3.Those Allah will Not Look at

There are some sins, if committed, will result in Allah not looking at you on the day of resurrection.

1.      One who had the knowledge and the truth, but concealed it

2.      Dragging ones cloths, Lying during selling, Breaking oaths

3.      One who prevents the traveler from surplus water, breaking oaths & breaking bay’ah

4.      Aged adulterer, liar king & proud destitute

5.      One who is cruel & Disobedient to their parents, the masculine woman & ad-dayooth

1. One who had the knowledge and the truth, but concealed it:

Allah subhaana wa ta’aala says: “Verily, those who conceal what Allah has sent down of the Book, and purchase a small gain therewith (of worldly things), they eat into their bellies nothing but fire. Allah will not speak to them on the Day of Resurrection, nor purify them, and theirs will be a painful torment. Those are they who have purchased error at the price of Guidance, and torment at the price of Forgiveness. So how bold they are (for evil deeds which will push them) to the Fire.” (2:174-175) Those are the ones who had the knowledge and the truth, but concealed it.

In another hadith, RasulAllah sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam says that the one who is given knowledge and then conceals it, Allah subhaana wa ta’aala will conceal their mouths with fire on the day of judgment. Knowledge has been revealed by Allah subhaana wa ta’aala for the purpose of conveying it. So what use is the knowledge if one conceals it and doesn’t convey it? There is a principle in fiqh which says: “It is not allowed to delay conveying the message past its time.” For example, if you see a particular sin in front of your eyes, you need to bring awareness to the people that this is a mistake. If you do not, then you must have justification of delaying it. An acceptable excuse would be that you are afraid if you tell them the truth, their revolt against it will cause a greater munkar – evil. Otherwise, the general rule is that you cannot delay the message past its time.

There’s another ayah: “Verily, those who purchase a small gain at the cost of Allah’s Covenant and their oaths, they shall have no portion in the Hereafter (Paradise). Neither will Allah speak to them, nor look at them on the Day of Resurrection, nor will He purify them, and they shall have a painful torment.”  (3:77) This is the talking about those who sell their religion for a worldly benefit, return. That is, they compromise their religion to get something in return. An example of this would be the scholars of the sultan (a king or president). These would be scholars who would give a fatwa to please the king or president. They are using their religion to justify the falsehood and evil. The punishment for this is that Allah will not look at them on the Day of Judgment and He will not purify them. Also included in this are those who make an oath in the name of Allah and they lie. For example, “In the name of Allah, I did such and such” and it is a lie. There are many hadith that Ibn Kathir mentions in the tafsir of this ayah.

2. Dragging ones cloths, Lying during selling, Breaking oaths:

In a hadith recorded by Muslim, Abu Dharr said that he heard the Prophet sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam say, “There are three persons whom Allah will not speak to, look at on the Day of Resurrection or purify, and they shall taste a painful torment.” I said, “O Messenger of Allah! Who are they, may they gain failure and loss.” He said, repeating this statement thrice, “The Musbil (man whose clothes reach below the ankles), he who swears while lying so as to sell his merchandize and the one who gives charity and reminds people of it.”

There is another hadith which specifies that the punishment is for those who drag their clothes for pride and arrogance. The second person is the one who lies to sell, for example, he says, “wAllahi [By Allah], this cost me $10!” when it actually cost you $5. Allah will not speak to this person. The third person is al-mannaan who always reminds people of his favours. For example, “Remember, a year ago I did such and such for you.” This shows that this person is not doing it for Allah; rather they are doing it for a return. [In part of a hadith narrated by Bukhaari and Muslim].

3. One who prevents the traveler from surplus water, breaking oaths & breaking bay’ah:

In another hadith narrated by Ahmad, Abu Dawud and at-Tirmidhi: Abu Hurayrah says that RasulAllah sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam says, “There are three whom Allah will not speak to on the day of judgment, and will not look at, and will not purify and will punish them: a man who prevents the traveller from surplus water that they have; someone who makes an oath on their merchandise after ‘asr; someone who gives bay’ah to the imam [khalifa/leader] and does not fulfill it.”

As for the person who prevents the traveller from surplus water that he has, RasulAllah sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam says in another hadith that on the day of judgment, Allah will tell that person, How come you prevented something that did not belong to you? Water is something that belongs to everyone. If you have surplus water with you and someone else is in need of it, then that surplus water does not belong to you.

What does it mean to make an oath on your merchandise after ‘asr? Usually, the business day used to be until ‘asr. If you didn’t sell by ‘asr, then most likely it meant you would take those things with you back home. At the end of the day, you are just trying to get rid of what you have. This person is trying to get rid of the additional merchandise they have, so they make oaths on it until they get it sold, and they are lying in their oaths.

On a side note, in the old days, they used to work all day. Now, our days are shorter, yet we still use work as an excuse for not fulfilling our Islamic duties. People before did not have shorter office hours – they used to work from fajr until maghrib. Nevertheless, they did all of the ibadaat. Allah put barakah in their time because they had taqwa of Allah.

As for the person who gives bay’ah – it is talking about the one who gives his allegiance as long as the imam pays them and takes care of them, but if he does not pay and take care of them, they give up their allegiance. That is the case of some of al ‘araab, who became Muslim. They would just go to whoever paid them more; they change allegiance according to who pays more.

I found a similar hadith in Bukhaari:

Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah’s Apostle said, “There are three persons whom Allah will not look at on the Day of Resurrection, nor will he purify them and theirs shall be a severe punishment. They are:  A man possessed superfluous water, on a way and he withheld it from travelers; A man who gave a pledge of allegiance to a ruler and he gave it only for worldly benefits. If the ruler gives him something he gets satisfied, and if the ruler withholds something from him, he gets dissatisfied; And man displayed his goods for sale after the aAsr prayer and he said, ‘By Allah, except Whom None has the right to be worshipped, I have been given so much for my goods,’ and somebody believes him (and buys them).” The Prophet then recited: “Verily! Those who purchase a little gain at the cost of Allah’s Covenant and their oaths.” (3:77) [Bukhaari 3/40/547]

4. Aged adultere, liar king & proud destitute:

It is narrated on the authority of Abu Hurayrah that the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) observed: “Three (are the persons) with whom Allah would neither speak, nor would He absolve them on the Day of Resurrection. [Abu Mu’awiya added: He would not look at them and there is grievous torment for them]: the aged adulterer, the liar king and the proud destitute.” [Muslim, B. 1, #195] What is the common thing among these three people? There is no need for them to commit these sins. The old man has past the age of strong urges, nonetheless he is committing zina. It is not a matter of shahwa – desire, but it’s a matter of insisting on doing the falsehood. A king has the power, so he does not need to lie. The liar usually lies because he in a position of weakness and wants to get out of it. And the other person mentioned is the poor person who is arrogant. All of these people show they have very little waraa` – righteousness.

5. One who is cruel & Disobedient to their parents, the masculine woman & ad-dayooth:

RasulAllah sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam says that the three Allah will not look at on the day of judgment are: ones who are cruel and disobedient to their parents, the masculine woman and ad-dayooth. Ad dayooth is any man who has no jealousy. For example, if a man has a mother or a sister, etc who is committing indecencies and he doesn’t mind, he would be called ad-dayyooth.