A friend of mine wonders why a girl can`t pray on her period if it is a normal, natural thing from God himself
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Barakatuh. (May Allah's Peace, Mercy and Blessings be upon all of you)
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Assalamu
Alaykum
I have
a hard time talking to people about Islam. I recently converted, and I know
there is so much more I need to know about Islam, but people tend to probe me
with questions that even I can`t really explain. So I`m going to ask a few, I`m
not trying to be rebellious, I just want to know the answers.
Firstly,
People tend to think women are oppressed in Islam. A friend of mine wonders why
a girl can`t pray on her period if it is a normal, natural thing from God
himself, why is it considered unpure? Also, why is the woman allowed to get a
light beating after all has failed, but a man does not? A man can easily step
out of line more than once just like a woman, so why doesn`t he get the same
punishment after so many times? Also, the issue of a man having four wives
comes up, and this issue is the toughest one to talk about, especially with the
women. Some women today argue that a woman can feel just like the man when it
comes to sexual needs, and alot of women these days cheat as well, so why can`t
a woman have more than one husband? If polygamy prevents a man from commiting
adultery, then what happens for the woman when she feels like she needs another
man? Why is it ok for the man and not for the woman? When women hear this, they
see it as unfair and they don`t see how it makes sense at all, because they see
another woman having sex with their husbands, and then coming home to have sex
with them, and they wouldnt feel the least bit good about it at all... So I`m
just trying to figure out how this works.
Another
thing, people constantly say muslims hate everyone that isnt muslim, and they
want to kill women that don`t dress properly in the middle east, and they blow
them selves up for God, and Women are like slaves to their husbands, .. . Of
course they all get this from the television, but what I wanted to know is,
even if these muslims in the middle east do commit these awful crimes, these
things aren`t in the quran.. and should not be done, and if they are done, they
are sinning.. is my thinking right?
People
then say, well if its not in the quran then why are most muslims commiting all
these crimes and saying that it is for God? Where are they getting it from
then? I`m just trying to get a better understanding about these things. My
parents are catholic and they go crazy when they think about me being one of
the wives of my husband when i get married if he ends up having more than one.
And I don`t know how to explain this properly to them, because they think its
bascially cheating with a marriage license.. So i`d like to understand this
topic a bit more, if you can help i`d appreciate it, thank you!
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Answer:
Revert polygamy wisdom
In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask
for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever
He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness that
there is none worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that
Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
Your Statement: I`m
not trying to be rebellious, I just want to know the answers.
Beloved sister in Islam, never ever hesitate or apologize
for asking any questions in the deen; for the deen or ‘way of life’ called
Al-Islam is based on the Perfect Wisdom and Knowledge of the All Knowing Lord,
and every single command of the All Wise Lord is abundant in common-sense and logic. Asking any type of questions in Islam to gain
more knowledge, or to confirm the Truth so that one’s heart is more content, or
to understand and thus follow with more conviction the dictates of the deen is
not only permissible, but absolutely encouraged in Islam. It is the right of the brother or sister to
ask anything they wish to clarify in the deen; and it is the responsibility and
duty of the good scholars to address the question asked to the best of their knowledge
and ability, and in the most polite and humble manner.
What is discouraged in Islam is if one asks questions for
the sake of asking, or arguing to ridicule the Truth with absolutely no
intention of obeying or following when the Truth is made clear to them,
etc. But if one asks questions to
clarify and seek knowledge so that one may better follow the deen; such seeking
of the Knowledge of Truth is absolutely encouraged in Islam
Your Question: A
friend of mine wonders why a girl can`t pray on her period if it is a normal,
natural thing from God himself, why is it considered unpure?
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 2 Surah
Baqarah verse 222:
222 They ask thee (O Prophet (saws)) concerning women's courses
(menstruation). Say: ‘They (the
menstruation) are a hurt and a pollution; so keep away from women (sexual
intercourse) in their courses and do not approach them until they are
clean. But when they have purified
themselves ye may approach them in any manner time or place ordained for you by
Allah. For Allah loves those who turn to
Him constantly, and He loves those who keep themselves pure and clean.
