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Honesty to Justice
Honesty
·
Honesty is the opposite of betrayal. It is to fulfill others' rights
even if they were traitors. ·
The Prophet was known as ‘the most Honest’ before revelation. It is
also an attribute of all the messengers and the righteous bondmen of Allah. ·
Honesty in knowledge is to continue learning and be accurate in
conveying it to people. · Honesty in treating people is to keep their secrets and to give them their complete rights without delay. Humility
· Allah commanded us to be humble and prohibited us from haughtiness, by praising humble people and warning those who are proud. Justice
· Obligatory justice is to give
everyone his right, to take one's right, and to treat people equally. · The oppressed should triumph over injustice.
Allah says:
]إِنَّ
اللّهَ
يَأْمُرُكُمْ
أَن
تُؤدُّواْ
الأَمَانَاتِ
إِلَى
أَهْلِهَا[
This
means: “Verily! Allah commands that you should render back the trusts to
those, to whom they are due.” (4, An-Nisa’: 58)
Allah says:
]يَا
أَيُّهَا
الَّذِينَ
آمَنُواْ لاَ
تَخُونُواْ
اللّهَ
وَالرَّسُولَ
وَتَخُونُواْ
أَمَانَاتِكُمْ
وَأَنتُمْ
تَعْلَمُون[ (الأنفال:
27)
This
means: “O you who believe! Betray not Allah and His Messenger, nor betray
knowingly your Amanat (things entrusted to you, and all the duties which
Allah has ordained for you).” (8, Al-Anfal: 27)
Allah says:
]إِنَّا
عَرَضْنَا
الأَمَانَةَ
عَلَى
السَّمَاوَاتِ
وَالأَرْضِ
وَالْجِبَالِ
فَأَبَيْنَ
أَن
يَحْمِلْنَهَا
وَأَشْفَقْنَ
مِنْهَا
وَحَمَلَهَا
الإِنسَانُ
إِنَّهُ
كَانَ
ظَلُومًا
جَهُولا[
This
means: “Truly, We did offer AlAmanah (the trust or moral responsibility
or honesty and all the duties which Allah has ordained) to the heavens and
the earth, and the mountains, but they declined to bear it and were afraid
of it (i.e. afraid of Allah's Torment). But man bore it. Verily, he was
unjust (to himself) and ignorant (of its results).” (33, Al-Ahzab: 72)
Allah says:
]إِنَّ
اللّهَ لاَ
يُحِبُّ
الخَائِنِين[
This
means: “Certainly Allah likes not the treacherous.” (8, Al-Anfal: 58)
Allah says:
]وَلاَ
تَكْتُمُواْ
الشَّهَادَةَ
وَمَن
يَكْتُمْهَا
فَإِنَّهُ
آثِمٌ
قَلْبُهُ
وَاللّهُ
بِمَا
تَعْمَلُونَ
عَلِيمٌ[
This
means: “And conceal not the evidence (testimony) for he, who hides it,
surely his heart is sinful. And Allah is All-Knower of what you do.” (2, Al-Baqarah: 283)
The Messenger of Allah
(peace be upon him) said:
“All
of you are guardians and are responsible for your wards. The ruler is a
guardian of his subjects and the man is a guardian of his family; the lady
is a guardian and is responsible for her husband's house and his offspring;
and so all of you are guardians and are responsible for you wards.”
(Reported by Al-Bukhari and Muslim)
The Messenger of Allah
(peace be upon him) said:
“Pay
the deposit to him who deposited it with you, and do not betray him who
betrayed you.” (Reported by Ad-Darqatni)
The
honesty of the prophets: Nuh:
Allah says:
]إِذْ
قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ
نُوحٌ
أَلا تَتَّقُونَ. إِنِّي لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ[
This means: “When
their brother Nuh (Noah) said to them: "Will you not fear Allah and
obey Him? I am a trustworthy Messenger to you.” Hud:
Allah says:
]إِذْ
قَالَ لَهُمْ
أَخُوهُمْ
هُودٌ أَلا
تَتَّقُونَ.
إِنِّي
لَكُمْ
رَسُولٌ
أَمِينٌ[
This means: “When
their brother Hud said to them: Will you not fear Allah and obey Him?
Verily! I am a trustworthy Messenger to you.”
