Riyaad-us-Saliheen Unlawfulness of Oppression and restoring others rights Taught by Br Wajdi Akkari Commentary of Shaikh Ibn Uthaymeen Lesson 57

Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Prophet ( ﷺ ) said, "He who has done a wrong affecting his brother's honour or anything else, let him ask his forgiveness today before the time (i.e., the Day of Resurrection) when he will have neither a dinar nor a dirham. If he has done some good deeds, a portion equal to his wrong doings will be subtracted from them; but if he has no good deeds, he will be burdened with the evil deeds of the one he had wronged in the same proportion". [Al-Bukhari] ● There is a Hadith by Abu Hurairah in Muslim that states a man who comes on the Last day with good deeds aplenty but ends up with bad deeds instead for wronging a person ● This is why the Ulamah make a distinction that the wrongdoing between oneself and Allah is easier than between oneself and the creation. This is because Allah will forgive you, whereas the wronged one will get his right back Hadith

`Abdullah bin `Amr bin Al-`as (May Allah be pleased with them) reported: The Prophet ( ﷺ ) said, "A Muslim is the one from whose tongue and hands the Muslims are safe; and a Muhajir (Emigrant) is the one who refrains from what Allah has forbidden". [Al-Bukhari and Muslim] Hadith

`Abdullah bin `Amr bin Al-`as (May Allah be pleased with them) reported: A man named Kirkirah, who was in charge of the personal effects of Messenger of Allah ( ﷺ ) passed away and the Prophet ( ﷺ ) said, "He is in the (Hell) Fire.'' Some people went to his house looking for its cause and found there a cloak that he had stolen. [Al-Bukhari] Hadith

Abu Bakrah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Prophet ( ﷺ ) said, "Time has completed its cycle and has come to the state of the day when Allah created the heavens and the earth. The year consists of twelve months of which four are inviolable; three of them consecutive - Dhul-Qa`dah, Dhul-Hijjah and Muharram and Rajab, the month of Mudar (tribe), which comes between Jumada and Sha`ban. What month is this?'' We said, "Allah and His Messenger ( ﷺ ) know better". The Prophet ( ﷺ ) remained silent for some time until we thought that he would give it a name other than its real name. Then asked, "Is it not (the month of) Dhul-Hijjah?''. We replied in the affirmative. He asked, "Which city is this?". We replied: "Allah and His Messenger know better". He remained silent until we thought that he would give it another name. He ( ﷺ ) asked, "Is it not Al-Baldah (Makkah)?'' We said: "Yes". He ( ﷺ ) asked, "What day is this?". We said: "Allah and His Messenger know better.'' He ( ﷺ ) remained silent until we thought that he would give it another name. He asked, "Is it not the day of An-Nahr (the sacrifice)?". We replied in the affirmative. Hadith

Thereupon he said, "Your blood, your property and your honour are inviolable to you all like the inviolability of this day of yours, in this city of yours and in this month of yours. You will soon meet your Rubb and He will ask you about your deeds. So do not turn to disbelief after me by striking the necks of one another. Behold! Let him who is present here convey (this message ) to him who is absent; for many a person to whom a message is conveyed has more retentive memory than the one who hears it.'' He ( ﷺ ) again said, "Have I conveyed the message to you? Behold! Have I conveyed the Commandments (of Allah) to you.'' We submitted: "Yes". He then said, "O Allah, bear witness (to this)". [Al-Bukhari and Muslim] Hadith cont.

Abu Umamah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: Messenger of Allah ( ﷺ ) said, "Allah decrees the (Hell) Fire and debars Jannah for the one who usurps the rights of a believer by taking a false oath.'' One man asked: "O Messenger of Allah! Even if it should be for an insignificant thing?'' He said, "Even if it be a stick of the Arak tree (i.e., the tree from which Miswak sticks are taken)". [Muslim] Hadith

`Adi bin `Umairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of Allah ( ﷺ ) said, "Whosoever among you is appointed by us to a position and he conceals from us even a needle or less, it will amount to misappropriation and he will be called upon to restore it on the Day of Resurrection". (`Adi bin `Umairah added:) A black man from the Ansar stood up - I can see him still - and said: "O Messenger of Allah, take back from me your assignment.'' He (the Prophet ( ﷺ )) said, "What has happened to you?'' The man replied: "I have heard you saying such and such.'' He ( ﷺ ) said, "I say that even now: Whosoever from you is appointed by us to a position, he should render an account of everything, big or small, and whatever he is given therefrom, he should take and he should desist from taking what is unlawful". [Muslim] ● This is because it involves the rights of others, e.g. the war booty would belong to the Muslims Hadith

`Umar bin Al-Khattab (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: On the day (of the battle) of Khaibar, some Companions of the Prophet ( ﷺ ) came and remarked: "So-and-so is a martyr and so-and-so is a martyr". When they came to a man about whom they said: "So-and-so is a martyr,'' the Prophet ( ﷺ ) declared, "No. I have seen him in Hell for a mantle (or cloak) which he has stolen." [Muslim] ● Such matters should not be taken lightly ● Even as insignificant as it may be, back-biting is included as it involves one honour and his rights Hadith