Respected sister in Islam, indeed the menstruation of a
woman is absolutely natural and an occurrence ordained and decreed by the Lord
according to their nature.
Allow us to relate and example: Suppose one works in an
office, and the boss tells his employee who has a slight medical problem which
lasts about five days, that they need not do their regular obligatory duties
for those five days….without any reduction in their salary.
Would any employee turn against such a caring and merciful
boss and demand to know why he is exempted from doing his duty, or would the
employee be thankful and grateful to the boss for his exemption???
Respected sister in Islam, the Lord Most Merciful knows
the condition of each in His creation; and in His Infinite Mercy towards His
slaves, has exempted the believing woman who experiences her natural
menstruation from offering her obligatory prayers, which she does not even have
to make up later.
One should determine for oneself which is closer to piety
and righteousness? To accept this mercy
and gift from their Lord Most Gracious and be grateful and thankful for His
favors; or to throw back the Lord’s Mercy at Him and demand that their
exemption be lifted!!!
Your Question: Also,
why is the woman allowed to get a light beating after all has failed, but a man
does not? A man can easily step out of line more than once just like a woman,
so why doesn`t he get the same punishment after so many times?
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 4 Surah
Nisaa verses 34-35:
34 Men are the protectors and maintainers of women because Allah has
given the one more than the other, and because they support them from their
means. Therefore the righteous women are
devoutly obedient and guard in (the husband's) absence what Allah would have
them guard. As to those women on whose
part ye fear disloyalty and ill-conduct, admonish them (first), (next) refuse
to share their beds, (and last) beat them (lightly); but if they
return to obedience seek not against them means (of annoyance): for Allah is
Most High Great (above you all).
35 If ye fear a breach between them twain appoint (two) arbiters, one
from his family and the other from hers; if they wish for peace Allah will
cause their reconciliation: for Allah hath full knowledge and is acquainted
with all things.
The above aayah of Surah Nisa
has been a mode of challenge for many of the disbelievers, who challenge the
Quran and the deen of Islam. They have
always used this aayah to prove to the world that Islam allows the subjugation
and abuse of women. Allah is our
witness, nothing could be further far from the truth, in the context of the
Holy Quran and in the context of the wisdom and guidance of Islam.
It is obvious from the above
aayah that Allah has not created man and woman as equals in Islam. This term of ‘equality’ between man and woman
is a unnatural philosophy propagated by the ignorant and ungodly cultures. They have propagated man and woman as
‘equal’, and in doing so, they have ‘separated’ them and their sacred unity. Although
there are many discrepancies in the west making man and woman as equals, they
have partly succeeded in making them ‘equal and separate’.
The Islamic viewpoint, in light
and guidance of the Holy Quran is that Allah has created man and woman as
‘balanced’, each with its own sphere of equally
important responsibilities. If we follow
Allah and His Messenger (saws), and the guidance of the Holy Quran, we will be
able to treat man and woman as ‘balanced and united’, rather than ‘equal and
separate’ as propagated by the ungodly societies.
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 30 Surah
Rum verse 21:
21 And among His Signs is this that He created for you mates from among
yourselves that ye may dwell in tranquillity with them, and He has put
love and mercy between your (hearts); verily in that are Signs for
those who reflect.
Allah created man, and from the
man created his mate, to be his partner and his comfort. Allah says in the Holy Quran, that He has put
love and mercy between the husband and wife in the sacred union of marriage, so
that they may enjoy each others company and live a harmonious life in mutual
respect and unity.
In the above quoted Aayah of
Surah Nisaa, The Creator gives guidance about the characteristics of a virtuous
and righteous woman. She is obedient to
her husband (as long as the boundaries set by Allah are not violated). She guards her rights of chastity for her
husband. She guards the husbands
property and children in his absence.