]أُبَلِّغُكُمْ
رِسَالاتِ
رَبِّي
وَأَنَاْ
لَكُمْ
نَاصِحٌ
أَمِينٌ[
This
means: “I convey unto you the Messages of my Lord, and I am a trustworthy
adviser (or wellwisher) for you.” (7, Al-A`raf: 68) Salih:
Allah says:
]إِذْ
قَال لَهُمْ
أَخُوهُمْ
صَالِحٌ
أَلا
تَتَّقُونَ.
إِنِّي
لَكُمْ
رَسُولٌ
أَمِينٌ[
This means: “When
their brother Salih (Saleh) said to them: Will you not fear Allah and obey
Him? I am a trustworthy Messenger to you.” Lut:
Allah says:
]إِذْ
قَالَ لَهُمْ
أَخُوهُمْ
لُوطٌ أَلا
تَتَّقُون.
إِنِّي
لَكُمْ
رَسُولٌ
أَمِينٌ[
This means: “When
their brother Lut (Lot) said to them: Will you not fear Allah and obey Him?
Verily! I am a trustworthy Messenger to you.” Shu`ayb:
Allah says:
]إِذْ
قَالَ لَهُمْ
شُعَيْبٌ
أَلا
تَتَّقُونَ.
إِنِّي
لَكُم
رَسُولٌ
أَمِينٌ[
This means: “When
Shu'ayb (Shuaib) said to them: "Will you not fear Allah (and obey Him)?
I am a trustworthy Messenger to you.''” Musa:
Allah says:
]وَلَقَدْ
فَتَنَّا
قَبْلَهُمْ
قَوْمَ
فِرْعَوْنَ
وَجَاءهُمْ
رَسُول
كَرِيمٌ. أَنْ
أَدُّوا
إِلَيَّ
عِبَادَ
اللَّهِ
إِنِّي
لَكُمْ
رَسُولٌ
أَمِينٌ[
This means: “And
indeed We tried before them Fir'awn's (Pharaoh) people, when there came to
them a noble (trustworthy) Messenger [i.e. Musa (Moses)] Saying:
"Restore to me the slaves of Allah (i.e. the Children of Israel).
Verily! I am to you a Messenger worthy of all trust.''”
Honesty
in knowledge:
The Messenger of Allah
(peace be upon him) said to `Ali (may Allah be pleased with him):
“By Allah, if a single person is guided by
Allah through you, it will be better for you than the red
(valuable)
camels.”
The Prophet (peace be
upon him) said:
“Ascribing
false things to me is not like ascribing false things to anyone else.
Whosoever tells a lie against me intentionally, then surely let him occupy
his seat in Hell-Fire.”
Allah says:
]وَلاَ
تَكْتُمُواْ
الشَّهَادَةَ
وَمَن
يَكْتُمْهَا
فَإِنَّه
آثِمٌ
قَلْبُهُ
وَاللّهُ
بِمَا
تَعْمَلُونَ
عَلِيم[
This
means: “And conceal not the evidence (testimony) for he, who hides it,
surely his heart is sinful. And Allah is All-Knower of what you do.”
(2, Al-Baqarah: 283)
The Prophet (peace be
upon him) said:
“That
who deceives is not of us.”
(Reported
by Muslim)
The Messenger of Allah
(peace be upon him) said:
“That who misappropriates the right of a
Muslim by taking a false oath, Allah will make the fire of Hell obligatory
for him, and Paradise will be forbidden for him.”
A man said to him: Messenger of
Allah, even if it is something insignificant? He replied,
“Yes, even if it is the twig of the Arak tree.”
The Messenger of Allah
(peace be upon him) said:
“Whoever
takes the money of the people with the intention of repaying it, Allah will
repay it on his behalf, and whoever takes it in order to spoil it, then
Allah will spoil him.”
Abu Hurayrah (may Allah
be pleased with him) narrated that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon
him) said:
“Allah, the Exalted,
said: I will be the adversary of three persons on the Day of Judgment. One
who makes a covenant in My name and then breaks it, one who sells a free man
as a slave and devours his price, and one who hires a workman and having
taken full work from him, denied him his wages.”
