Don’t miss any good deed
Dear Islamic
brothers! Did you see! Allah عَزَّ وَجَلَّ
blessed the people who were being punished and set them free by virtue of
different deeds such as obedience to parents, Wuḍū, Ṣalāh, fasting, Ẕikr of
Allah عَزَّ وَجَلَّ, Hajj, ‘Umrah,
behaving relatives well, call to righteousness and prevention from evil,
charity, good character, generosity, crying due to fear of Allah عَزَّ وَجَلَّ, having hope in Allah عَزَّ وَجَلَّ etc.
Remember! All these matters depend upon the will of Allah عَزَّ وَجَلَّ. He عَزَّ وَجَلَّ
is omnipotent, He عَزَّ وَجَلَّ forgives or punishes
whoever He عَزَّ وَجَلَّ wants, and this is
His justice. If He عَزَّ وَجَلَّ wants, He عَزَّ وَجَلَّ forgives by virtue of one (little) deed,
but if He عَزَّ وَجَلَّ wants, He عَزَّ وَجَلَّ punishes for one
(little) sin, and His punishment is very severe.
You have heard about the last two men mentioned in the foregoing Ḥadīš. The Holy Prophet صَلَّى ٱللَّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ saw the retribution being given to those who tell tales and falsely accuse people of sins. Therefore, a wise person should not miss even an apparently minor-looking good deed because that good deed might lead to absolution, and he should avoid every type of sin, no matter how minor it seems to be as that sin might lead to punishment.
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STORIES ABOUT SINNERS
1. Fire blazed up in grave
Sayyidunā ‘Amr Bin
Shuraḥbīl رَحِمَهُ ٱللَّٰهُ تَعَالَى
has stated, ‘Once a person who was considered very pious passed away. After his
burial, the angels of punishment entered his grave and said, ‘We will hit you
100 whips as punishment.’. Frightened, he asked ‘Why will you punish me, I was
a righteous person?’. They replied, ‘We will hit you
50 whips’, but he continued to argue with them. At last, they decided to hit him
only one whip. So, they hit him one whip, which filled the entire grave with
blazes of fire and burnt him to ash
Dear
Islamic brothers! Did you see even a pious and righteous person was punished in
his grave in case of the displeasure of Allah عَزَّ
وَجَلَّ?. May Allah عَزَّ وَجَلَّ
have mercy on us and forgive us without holding us accountable!
آمِين بِجَاهِ النَّبِيِّ
الأَمِين صَلَّى ٱللَّٰهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ
2. Unjust weighing led to divine wrath
Sayyidunā Ḥāriš Muḥāsibī عَلَيْهِ
رَحْمَةُ ٱللَّٰهِ ٱلْقَوِىّ has stated that there was a person who
used to do the work of measuring grain. He left his job and occupied himself
with worshipping Allah عَزَّ وَجَلَّ.
When he died some of his close relatives saw him in a dream and asked, ‘مَا فَعَلَ اللَّهُ بِكَ (How has Allah عَزَّ وَجَلَّ treated you?) He replied, ‘Due to my
carelessness, dust had stuck onto the scale I used to
use for weighing grain. I did not use to clean it because of which the amount
of grain equal to the weight of the dust would reduce at the time of weighing.
I am now being punished for that.’ (Ak
3. Screams from grave
Similarly,
another man who used to weigh food and sell without cleaning his scales was
also punished in his grave after his death, and people even heard him screaming
from inside his grave. Some pious peop
Where do Ḥarām earnings end up?
There
is a lesson in these two admonitory narrations especially for those who weigh
things dishon
Karlay
tawbah Rab kī raḥmat hay baṛī Qabr
mayn warnaḥ sazā hogī kaṛī Repent
as the mercy of Allah is immense Or else punishment in grave will be intense
صَلُّوْا عَلَى الْحَبِيْب
صَلَّى ٱللَّٰهُ تَعَالَىٰ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّد
تُوْبُوْا إِلَى اللَّهِ أَسْتَغْفِرُ الله
صَلُّوْا عَلَى الْحَبِيْب
صَلَّى ٱللَّٰهُ تَعَالَىٰ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّد
Two mountains of fire
It is stated in Rūḥ-ul-Bayān, ‘The one weighing
unjustly will be thrown into the depths of Hell on the
Day of Judgement, and having been made to sit between two mountains of fire,
will be commanded to weigh them. When he approaches the mountains, the fire
will burn hi
Dear
Islamic brothers! Ponder for a moment! The foregoing narration contains the
admonition of extremely severe punishment for weighing
unjustly for the sake of a few despicable coins in this short-lived life.
Today, one cannot bear the heat of the world, how can one bear the scorching
heat of two mountains in Hel
4.
Burden of a toothpick
Sayyidunā Wahb Bin Munabbeh رَحِمَهُ
ٱللَّٰهُ تَعَالَى has stated, ‘There was a young Israelite
who repented of all previous sins and spent seventy years worshipping
consistently. He would fast during the day and worship at night. He was so
pious that he would refrain from resting in any sort of shade and from eating
delicious foods.
When he died, some of his close relatives saw him in a dream and asked, ‘مَا فَعَلَ اللَّهُ بِكَ (How has Allah عَزَّ وَجَلَّ treated you?)’ He replied, ‘Allah عَزَّ وَجَلَّ held me accountable, and forgave all of my sins, but unfortunately, I am still not allowed to enter Heaven because of using a toothpick without its owner’s permission. I had not apologised to its owner.’ (Tanbīh-ul-Mughtarīn, pp. 51)
صَلُّوْا عَلَى الْحَبِيْب
صَلَّى ٱللَّٰهُ تَعَالَىٰ عَلَىٰ مُحَمَّد
After all a sin is a sin
Dear Islamic brothers! Tremble with fear! When the wrath
of Allah عَزَّ وَجَلَّ intensifies, one can
be punished even for such a sin he considers very minor, as mentioned in the
previous narration that a righteous man was prevented from entering Heaven simply
because he used a splinter as a toothpick without its owner’s permission and
died without seeking.
forgiveness from the owner. Ponder for a moment! What is the worth of a
splinter? These days, people defraud others of millions of dollars and feel no
remorse at it.
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