And she does all these duties under the care and watch of her
All-Knowing, All-Seeing Lord, Allah Subhanah.
But if the husband fears that
the wife is transgressing the boundaries of Allah, Allah has given him 5
options to resolve the matter, four of which are mentioned in the above quoted
verses 34-35 of Surah Nisaa.
Option 1: Admonish them.
Quran 4:34: ‘As to
those women on whose part ye fear disloyalty and ill-conduct, admonish them’
Basically means guide them, talk
to them, advice them, and let them know
that they are transgressing the boundaries set by Allah and His Messenger
(saws). The scholars are of the
opinion, that it is not enough that they should be admonished once, but the
husband must be merciful and give them plenty of time to realize their mistake,
and come back to the guidance of Allah and His Messenger (saws).
Option 2: Keep them apart from their beds.
Quran 4:34: ‘(next)
refuse to share their beds’
Basically means, that after
talking to them and guiding them several times, and the wife still does not
listen, then as an extreme measure, and a clear sign of your disappointment
with them, punish them (and himself) by not having intimate relations with
them. Because sometimes, if might
happen, that the wife might think that the husband is not serious about the admonition and that he might back off at a
later stage, and she does not comply. To let her know that the husband is
extremely serious about the particular issue,
the husband may take option 2, to
signify his intention that he is extremely serious about it.
In most cases, if the woman is
God Fearing, loves her husband, and wishes to save the marriage, the husband will
never ever need to go beyond this option.
But only in extreme cases where even after a lengthy admonition and
keeping away from their beds the wife still does not amend her conduct, the
husband is allowed to use the next option.
Option 3: Beat her.
Quran 4:34: ‘(and
last) beat them (lightly)’
After going through the motions
of admonishing her, and even keeping her
away from your bed, she is still in defiance, then Allah has recommended as a
final resort, to beat her lightly. That does not mean by any means that the
husband is allowed to abuse the woman and beat her black and blue! Allah is our witness, if any husband does so,
he will be brought to a severe account in the Majestic Presence of his Lord on
the Day of Judgment. The ‘beating’ is more of a symbolic, light beating (and
never on the face), but rather on the
back, as a sign of the husband’s
ultimate displeasure.
One must try to realize here, that the Lord Most Merciful is trying to save
the sacred sanctity of an Islamic marriage,
and has in His Mercy prescribed so many routes and options to be
followed in sequence, so that the
sanctity and unity of an Islamic marriage can be sustained.
Option 4: Arbitration.
Quran 4:35: ‘If ye
fear a breach between them twain appoint (two) arbiters, one from his family
and the other from hers; if they wish for peace Allah will cause their
reconciliation.’
If admonition, keeping away from their beds,
and even the light beating does not break the defiance of the wife, Allah
Subhanah has recommended that two righteous arbitrators be appointed, one from
the husband’s family and one from the wife’s family; and if the two parties
sincerely wish for a peaceful solution to the dispute between the husband and
the wife, Allah Subhanah will bring about a reconciliation and thus save the
sanctity of their marriage.
And finally, Option 4:
Divorce.
Sunan of Abu-Dawood Hadith 2173 Narrated by Abdullah ibn Umar
The Prophet (saws) said: ‘Of all the lawful
acts’ the most detestable to Allah is divorce.’
Sunan of Abu-Dawood Hadith 2172 Narrated by Muharib
The Prophet (saws) said: ‘Allah did not make
anything lawful more abominable to Him than divorce.’