Humility:
Allah says:
]وَعِبَادُ
الرَّحْمَنِ
الَّذِينَ
يَمْشُونَ
عَلَى
الأرْض
هَوْنًا[
This
means: “And the slaves of the Most Beneficent (Allah) are those who walk
on the earth in humility. (25, Al-Furqan: 63)
Allah says:
]وَلاَ
تَمْشِ فِي
الأَرْضِ
مَرَحًا
إِنَّكَ لَن
تَخْرِقَ
الأَرْضَ
وَلَن
تَبْلُغ
الْجِبَالَ
طُولا[ (الإسراء:
37)
This
means: “And walk not on the earth with conceit and arrogance. Verily, you
can neither rend nor penetrate the earth, nor can you attain a stature like
the mountains in height.” (17, Al-Isra’: 37)
]وَلا
تُصَعِّرْ
خَدَّكَ
لِلنَّاسِ
وَلا تَمْشِ
فِي الأَرْض
مَرَحًا إِنَّ
اللَّهَ لا
يُحِبُّ كُلَّ
مُخْتَالٍ
فَخُورٍ.
وَاقْصِدْ
فِي مَشْيِكَ
وَاغْضُضْ
مِن صَوْتِكَ
إِنَّ
أَنكَرَ
الأَصْوَاتِ
لَصَوْتُ
الْحَمِير[ (لقمان:
18 - 19)
This
means: “And turn not your face away from men with pride, nor walk in
insolence through the earth. Verily, Allah likes not each arrogant boaster.
And be moderate (or show no insolence) in your walking, and lower your
voice. Verily, the harshest of all voices is the voice (braying) of the
ass.” (31, Luqman: 18 - 19)
Allah says:
]وَاخْفِضْ
جَنَاحَكَ
لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ[
This
means: “And lower your wings for the believers.” (15, Al-Hijr: 88)
Allah says:
]تِلْكَ
الدَّارُ
الآخِرَةُ
نَجْعَلُهَا
لِلَّذِينَ
لا
يُرِيدُونَ
عُلُوًّا
فِي الأرْضِ
وَلا
فَسَادًا
وَالْعَاقِبَةُ
لِلْمُتَّقِين[ (القصص: 83)
This
means: “That home of the Hereafter (i.e. Paradise), We shall assign to
those who rebel not against the truth with pride and oppression in the land
nor do mischief by committing crimes. And the good end is for the Muttaqun
(pious).” (28, Al-Qasas: 83)
The Messenger of Allah
(peace be upon him) said:
“Wealth
does not decrease by giving charity. Allah augments the honor of that who
forgives, and that who behaves modestly Allah will exalt him in ranks.”
(Reported by Muslim)
The Messenger of Allah
(peace be upon him) said:
“It
is Allah's Law that He lowers whatever raises itself in the world.”
(Reported by Al-Bukhari)
The Messenger of Allah
(peace be upon him) said:
“The
most abhorrent and farthest to me among you will be the talkative, the
Mutashaddiqun (those who utter words in a way that shows that they are
eloquent) and the arrogant.”
The Messenger of Allah
(peace be upon him) said:
“Verily,
Allah has revealed to me that you should be humble. No one should transgress
against one another, and no one should hold himself in high esteem.”
(Reported by Muslim)
The Messenger of Allah
(peace be upon him) said:
“Now,
shall I inform you about the inmates of Hell? Every ignoble, impertinent,
and proud man.”
(Reported by Al-Bukhari
and Muslim)
The Messenger of Allah
(peace be upon him) said:
“There are three
types of persons to whom Allah will not speak in the Day of Resurrection nor
will He purify them or look at them and they will have a painful punishment.
They are: an aged man who commits fornication, a ruler who is a great liar,
and an arrogant poor person.”
(Reported by Muslim)
The Messenger of Allah
(peace be upon him) said:
“Allah, the
Exalted, says: Honor is My lower garment and Pride is My cloak. Whoever vies
with Me in one of them, I shall torment him.”
(Reported by Muslim)
The Messenger of Allah
(peace be upon him) said:
“A well-dressed man
was walking proudly. He had combed his hair and he was walking majestically
when Allah caused him to be swallowed up by the earth. Now he will continue
to toss about in it till the Day of Resurrection.”
