it necessary to describe his oppression?

3:629 Narrated by Abu Huraira
Allah’s Apostle said, “Whoever has oppressed another person concerning his reputation or anything else, he should beg him to forgive him before the Day of Resurrection when there will be no money (to compensate for wrong deeds), but if he has good deeds, those good deeds will be taken from him according to his oppression which he has done, and if he has no good deeds, the sins of the oppressed person will be loaded on him.”

CHAPTER 7. The sin of him who usurps the land of others.

3:632 Narrated by Said bin Zaid
Allah’s Apostle said, “Whoever usurps the land of somebody unjustly, his neck will be encircled with it down the seven earths (on the Day of Resurrection). “
3:634 Narrated by Salim’s father (i.e. ‘Abdullah)
The Prophet said, “Whoever takes a piece of the land of others unjustly, he will sink down the seven earths on the Day of Resurrection.”

CHAPTER 8. If somebody allows cj ii – A another to do something, the permission is valid.

3:635 Narrated by Jabala
“We were in Medina with some of the Iraqi people, and we were struck with famine and Ibn Az-Zubair used to give us dates. Ibn ‘Umar used to pass by and say, “The Prophet forbade us to eat two dates at a time, unless one takes the permission of one’s companions.”

CHAPTER 9. The Statement of Allah :- “Yet he is the most quarrelsome of the opponents.” (V.2:204)

3:637 Narrated by ‘Aisha
The Prophet said, “The most hated person in the sight of Allah is the most quarrelsome person.”

CHAPTER 10. The sin of a man who quarrels unjustly over something while he knows that he is wrong.

3:638 Narrated by Um Salama
(the wife of the Prophet) Allah’s Apostle heard some people quarreling at the door of his dwelling. He came out and said, “I am only a human being, and opponents come to me (to settle their problems); maybe someone amongst you can present his case more eloquently than the other, whereby I may consider him true and give a verdict in his favor. So, If I give the right of a Muslim to another by mistake, then it is really a portion of (Hell) Fire, he has the option to take or give up (before the Day of Resurrection).”

CHAPTER 11. The retaliation of the oppressed person if he finds the property of his oppressor.

3:641 Narrated by ‘Uqba bin ‘Amir
We staid to the Prophet, “You send us out and it happens that we have to stay with such people as do not entertain us. What do you think about it? He said to us, “If you stay with some people and they entertain you as they should for a guest, accept their hospitality, but If they don’t do, take the right of the guest from them.”

CHAPTER 12. No one should prevent his neighbour from fixing a wooden peg in his wall.

3:643 Narrated by Al-Araj
Abu Huraira said, “Allah’s Apostle said, ‘No-one should prevent his neighbor from fixing a wooden peg in his wall.” Abu Huraira said (to his companions), “Why do I find you averse to it? By Allah, I certainly will narrate it to you.”

CHAPTER 13. What is said about the open courtyards of houses and sitting in them, and sitting on the ways.

3:645 Narrated by Abu Said Al-Khudri
The Prophet said, “Beware! Avoid sitting on he roads (ways).” The people said, “There is no way out of it as these are our sitting places where we have talks.” The Prophet said, “If you must sit there, then observe the rights of the way.” They asked, “What are the rights of the way?” He said, “They are the lowering of your gazes (on seeing what is illegal to look at), refraining from harming people, returning greetings, advocating good and forbidding evil.”

CHAPTER 14. When there is a dispute about a public way.

3:653 Narrated by Abu Huraira
The Prophet judged that seven cubits should be left as a public way when there was a dispute about the land.

CHAPTER 15. Prohibition of robbing (taking away somebody’s property publicly by force without his permission), and mutilation of bodies.

3:654 Narrated by ‘Abdullah bin Yazid Al-Ansari
The Prophet forbade robbery (taking away what belongs to others without their permission), and also forbade mutilation (or maiming) of bodies.

CHAPTER 16. (What is said about) one who fights to protect his property?

3:660 Narrated by ‘Abdullah bin ‘Amr bin Al-‘As
I heard the Prophet saying, “Whoever is killed while protecting his property then he is a martyr.”

CHAPTER 17. If a person breaks a wooden bowl or something else belonging to somebody, (should he give a compensation)?

3:661 Narrated by Anas
While the Prophet was with one of his wives, one of the mothers of the believers (i.e. one of his wives) sent a wooden bowl containing food with a servant. The wife (in whose house he was sitting) stroke the bowl with her hand and broke it. The Prophet collected the shattered pieces and put the food back in it and said, “Eat.” He kept the servant and the bowl till he had eaten the food. Then the Prophet gave another unbroken. bowl to the servant and kept the broken one.