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Causing hurt and distress to any Muslim is a major sin (Gunahe-Kabirah). It is a sin of the same magnitude as drinking alcohol, robbing someone, or stealing from someone. It is narrated in a Hadith that Rasool Allah SAW was once doing the tawaf of Ka'aba. He was accompanied by Hazrat Abdul Ibne Masood RAA on that occasion. Hazrat Abdullah Ibne Masood said that I saw Rasool Allah SAW addressing the Ka'aba at one point and saying, "O Allah's house! How holy you are, how prestigious you are, how respected you are!" Then after a short while Rasool Allah SAW addressed the Ka'aba again and said, "But I know that there is one thing that is even more holy and prestigious than you." Hazrat Abdullah Ibne Masood says that he got startled wondering what could be holier than the Ka'aba. Rasool Allah SAW said, "A Muslim's life, their possessions, and their reputation are even holier than you."
What does it mean that a Muslim's life, their possessions and their reputation are holier than the Ka'aba? It means that if someone attacks a Muslim physically; this includes physically hurting them, taking their life, injuring them, or if someone does something to take away their possessions unlawfully, or tarnish their reputation, then it is the same as if that person damaged or demolished the Ka'aba.
Today we have limited Islam to a few rituals. When we start praying Salah (Namaz), start fasting, start giving some Zakat even if not all, and get the opportunity of doing Hajj and Umrah, then we start thinking that we have become perfect Muslims. While these prayers are very important, Islam is not limited to these rituals alone. The knowledge body of Sharia which is called Fiqh (Jurisprudence) consists of four parts. One part of this relates to Ibadat (prayers) and the other three-fourths relate to Huqooq-ul-Ibad (rights of people) but totally we have totally divorced Huqooq-ul-Ibad from Islam. When we hurt someone unduly we don't even think about it that we have committed a sin, or done something against the Sharia, or done something that makes Allah SWT angry. We don't even realise that if we breach someone's rights, and then at some later date we want to do Taubah (repentance) from it, the Taubah would not be accepted until the person whose rights were breached has forgiven us.
NB. THERE ARE VERY SIMILAR INJUNCTIONS ABOUT BREACHING THE RIGHTS OF NON-MUSLIMS WHICH WILL BE ADDRESSED IN FUTURE POSTS
Adapted from the talk "The greatness of the knowledge of Quran Karim" by Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani DB
Causing hurt and distress to any Muslim is a major sin (Gunahe-Kabirah). It is a sin of the same magnitude as drinking alcohol, robbing someone, or stealing from someone. It is narrated in a Hadith that Rasool Allah SAW was once doing the tawaf of Ka'aba. He was accompanied by Hazrat Abdul Ibne Masood RAA on that occasion. Hazrat Abdullah Ibne Masood said that I saw Rasool Allah SAW addressing the Ka'aba at one point and saying, "O Allah's house! How holy you are, how prestigious you are, how respected you are!" Then after a short while Rasool Allah SAW addressed the Ka'aba again and said, "But I know that there is one thing that is even more holy and prestigious than you." Hazrat Abdullah Ibne Masood says that he got startled wondering what could be holier than the Ka'aba. Rasool Allah SAW said, "A Muslim's life, their possessions, and their reputation are even holier than you."
What does it mean that a Muslim's life, their possessions and their reputation are holier than the Ka'aba? It means that if someone attacks a Muslim physically; this includes physically hurting them, taking their life, injuring them, or if someone does something to take away their possessions unlawfully, or tarnish their reputation, then it is the same as if that person damaged or demolished the Ka'aba.
Today we have limited Islam to a few rituals. When we start praying Salah (Namaz), start fasting, start giving some Zakat even if not all, and get the opportunity of doing Hajj and Umrah, then we start thinking that we have become perfect Muslims. While these prayers are very important, Islam is not limited to these rituals alone. The knowledge body of Sharia which is called Fiqh (Jurisprudence) consists of four parts. One part of this relates to Ibadat (prayers) and the other three-fourths relate to Huqooq-ul-Ibad (rights of people) but totally we have totally divorced Huqooq-ul-Ibad from Islam. When we hurt someone unduly we don't even think about it that we have committed a sin, or done something against the Sharia, or done something that makes Allah SWT angry. We don't even realise that if we breach someone's rights, and then at some later date we want to do Taubah (repentance) from it, the Taubah would not be accepted until the person whose rights were breached has forgiven us.
NB. THERE ARE VERY SIMILAR INJUNCTIONS ABOUT BREACHING THE RIGHTS OF NON-MUSLIMS WHICH WILL BE ADDRESSED IN FUTURE POSTS
Adapted from the talk "The greatness of the knowledge of Quran Karim" by Mufti Muhammad Taqi Usmani DB
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