Dire consequences of injustice - II

Causes of Injustice
A- The devil: Allaah The Almighty Says )what means(:
}O you who have believed, enter into Islam completely ]and perfectly[
and do not follow the footsteps of Satan. Indeed, he is to you a clear
enemy.{]Quran 2:208[
}Satan has overcome them and made them forget the remembrance of
Allaah. Those are the party of Satan. Unquestionably, the party of
Satan - they will be the losers.{]Quran 58:19[
B- A persistent evil-enjoining soul; Allaah The Almighty Says )what
means(:}Indeed, the soul is a persistent enjoiner of evil.{]Quran
12:53[
C- Personal inclination; Allaah TheAlmighty Says )what means(:
}So follow not ]personal[ inclination, lest you not be just.{]Quran 4:135[
}But as for he who feared the position of his Lord and prevented the
soul from ]unlawful[ inclination, then indeed, Paradise will be ]his[
refuge.{]Quran 79:40, 41[
}…and do not obey one whose heart We have made heedless of Our
remembrance and who follows his desire.{]Quran 18:28[ There many other
similar verses.
Curing and Giving Up Injustice
1- Remembering that Allaah TheAlmighty never does injustice; He Says
)what means(:
}Whoever does righteousness - itis for his ]own[ soul; and whoever
does evil ]does so[ against it. And your Lord is not ever unjust to
]His[ servants.{]Quran 41:46[
}Indeed, Allaah does not do injustice, ]even[ as much as an atom's
weight{]Quran 4:40[
}Allaah wants no injustice to the worlds.{]Quran 3:108[
2- Considering the fateful destiny of unjust people: Allaah The
Almighty Says )what means(:
}And decidedly not one of you ]there is[, except that he will go
]herded[ down to it; that, for your Lord, has been a thing decreed, a
must. Thereafter, We will safely deliver the ones who were pious and
leave behind the unjust ]ones[, ]abjectly[ kneeling.{]Quran 19:71, 72[
}And your Lord would not have destroyed the cities unjustly while
their people were reformers.{]Quran 11:117[
}Say, "Have you seen for yourselves? In case the torment of Allaah
comes up to you suddenly or openly, will any be perished except the
unjust people?"{]Quran 6:47[
3- Not to despair of the Mercy of Allaah The Almighty: He Says )what
means(:}Indeed, no one despairs of relief from Allaah except the
disbelieving people.{]Quran 12:87[. It was narrated on the authority
of Safwaan ibn Muhriz that a man asked Ibn Umar"What did you hear the
Messenger of Allaahsay in private?"Ibn 'Umar replied,"I heard the
Prophetsay:
A believer will be brought extremely close to his Lord on the Day of
Resurrection. Enveloping him in His Mercy; He will make him confess to
his sins by asking him: "Do you remember doing this sin and thatsin?"
He will reply: "Yes, my Lord, I remember." Then Allaah The Almighty
will Say, "I covered it upfor you in the worldly life, and I forgive
you for it today." Then therecord of his good deeds will be handed to
him. As for the disbelievers and hypocrites, their evil acts will be
exposed publicly}…and the witnesses will say, "These are the ones who
lied against their Lord." Unquestionably, the curse of Allaah is upon
the wrongdoers...{]Quran 11:18["]Muslim[
Moreover, theHadeethabout the story of the man who killed ninety-nine
people, as well as theone who said:"By Allaah, if my Lord takes hold
of me, He would torment me as He has not tormented anyone
else."]Al-Bukhaari and Muslim[, support the same meaning that
abeliever must not despair of the mercy of Allaah The Almighty.
4- Imagining the predicament ofreckoning and judgment on the Day of
Judgment; Allaah The Almighty Says )what means(:}Andthe earth will
shine with the lightof its Lord, and the record ]of deeds[ will be
placed, and the prophets and the witnesses will be brought, and it
will be judged between them in truth, and they will not be wronged.
And every soul will be fully compensated ]for[ what it did; and He is
most knowing of what they do.{]Quran 39:68-70[
5- Remembrance and mentioning of Allaah The Almighty and seeking His
forgiveness: Allaah The Almighty Says )what means(:}And those who,
when they commit an immorality or wrong themselves ]by transgression[,
remember Allaah and seek forgiveness for their sins - and who can
forgive sins except Allaah? - and ]who[ do not persist in what they
have done while they know.{]Quran 3:135[
6- Restraining oneself from doing injustice and returning rights to
their owners: Sincere repentance is to feel remorse in the heart, to
restrain oneself from disobeying Allaah The Exalted, to ask Him for
forgiveness by the tongue, and endeavor to return rights to
theirowners. Consequently, whoever has transgressed against his
brother's honor, property or anything else, then let him ask for his
forgiveness today before the time )the Day of esurrection( when there
will not be any dinars or dirhams and there will only good deeds and
evil deeds, as mentioned in the authenticHadeeth.
Consequences and Harms of Injustice
- Injustice incurs the anger of Allaah The Exalted.
- Allaah The Almighty makes an unjust person suffer all types of torment.
- Injustice destroys families and states.
- An unjust person will be deprived of all forms of the
intercession of the Prophet,.
- Letting unjust people go unpunished corrupts the entireUmmah)Nation(
- Injustice is a sign of the hardness and darkness of the heart.
- An unjust person is low and mean in the sight of Allaah The Exalted.
- Injustice causes one to lose the blessings of Allaah The
Almighty. The Quran tells us the story of the man who lost his two
gardens because of his injustice: Allaah The Almighty Says )what
means(:
}And he entered his garden whilehe was unjust to himself. He said,"I
do not think that this will perish - ever. And I do not think the Hour
will occur. And even if I should be brought back to my Lord, I will
surely find better thanthis as a return."{]Quran 18:35, 36[
Injustice was the only cause of the destruction of previous
kingdoms:}So the people that committed wrong were eliminated. And
praise to Allaah, Lord of the worlds.{]Quran 6:45[
}So We took him ]Pharaoh[ and his soldiers and threw them into the
sea. So see how was the end of the wrongdoers.{]Quran 28: 40[
Allaah The Almighty also tells us about the people of Loote
)Lut(Saying )What means(:}So when Our command came, We made the
highest part ]of the city[ its lowest and rained upon them stones of
layered hard clay, ]which were[ marked from your Lord. And Allaah's
punishment is not from the wrongdoers ]very[ far.{]Quran 11:82, 83[
Similarly, Allaah The Exalted destroyed the people of Nooh
)Noah(Thamood, 'Aad and the Companions of the Thicket. Allaah The
Almighty Says )what means(:}So each We seized for his sin; and among
them were those upon whom We sent a storm of stones, and among them
were those who were seized by the blast ]from the sky[,and among them
were those whom We caused the earth to swallow, and among them were
those whom We drowned. And Allaah would not have wronged them, but it
was they who were wronging themselves.{]Quran 29:40[
The remorse of unjust people is useless if it comes too late;}And the
Day that the unjust ]person[ will bite at both his hands, ]and[ say,
"Oh, would that I had taken to myself a way along with the
Messenger."{]Quran 25:27[
Injustice is one of the sins that cause one to be punished in this
world and in the Hereafter because it affects others. This is no
surprise, as the wronged person humbly and bitterly supplicates
against the person who did injustice to him, and Allaah The Exalted
answers his supplication, Saying:"By My Mightand Exaltedness, I shall
rescue you, even if it be after some time."
Hence, fear Allaah The Almighty; be just and return the rights to whom
they are due, before there comes a day when there will be no
repelling.