THE RELIGION OF HUMANITY: Islam’s Ethical and Spiritual Outlook

In today’s world, illegal occupation and land grabbing have become widespread. A corrupt system allows people to achieve their goals through bribery and manipulation. As a result, in almost every town and village, there are people who have seized others’ land or property through dishonest means. This hadith is a severe warning for such people. If even the decision of the Prophet does not transfer ownership from the rightful owner to the false claimant, then how can it ever be justified for someone to use forged documents or fake registries to take over another person’s property? People might feel satisfied when they unlawfully occupy someone’s house in this world. But what will happen in the Hereafter, when that same house becomes a structure of fire—and they are locked inside it? THE RESPONSIBILITY OF PARENTS According to a hadith, the Prophet of Islam said, ‘Every child is born in a state of natural purity (fitrah), then his parents shape him according to the environment and values they provide’. (Musnad Ahmad, Hadith No. 7181) This does not only refer to changing a child’s religion in a formal sense—that is merely the final stage. What the hadith truly highlights is any form of distortion or moral corruption introduced into a child’s character by their