A divorce in Islam is an
absolutely the very last resort and option, but just look at the mercy of Allah
here. The Islamic way to give divorce
is after one has tried and lost hope that any of the above four options will
work, one may take the final step of pronouncing a divorce. And here too, the husband is commanded to
pronounce only one revocable divorce, then wait for three monthly periods. During this time, the wife still stays in
the husband’s house, but they cannot enjoy intimacy unless they wish to
reconcile and settle their differences and live together in peace in their
marriage. If they wish to reconcile, the
husband and the wife can get together and the one revocable divorce that was
pronounced will be annulled; thus saving the sanctity of the sacred institution
of marriage. If after the three monthly
periods have elapsed, and there is no sign of reconciliation and the husband
and the wife wish to separate, the divorce will be established.
All these options are given, so
that the sanctity, sacredness, and unity of the marriage between two believing
slaves of Allah is maintained. The believers who are blessed to live a married
life will at times experience a situation where an issue becomes, for any
reason whatsoever, deadlocked. Almost
all times the issue is solved if both the partners fear Allah, and sincerely
desire a solution and seek a compromise
in the admonition stage. If the issue
ever does go beyond the stage of admonition to the separation of the beds, more
often than not, a compromise is reached and the issue gets solved. The next option of beating the wife lightly
is absolutely optional, and should only be applied if the husband sincerely
thinks that it might help in saving the marriage. If the husband beats his wife only to vent
his anger or to bolster his ego, and he himself does not wish to seek a
solution to the dispute to save the marriage, he is the one who will be the
wrong-doer and oppressor in the Sight of the All-Mighty Lord. One who sincerely wishes to save his marriage
may very well go to the next option of arbitration, and if even that does not
solve the issue, then and only then should one even think of the eventuality of
separation by pronouncing the divorce!
But in the unfortunate times we
live in today, divorce is pronounced on the most frivolous of issues, without
giving the marriage even a chance to survive; and the disastrous results of
divorce and broken families are bare for all to see! But Allah Subhanah in His Sublime and
Infinite Mercy towards the believers and their families, has guided the
believers to be extremely careful and try absolutely everything in their power
and ability to save the sanctity of the sacred union they once mutually agreed
and promised to honor.
Of all the ‘lawful’ acts,
nothing is more detestable to Allah Subhanah than a divorce between two people
who had once agreed and promised to honor, cherish, live their whole lives
together in peace and harmony.
Your Question
(again): Also, why is the woman allowed to get a light beating after all has
failed, but a man does not? A man can easily step out of line more than once
just like a woman, so why doesn`t he get the same punishment after so many
times?
Respected sister, it is only obvious that nature has
bestowed more strength in the men than the women! If in the All-Encompassing Wisdom of Allah
Subhanah, if the slight beating of the husband by his wife would help restore
or save their marriage, the Lord Most Wise would have given it as an option.
Just imagine for a second that the woman, who is weaker in
strength, beats her husband! The
husband, who obviously is stronger in strength, would then have the moral
option to retaliate claiming that it was his wife who hit him first!!!
Thus the Lord, in His Perfect and Absolute Wisdom, to
protect the woman from bringing harm upon herself has not given her the option
of beating her husband, if for some reason things are not working out in her
marriage….but instead she has been given the right in Shariah to initiate a
divorce proceedings and seek her freedom.
Your Question: Also,
the issue of a man having four wives comes up, and this issue is the toughest
one to talk about, especially with the women. Some women today argue that a
woman can feel just like the man when it comes to sexual needs, and alot of
women these days cheat as well, so why can`t a woman have more than one husband
Please find below an answer to this frequently asked
question by our beloved and respected brother and teacher, and one of the most
respected scholars in Islam in this day and age, Dr. Brother Zakir Naik of
Islamic Research Foundation, India.
1. POLYGAMY
Question:
Why is a man allowed to have more than one wife in Islam?
i.e. why is polygamy allowed in Islam?
Answer:
Definition of
Polygamy
Polygamy means a system of marriage whereby one person has more than one
spouse. Polygamy can be of two types. One is polygamy where a man marries more
than one woman, and the other is polyandry, where a woman marries more than one
man. In Islam, limited polygamyy is permitted; whereas polyandry is completely
prohibited.
