Ahadith

Abu Hurairah relates that the Holy Prophet said: Should a Muslim owe an obligation to his brother in respect of his honour or anything else, let him obtain a release of it today before the time comes when he will have neither dinars nor dirhems. Else, if he should have good deeds they will be taken away from him in proportion to his obligation, and if he should not have good deeds he would be burdened with the evil deeds of the one he wronged in the same proportion (Bokhari).. (Al-Mu'min 20, Al-Hajj 73)

Abdullah ibn Amr ibn ‘As relates that the Holy Prophet said: A Muslim is one against whose tongue and hands the Muslims are secure; and an Emigrant is one who departs from that which Allah has forbidden (Bokhari and Muslim). (Al-Mu'min 20, Al-Hajj 73)

Abdullah ibn Amr ibn ‘As relates: A man named Kirkira who was in charge of the personal effects of the Holy Prophet died and the latter said: He is in the Fire. Some people went to his house looking for its cause and found therein a cloak that he had embezzled (Bokhari). (Al-Mu'min 20, Al-Hajj 73)

Nufai* ibn Harith relates that the Holy Prophet said: Time is running in the same manner as it was on the day Allah created the heavens and the earth. A year has twelve months, four of which are sacred, three in a row Zul Qa'‘ad, Zul Hajj and Muharram, and Rajab between Jumadi and Sha‘aban. Which month is this?. We said: Allah and His Messenger know best. He remained silent and we thought he would give it a new name. Then he said: Is it not Zul Hajj? We said: Indeed. Then he asked: Which city is this? We said: Allah and His Messenger know best. He remained silent and we thought he" would give it a new name. Then he said: Is it not the Sacred City? We said: Indeed. Then he asked: Which day is this? We said: Allah and His Messenger know best. He remained silent and we thought he would give it a new name. Then he said: Is this not the Day of Sacrifice? We said: Indeed. Then he said: Your blood, your belongings and your honour are sacred as the sanctity of this day, this city and this month. Soon you will meet your Lord and He will call you to account for your deeds. So do not revert to disbelief after I am gone, slaying each other. Let him who is present convey this to him who is absent. Perchance, he who is told may remember it better than one who hears it today. Then he asked: Have 1 conveyed Allah's command; have I conveyed Allah’s command? We said: Yes. He supplicated: Allah, bear Thou witness (Bokhari and Muslim).

Abu Umamah lyas ibn Harithi relates that the Holy Prophet said: Allah decrees the Fire and debars Paradise for one who takes away the right of a Muslim by a false oath. One man asked: Messenger of Allah, even if it should be an inconsiderable thing? He said: Even if it should be the twig of a wildberry bush (Muslim). (Al-Mu'min 20, Al-Hajj 73)

Adiyy ibn Umairah relates that he heard the Holy Prophet say: When I appoint someone from among you to public office and he puts away by stealth a needle or even something less, that is embezzlement, and he will be called upon to produce it on the Day of Judgment. Thereupon one of the Ansar who had a dark complexion stood up (J can recall him as if I can see him before me) and said: Messenger of Allah, take back from me your assignment. He asked: What is the matter? The man said: I have just heard you say this and this. The Holy Prophet said: I say it again that one whom I appoint to public office must render an account of everything big and small. What he is given out of it he may take, and what he is forbidden he should abstain from (Muslim). (Al-Mu'min 20, Al-Hajj 73)

Umar ibn Khattab relates that on the day of the battle of Khaibar a group of the companions of the Holy Prophet came and began to recount: So and So has become a martyr, So and So has become a martyr. Presently they passed by a dead body and exclaimed: He is also a martyr. The Holy Prophet thereupon said: Surely not. I have seen him in the Fire in a cloak which he had embezzled (Muslim). (Al-Mu'min 20, Al-Hajj 73)

Abu Qatadah Harith ibn Ribi‘ relates that the Holy Prophet stood among them and mentioned that believing in Allah and striving in His cause were the highest category of deeds. A man stood up and said: Messenger of Allah, tell me, if I were killed in the cause of Allah, would all my sins be removed from me? He answered: Yes, if you were to be killed in the cause of Allah and you are steadfast, looking forward to your reward, marching forth and not turning away. Presently, the Holy Prophet said to him: Repeat what you had said: The man repeated: Tell me, if ] were to be killed in the cause of Allah would all my sins be removed from me? He answered: Yes, if you are killed while you are steadfast, looking forward to your reward, marching forth and not turning away. But if you owe any debt that will not be remitted. Gabriel has just told me this (Muslim). (Al-Mu'min 20, Al-Hajj 73)

Abu Hurairah relates that the Holy Prophet asked: Do you know who is a pauper? He was told: Among us a pauper is one who has nothing, cash or property. He said: A pauper from among my people would be one who faces the Day of Judgment with a record of salat and fasts and Zukat, but who will have abused this one, and calumniated that one, and devoured the substance of a third, and shed the blood of a fourth and beaten a fifth. Then each of them will be allotted a portion of his good deeds. Should they not suffice, then their sins and defaults will be transferred from them to him and he will be thrown into the Fire (Muslim). (Al-Mu'min 20, Al-Hajj 73)

Umm Salamah relates that the Holy Prophet said: Iam but a human being. You bring your disputes to me for decision. It might happen that one party might be better versed in presenting his case than the other and | might decide in his favour according to what I hear. But if I decide in favour of one contrary to-the right of the other, I merely allot a brand of fire to him (Bokhari and Muslim). (Al-Mu'min 20, Al-Hajj 73)