OPPRESSION AND THE OPPRESSORS MOHAMED MOUTWALLI SHAARAOUI Translated by: Chafik Abdelghani Downloaded via sunniconnect.com Al-Firdous Ltd., London i c) Copyright: Al-Firdous Ltd. All rights reserved 2006. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means: electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the written permission of the publishers and copyright owner. 2006 : First Edition Typeset by Abu Musa Cover design by Halil Ozturk ISBN 1 874263 04 3 Published and Distributed by : Al-Firdous Ltd. 10, Firdous Road London N4 3HX Printed in England by De-Luxe Printers Ltd. 245a, Acton Lane, London NW 10 7NR Email: deluxeprinters 1 @aol.com Tel.: 020 8965 1771 2 Table of Contents Introduction 4 The most beloved creatures to Allah 6 Allah’s 3g honour to mankind 10 Allah’s 3g blessing upon mankind 14 A Muslim person would not wrong another nor let anyone harm him 17 Relieving a Muslim in discomfort 20 Injustice is darkness 24 The most serious form of injustice 35 INJUSTICE AND THE UNJUST 39 Injustice 40 Allah S will not wrong as little as the weight of an atom 45 The Prophet was beyond committing an act Injustice 48 Injustice to the self 51 Leaning on the wrongdoer is forbidden 58 Wrongdoing is the cause of ruin 60 How does Allah 3g take revenge from the wrongdoer 62 The state of the disbeliever and wrongdoer on the Day of Judgment 65 The punishment of the wrongdoer in this life before the next life 70 Be Just.. .even with the disbelievers and wrongdoers 74 The punishment for excess of Injustice 76 Extravagance may squander the components of life 80 Extravagance is a bad choice 82 Extravagance is man’s injustice against his self 85 Interpretation of the tradition 88 3 THE PUBLISHER’S INTRODUCTION In the Name of Allah, Most Compassionate, Most Merciful All praise is due to Allah, we praise Him, seek His Support, Guidance and Forgiveness. We seek refuge in Allah W from the evils of our selves and from our misdeeds. He whom Allah W guides will never be misguided by anyone and he whom Allah fg misguides will never be guided by anyone. I testify that there is no God but Allah Alone, having no partner, and I testify that Muhammad is His Servant and Messenger. (O believers, fear Allah as He should be feared, and see you do not die, save as Muslims.^ (Al-Imran\ 104) (Mankind, fear your Lord, who created you of a single soul, and from it created its mate, and from the pair of them scattered abroad many men and women; and fear Allah by whom you demand one another, and the wombs; surely Allah ever watches over you J (An-Nisa 1) 4 (O believers, fear Allah, and speak words hitting the mark, and He will set right your deeds for you and will forgive your sins. Whosoever obeys Allah and His Messenger has won a mighty triumph J (Al- Ahzab: 70-71) The truest discourse is the Qur’an, the most noble of traditions is the Prophet Muhammad’s S, the most evil of things is their novelties, every novelty is a bid’a, qnqxj bid’a is a dhalala (act of misguidance) and every dhalala is in Fire. 5 -1- THE MOST BELOVED CREATURES TO ALLAH Ibn Mas’ud quoted the prophet as saying: “All creatures are Allah’s dependents, and therefore; the most beloved amongst them to Allah is he who treats His (Allah’s) dependents nicely.” According to Al-Ajlouni (Kashf Al-Khafa’ [1220]): “This tradition was reported by At-Tabarani in Al- Kabir wa Al-Awsat, by Abu Nu’aym in Al-Hilya, and by Al-Bayhaqi in Ash-Shu ’ab, on the authority of Ibn Mas’ud <$>, as Hadith Marfu The above tradition was also reported by Abu Nu’aym, Abu Ya’la, At-Tabarani, Al-Bazzar, Ibn Abi Ad-Dunya, and other scholars on the authority Anas as Hadith Marfu At-Tabarani reported the tradition on the authority of Ibn Mas’ud in different wording: “...the most beloved amongst them to Allah H are those who are beneficial to His dependents.” 6 Ad-Daylami also quoted the tradition from Anas in different wording: “All creatures are Allah’s dependents and under His Protection. Therefore, the most beloved amongst the creatures to Allah are those who treat His dependents nicely.” Al-Askari reported: “Ibn ‘Umar said, “The prophet was asked about the most beloved people to Allah and he replied, “The most beneficial people to people.” At-Tabarani reported: “Zayd Ibn Khalid said in a Hadith Marfa’, “The best deed is that which is beneficial, the best guidance is that which is followed, and the best amongst people are those who are beneficial to people.” This tradition was supported by Al-Bayhaqi in Ad-Durar (Ash-Shu ’ab) and Abu Ya’la on the authority of Anas through a weak chain of transmission. Ibn Uday quoted Ibn Mas’ud as saying in a different wording: “All creatures are Allah’s dependents, and the most beloved amongst them to Him is the most beneficial to His dependents.” According to An-Nawawi, this tradition is weak, because the chain of transmitters included Youssef 7 Ibn Atiyya who was, according to scholars, unreliable (Al-Fatawd). Al-Hafidh Abdulazim Al-Mundiri quoted Anas as saying (Hadith Marfu ’): “All creatures are Allah’s 3g dependents, and the most beloved amongst them to Him is the most beneficial to His dependents.” According to Abdullah Mohamed As-Sullami, Allah’s dependents are: “Allah’s poor servants, for all creatures are in need of Allah 3g, and it is Him 5g who sustains them.” According to Al-Askari, the above tradition contains a metaphor. This is to say that whilst Allah 3g is the provision Provider for His Servants and their sustainer, His servants are like His Dependents.” A similar meaning is expressed by the following tradition: “There are certain people who are special to Allah 3g; the people of the Qur’an.”1 According to Ibn Hajar Al-Makki, the tradition: “All creatures are Allah’s W dependents, and the most beloved amongst them to Him is the most beneficial to His dependents ”, was reported through 1 Reported by Ibn Majja and classed by Al-Albani as authentic. 8