Now coming to the original question, why is a man allowed
to have more than one wife?
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 4 Surah
Nisaa verse 3 (part):
3 If ye fear that ye shall not be able to deal justly with the
orphans, marry women of your choice two, or three, or four; but if ye fear that
ye shall not be able to deal justly (with them) then only one.
The Qur’an is the
only religious scripture in the world that says,"marry only one".
The Qur’an is the only religious book, on the face of this
earth, that contains the phrase ‘marry only one’. There is no other religious
book that instructs men to have only one wife. In none of the other religious
scriptures, whether it be the Vedas, the Ramayan, the Mahabharat, the Geeta,
the Talmud or the Bible does one find a restriction on the number of wives.
According to these scriptures one can marry as many as one wishes. It was only
later, that the Hindu priests and the Christian Church restricted the number of
wives to one.
Many Hindu religious personalities, according to their
scriptures, had multiple wives. King Dashrat, the father of Rama, had more than
one wife.
In earlier times, Christian men were permitted as many
wives as they wished, since the Bible puts no restriction on the number of
wives. It was only a few centuries ago that the Church restricted the number of
wives to one.
Polygany is permitted in Judaism. According to Talmudic
law, Abraham had three wives, and Solomon had hundreds of wives. The practice
of polygamyy continued till Rabbi Gershom ben Yehudah (960 C.E to 1030 C.E)
issued an edict against it. The Jewish Sephardic communities living in Muslim
countries continued the practice till as late as 1950, until an Act of the
Chief Rabbinate of
Hindus are more polygynous than Muslims
The report of the ‘Committee of The Status of Woman in Islam’,
published in 1975 mentions on page numbers 66 and 67 that the percentage of
polygamous marriages between the years 1951 and 1961 was 5.06% among the Hindus
and only 4.31% among the Muslims. According to Indian law only Muslim men are
permitted to have more than one wife. It is illegal for any non-Muslim in
Let us now analyse why Islam allows a man to have more
than one wife.
Qur’an permits limited polygany
As I mentioned earlier, Qur’an is the only religious book
on the face of the earth that says ‘marry only one’. The context of this phrase
is the following verse from Surah Nisa of the Glorious Qur’an:
"Marry women of your choice, two, or three,
or four; but if ye fear that ye shall not be able to deal justly (with them),
then only one."
[Al-Qur’an 4:3]
Before the Qur’an was revealed, there was no upper limit
for polygamy and many men had scores of wives, some even hundreds. Islam put an
upper limit of four wives. Islam gives a man permission to marry two, three or
four women, only on the condition that he deals justly with them.
In the same chapter i.e. Surah Nisa verse 129 says:
"Ye are never able to be fair and just as
between women...."
[Al-Qur’an 4:129]
Therefore polygamy is not a rule but an exception. It is
not an order or commandment, but rather
something which is permitted. Many
people are under the misconception that it is compulsory for a Muslim man to
have more than one wife.
Broadly, Islam has five categories of Do’s and Don’ts:
i.
‘Fard’ i.e. compulsory or obligatory
ii. ‘Mustahab’ i.e. recommended or encouraged
iii. ‘Mubah’ i.e. permissible or allowed
iv. ‘Makruh’ i.e. not recommended / discouraged
v. ‘Haraam’ i.e. prohibited or forbidden
Polygamy falls in the middle category of things that are
permissible. It cannot be said that a Muslim who has two, three or four wives
is a better Muslim as compared to a Muslim who has only one wife.
Average life span of females is more than that of males
By nature males and females are born in approximately the
same ratio. A female child has more immunity than a male child. A female child
can fight the germs and diseases better than the male child. For this reason,
during the pediatric age itself there are more deaths among males as compared
to the females.
During wars, there are more men killed as compared to
women. More men die due to accidents and diseases than women. The average life
span of females is more than that of males, and at any given time one finds
more widows in the world than widowers.