(Reported
by Al-Bukhari and Muslim)
Justice:
Allah says:
]إِنَّ
اللّهَ
يَأْمُرُ
بِالْعَدْل
وَالإِحْسَانِ
وَإِيتَاء
ذِي
الْقُرْبَى[
This
means: “Verily, Allah enjoins Al-`Adl (i.e. justice and
worshipping none but Allah Alone - Islamic Monotheism) and Al-Ihsan [i.e. to
be patient in performing your duties to Allah, totally for Allah's sake and
in accordance with the Sunnah (legal ways) of the Prophet SAW in a perfect
manner], and giving (help) to kith and kin.” (16, An-Nahl: 90)
Allah says:
]إِنَّ
اللّهَ
يَأْمُرُكُمْ
أَن
تُؤدُّواْ
الأَمَانَاتِ
إِلَى
أَهْلِهَا
وَإِذَا
حَكَمْتُم
بَيْنَ
النَّاسِ
أَن
تَحْكُمُواْ
بِالْعَدْل[
This
means: “Verily! Allah commands that you should render back the trusts to
those, to whom they are due; and that when you judge between men, you judge
with justice.” (4, An-Nisa’: 58)
Allah says:
]َيا
أَيُّهَا
الَّذِينَ
آمَنُواْ
كُونُواْ
قَوَّامِينَ
بِالْقِسْطِ
شُهَدَاء
لِلّهِ
وَلَوْ
عَلَى
أَنفُسِكُمْ
أَوِ
الْوَالِدَيْنِ
وَالأَقْرَبِينَ
إِن يَكُنْ
غَنِيًّا
أَوْ
فَقَيرًا
فَاللّهُ
أَوْلَى
بِهِمَا
فَلاَ
تَتَّبِعُواْ
الْهَوَى
أَن
تَعْدِلُواْ[ (النساء:
135)
This
means: “O you who believe! Stand out firmly for justice, as witnesses to
Allah, even though it be against yourselves, or your parents, or your kin,
be he rich or poor, Allah is a Better Protector to both (than you). So
follow not the lusts (of your hearts), lest you may avoid justice.” (4,
An-Nisa’: 135)
Allah says:
]يَا
أَيُّهَا
الَّذِينَ
آمَنُواْ
كُونُواْ
قَوَّامِينَ
لِلّهِ
شُهَدَاء
بِالْقِسْطِ
وَلاَ
يَجْرِمَنَّكُمْ
شَنَآنُ
قَوْمٍ
عَلَى أَلاَّ
تَعْدِلُواْ
اعْدِلُواْ
هُوَ
أَقْرَبُ
لِلتَّقْوَى
وَاتَّقُواْ
اللّهَ إِنَّ
اللّهَ
خَبِيرٌ
بِمَا
تَعْمَلُونَ[ (المائدة:
8)
This
means: “O you who believe! Stand out firmly for Allah and be just
witnesses and let not the enmity and hatred of others make you avoid
justice. Be just: that is nearer to piety, and fear Allah. Verily, Allah is
WellAcquainted with what you do.” (5, Al-Ma’idah: 8)
Allah says:
]وَإِذَا
قُلْتُمْ
فَاعْدِلُواْ
وَلَوْ كَانَ
ذَا قُرْبَى[
This
means: “And when you speak, then be just, even if it should be to a near
kinsman.” (6, Al-An`am: 152)
Allah says:
]وَلَمَنِ
انتَصَر
بَعْدَ
ظُلْمِهِ
فَأُوْلَئِكَ
مَا
عَلَيْهِم
مِّن سَبِيلٍ[
This
means: “And indeed whosoever takes revenge after he has suffered wrong,
for such there is no way (of blame) against them.”
(42, Ash-Shura: 41)
The Prophet (peace be
upon him) said:
“O
people, those who have gone before you were destroyed because if any one of
high rank committed theft amongst them, they would spare him. If any one of
low rank committed theft, they would inflict the prescribed penalty upon
him. By Allah, if Fatimah, the daughter of Muhammad, were to steal, I would
have her hand cut off.” (Reported by Al-Bukhari
and Muslim)
The Messenger of Allah
(peace be upon him) said:
“Seven are
(the persons)
whom Allah would give protection with
His shade on the Day when there would be no shade but that of Him (i.e. on
the Day of Judgment, and they are): A just ruler, a youth who grew up
worshipping Allah; a person whose heart is attached to mosques; two persons
who love, meet and depart from each other for the Sake of Allah; a man whom
a beautiful woman of high rank seduces
(for illicit relation),
but he
(rejects this offer)
saying: I fear Allah; a person who gives charity and conceals it
(to such an extent)
that the right hand does not know what the left has given: and a person who
remembered Allah in privacy and his eyes shed tears.”
The Prophet (peace be
upon him) said:
“Those who act justly will be seated upon pulpits
of light in the presence of Allah. They will be those who do justice in
their decisions, in matters relating to their families and in all that they
undertake to do.”
(Reported by Muslim)
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