Selected Course to Understand the Demands of Qur'an
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On the authority of Ibn Abbas (may
Allah be pleased with him), that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of
Allah be upon him) said:
Were people to be given everything that
they claimed, men would [unjustly] claim the wealth and lives of [other]
people. But, the onus of proof is upon the claimant, and the taking of an oath
is upon him who denies.
A hasan hadeeth narrated by al-Baihaqee
and others in this form, and part of it is in the two Saheehs.
On the authority of Adiyy ibn Hatim
(may Allah [The Most High] be pleased with him), who said:
I was with the Messenger of Allah (may the blessings and peace of Allah [The Most High] be upon him)
and there came to him two men: one of them was complaining of penury (being
very poor), while the other was complaining of brigandry (robbery). The
Messenger of Allah (may the blessings and peace of Allah [The
Most High] be upon him) said:
As for brigandry, it will be but a short time
before a caravan will [be able to] go out of Makkah without a guard. As for
penury, the Hour (Day of Judgement) will not arrive before one of you takes his
charity around without finding anyone to accept it from him. Then(1)
one of you will surely stand before Allah, there being no screen between Him
and him, nor an interpreter to translate for him.
Then He will say to him: Did I not bring you wealth? And he will
say: Yes. Then He will say: Did I not
send to you a messenger? And he will say: Yes.
And he will look to his
right and will see nothing but Hellfire, then he will look to his left and will
see nothing but Hell-fire, so let each of you protect himself against Hell-fire,
be it with even half a date – and if he finds it not, then with a kind word.
On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah
[The Most High] be pleased with him), who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah
[The Most High] say:
The first of people against whom
judgment will be pronounced on the Day of Resurrection will be a man who died a
martyr. He will be brought and Allah [The Most High] will make known to him His
favours and he will recognize them. [The Almighty] will say: And what did you do about them? He will say:
I fought for you until I died a martyr. He will say: You have lied - you did but fight that it might be said [of you]: He is
courageous. And so it was said. Then he will be ordered to be dragged along
on his face until he is cast into Hell-fire.
[Another] will be a man who has studied
[religious] knowledge and has taught it and who used to recite the Quran. He
will be brought and Allah [The Most High] will make known to his His favours
and he will recognize them. [The Almighty] will say: And what did you do about them? He will say: I studied [religious] knowledge
and I taught it and I recited the Quran for Your sake. He will say: You have lied - you did but study
[religious] knowledge that it might be said [of you]: He is learned. And you recited
the Quran that it might be said [of you]: He is a reciter. And so it was said.
Then he will be ordered to be dragged along on his face until he is cast into
Hell-fire.
[Another] will be a man whom Allah [The Most High] had made rich and
to whom He had given all kinds of wealth. He will be brought and Allah [The
Most High] will make known to his His favours and he will recognize them. [The Almighty]
will say: And what did you do about them?
He will say: I left no path [untrodden] in which You like money to be spent
without spending in it for Your sake. He will say: You have lied - you did but do so that it might be said [of you]: He is
open-handed. And so it was said. Then he will be ordered to be dragged
along on his face until he is cast into Hell-fire.
It was related by Muslim (also by
at-Tirmidhi and an-Nasa'i).