World female
population is more than male population
In the
Restricting each
and every man to have only one wife is not practical
Even if every man got married to one woman, there would
still be more than thirty million females in U.S.A who would not be able to get
husbands (considering that
Suppose my sister happens to be one of the unmarried women
living in
In Western society, it is common for a man to have
mistresses and/or multiple extra-marital affairs, in which case, the woman
leads a disgraceful, unprotected life. The same society, however, cannot accept
a man having more than one wife, in which women retain their honourable,
dignified position in society and lead a protected life.
Thus the only two options before a woman who cannot find a
husband is to marry a married man or to become public property. Islam prefers
giving women the honourable position by permitting the first option and
disallowing the second.
There are several other reasons, why Islam has permitted
limited polygany, but it is mainly to protect the modesty of women.
Question:
If a man is allowed
to have more than one wife, then why does Islam prohibit a woman from having
more than one husband?
Answer:
A lot of people, including some Muslims, question the
logic of allowing Muslim men to have more than one spouse while denying the
same ‘right’ to women.
Let me first state emphatically, that the foundation of an
Islamic society is justice and equity. Allah has created men and women as
equal, but with different capabilities and different responsibilities. Men and
women are different, physiologically and psychologically. Their roles and
responsibilities are different. Men and women are equal in Islam, but not
identical.
Surah Nisa’ Chapter 4 verses 22 to 24 gives the list of
women with whom you can not marry and it is further mentions in Surah Nisa’
Chapter 4 verse 24 "Also (prohibited are) women already married"
The following points enumerate the reasons why polyandry
is prohibited in Islam:
·
If
a man has more than one wife, the parents of the children born of such marriages
can easily be identified. The father as well as the mother can easily be
identified. In case of a woman marrying more than one husband, only the mother
of the children born of such marriages will be identified and not the father.
Islam gives tremendous importance to the identification of both parents, mother
and father. Psychologists tell us that children who do not know their parents,
especially their father undergo severe mental trauma and disturbances. Often
they have an unhappy childhood. It is for this reason that the children of
prostitutes do not have a healthy childhood. If a child born of such wedlock is
admitted in school, and when the mother is asked the name of the father, she
would have to give two or more names! I am aware that recent advances in
science have made it possible for both the mother and father to be identified
with the help of genetic testing. Thus this point which was applicable for the
past may not be applicable for the present.
·
Man
is more polygamous by nature as compared to a woman.
·
Biologically,
it is easier for a man to perform his duties as a husband despite having
several wives. A woman, in a similar position, having several husbands, will
not find it possible to perform her duties as a wife. A woman undergoes several
psychological and behavioral changes due to different phases of the menstrual
cycle.
·
A
woman who has more than one husband will have several sexual partners at the
same time and has a high chance of acquiring venereal or sexually transmitted
diseases which can also be transmitted back to her husband even if all of them
have no extra-marital sex. This is not the case in a man having more than one
wife, and none of them having extra-marital sex.
The above reasons are those that one can easily identify.
There are probably many more reasons why Allah, in His Infinite Wisdom, has
prohibited polyandry.
Allah says in the Holy Quran Chapter 33 Surah
Ahzaab verse 36:
It does not behove a believing man and a
believing woman that when Allah and His Messenger have given their decision in
a matter, they should exercise an option
in that matter of theirs. For whoever
disobeys Allah and His Messenger, has
indeed strayed into manifest error.
Your Question: , ..
. Of course they all get this from the television, but what I wanted to know
is, even if these muslims in the middle east do commit these awful crimes,
these things aren`t in the quran.. and should not be done, and if they are
done, they are sinning.. is my thinking right?
Respected sister in Islam, one may search for a cure for
any disease, but it is nigh impossible to search for a cure for the diseases of
ignorance and especially, prejudice!
