Forsaking this world for the next
Al-Risala (English), October 1990, p. 18
By Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
Maulana Wahiduddin Khan is named as the default author of the periodical; a piece that carries another writer’s byline is credited to that writer.
Forsaking this world for the next
1990 10 October 18 Forsaking this world for the next (238) Aisha says that one of the Companions came to the Prophet and said to him: “I have two slaves who persistently deceive, betray and disobey me. I beat them and scold them in return. How do I stand in relation to them?” The Prophet replied: “Their disobedience, perfidy and deception will be weighed up, and so will the reprisals you take against them. If your reprisals are equal to their crimes then the two will balance one another out: nothing will be left owing to you, and you will not owe anything. And if your reprisals are less than their crimes then you will be paid the balance. But if the reprisals you took against them are more weighty than the crimes they committed, then they will be repaid from the grace that was previously yours.” The man started crying in front of the Prophet. “Why, have you not read the Book of God,” the prophet said to him: “And We shall set up just scales on the Day of Resurrection, so that no man shall in the least be wronged. Actions as small as a grain of mustard seed We will bring (to be weighed out). And sufficient are We as reckoners (21:47).” “Prophet of God”, the man said,” I think it would be best for me to be rid of them. You are witness to the fact that I have freed them all. (Musnad Imam Ahmad)
