Part 11
"AND DO NOT EAT UP EACH OTHER'S PROPERTY BY FALSE MEANS, NOR APPROACH THE AUTHORITIES WITH IT TO EAT UP A PORTION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE PEOPLE SINFULLY, WHILE YOU KNOW." (SURAH AL-BAQARAH:188)
The blessed Companion, Abdullah ibn Umar RAA reports that the Holy Prophet ﷺ once gave a sermon in which he said:
"O Emigrants, I seek the refuge of Allah Almighty against five traits of character lest they should grow into you:
firstly, against immodesty, for when immodesty prevails in a people they are hit by plagues, epidemics, and such new diseases that their ancestors hadn't even heard of them;
secondly, when a nation gets into the habit of not measuring properly when selling something they are hit by famine, price hikes, rigorous labours and over-work, and oppressive rulers;
thirdly, when a community stops paying Zakah they are deprived of rain;
fourthly, when a community breaks its covenant with Allah Ta'alah and Rasool allah SAW then Allah Ta'alah gives power to unknown enemies over them who confiscate what belongs to them without any justification, and
fifthly, when the rulers of a community stop making their judgment according to the guidance of the Book of Allah, and when Allah's injunctions stop making sense to them, then Allah Ta'alah creates mutual hatred and disputes between them. (This narration has been reported by Ibn Majah, al-Bayhaqi and others, and al-Hakim has called it Sahih according to the standard set by Muslim)
From Ma'ariful Quran, by Mufti Muhammad Shafi RE
"AND DO NOT EAT UP EACH OTHER'S PROPERTY BY FALSE MEANS, NOR APPROACH THE AUTHORITIES WITH IT TO EAT UP A PORTION OF THE PROPERTY OF THE PEOPLE SINFULLY, WHILE YOU KNOW." (SURAH AL-BAQARAH:188)
The blessed Companion, Abdullah ibn Umar RAA reports that the Holy Prophet ﷺ once gave a sermon in which he said:
"O Emigrants, I seek the refuge of Allah Almighty against five traits of character lest they should grow into you:
firstly, against immodesty, for when immodesty prevails in a people they are hit by plagues, epidemics, and such new diseases that their ancestors hadn't even heard of them;
secondly, when a nation gets into the habit of not measuring properly when selling something they are hit by famine, price hikes, rigorous labours and over-work, and oppressive rulers;
thirdly, when a community stops paying Zakah they are deprived of rain;
fourthly, when a community breaks its covenant with Allah Ta'alah and Rasool allah SAW then Allah Ta'alah gives power to unknown enemies over them who confiscate what belongs to them without any justification, and
fifthly, when the rulers of a community stop making their judgment according to the guidance of the Book of Allah, and when Allah's injunctions stop making sense to them, then Allah Ta'alah creates mutual hatred and disputes between them. (This narration has been reported by Ibn Majah, al-Bayhaqi and others, and al-Hakim has called it Sahih according to the standard set by Muslim)
From Ma'ariful Quran, by Mufti Muhammad Shafi RE
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