Killing women because she does not dress properly, or
blowing oneself up, treating wives like slaves, are only a few of the hundreds
of absurd accusations which are given Islamic overtones, and as with everything
‘Islamic’, it more often than not, finds its roots in the ‘Middle East’!!!
I myself have lived my whole life in the ‘Middle East’,
and I would never deny that this region, like all other regions and nations of
the world, has its fair share of evil people and its fair share of good
people…..The Lord Creator did not assign exclusivity of good or evil to any
particular race, or people, or region; nor would it be intelligent or wise to
call any race or people or nation evil in general terms.
Allah has absolutely forbidden the believers of the Quran
to practice prejudice against others, regardless of their beliefs, race, color,
or nationality.
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 49 Surah
Hujuraat verse 11:
11 O ye who believe! Let not some men among you mock at others: it may
be that the (latter) are better than the (former): Nor let some women mock at
others: it may be that the (latter) are better than the (former): nor defame
nor be sarcastic to each other nor call each other by (offensive) nicknames:
Ill-seeming is a name connoting wickedness (to be used of one) after he has
believed: And those who do not desist are (Indeed) doing wrong
Your Question
(again): …..and if they are done, they are sinning.. is my thinking right?
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chatper 36 Surah
Yaa Seen verse 54:
54 Then on that Day (of Judgment) not a soul will be wronged in the
least, and ye shall but be repaid the meeds of your past deeds.
Allah Says in the Holy Quran Chapter 99 Surah
Zalzalah verses 6-8:
6 On that Day (of Judgment) will mankind proceed in companies sorted
out to be shown the deeds that they (had done).
7 Then shall anyone who has done an atom's
weight of good, see it!
8 And anyone who has done an atom's weight
of evil shall see it.!
Dear and beloved Sister, the very reason the Lord Most
High has Decreed that absolutely all life and existence cease, and there be
established a Day of Judgment is so that every single human being is
recompensed in full for what he chose to do in the test period of one life
bestowed upon him by his Lord Creator.
If any human being, regardless of his beliefs, or race, or
color, etc., transgressed any of the limits or bounds of their Lord and did
oppression and injustice to any in the least, he will be held accountable in
the Presence of the All-Knowing, All-Just, Majestic and Supreme Lord of the
Worlds.
If there are people who kill women or innocent people, or
treat others with scorn and hatred without right or cause, or oppress and
tyrannize innocent souls, or do any injustice or oppression in the
least…..Allah is our witness sister, they will have their full accounting and
retribution in the Presence of the Lord Most Majestic on that Inevitable and
Tumultuous Day of Judgment! One who is
guilty might be able to get away with his crime in the life of this world, but
never never ever will one be able to get away unaccounted and without giving full
and due retribution on that Inevitable Day!
Sahih Muslim Hadith 6251 Narrated
by Abu Hurayrah
Allah's Messenger (saws) asked: ‘Do you know
who is a ‘muflis’ (an absolute and abject pauper)?’ They (the Companions of the Prophet (saws))
said: ‘A ‘muflis’ amongst us is one who has neither dirham with him nor
wealth.’ He (the Prophet (saws)) said:
‘The ‘muflis’ (or absolute pauper) of my Ummah would be he who would come on
the Day of Resurrection with prayers and fasts and Zakat but (he would find
himself bankrupt on that day as he would have exhausted his funds of virtues)
since he hurled abuses upon others, brought calumny against others, unlawfully
consumed the wealth of others, shed the blood of others, and beat others, and
his virtues would be credited to the account of one (who suffered at his hand).
And if his good deeds fall short to clear the account, then their sins would be
entered in (his account) and he would be thrown in the Hell-Fire!’
If one trusts, obeys, and follows the guidance and
commands of Allah and His Messenger (saws),
one can be assured of never ever being misled; but if one believes, obeys and follows any
other guidance, other than that of Allah and His Messenger (saws), one can be
assured of being led astray.
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to
Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only
Source of Strength.
Your brother and
well wisher in Islam,
Burhan
