A very important
thing to be settled is blood – when you harm or kill someone. That is one of
the first things to be settled on the Day of Judgment. In a hadith in
At-Tirmidhi, RasulAllah sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam said, on the day of
judgment, the murdered will be holding the head of the murderer, and blood will
be flowing from him. Allah will bring that person in front of Him and that
person will say, ‘O Allah, ask him, why did he kill me?’ And it will be settled
on the Day of Judgment.
And RasulAllah
sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam says, “The first cases to be decided among the
people on the day of resurrection will be those of bloodshed.”
Abu Huraira
reported Allah’s Messenger sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam as saying: ‘Do you know
who is poor [bankrupt]?’ They (the Companions of the Prophet) said: ‘A poor man
amongst us is one who has neither dirham with him nor wealth.’ He (the Prophet)
said: ‘The poor 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 and unlawfully consumed the wealth of
others and 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 his sins would be entered in (his
account) and he would be thrown in the Hell-Fire.’ [Muslim, 32/6251]
In economical
situations, a bankrupt person is someone who had money, but then lost it.
There’s a difference between a bankrupt person and a poor person – the poor was
poor for a long time. SubhaanAllah, the analogy is so appropriate. This person
lost so much – and may even gain sins – because of their treatment of others.
There could be a
corrupt Muslim (who drinks, etc) and then another Muslim who fasts and prays.
The praying and fasting Muslim may abuse the Muslim who was corrupt, but on the
Day of Judgment, the fasting Muslim would have to carry the sins of the corrupt
person because of the abuse he did to him. Never underestimate the good
treatment of others and dealings with others; you could lose everything because
of that.
The religion of
Islam needs to be taken comprehensively – you have to balance ‘ibaadah AND
dealing with others. As we said, everything will be settled, even between
animals. In a hadith by At-Tabari, Allah will settle the claims amongst the
animals. After all of their claims are settled, Allah will tell the animals to
turn into dirt; they will cease to exist. The fate of all animals is that they
are turned to dirt. “[...] The disbeliever will say: ‘Woe to me! Would that I
were dust!’ (78:40)
Abu Dharr said
that he was with RasulAllah sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam and there were two
sheep which were knocking each other on the head. RasulAllah sallallahu ‘alayhi
wa sallam said to Abu Dharr, Do you see those two sheep? Do you know why they
are fighting each other? Abu Dharr said no. RasulAllah sallallahu ‘alayhi wa
sallam said that Allah knows and He will judge between them on the Day of
Judgment. Also, something to notice here is that two sheep fighting would seem
like something so trivial to us. RasulAllah sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam would
convert any information into a certain way and view it from a certain
perception. Even something so trivial reminded RasulAllah sallallahu ‘alayhi wa
sallam of akhirah. Everything around us should remind us of akhirah.
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