The Ruling on Scattered Chaff and the Effect of Injustices on Good Deeds
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Question:
The Shaykh. What is the authenticity of the following hadith and what is its meaning? That there are people who come with their deeds like mountains, and Allah makes them scattered chaff. And he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: But if they... Sunan Ibn Majah 4245Hasan (Darussalam) ...clarify for us, and is that due to the punishment for leaving off [something] or the lack of [something]?
Answer:
The destruction of good deeds on the Day of Resurrection has two causes. The first cause is disbelief and shirk (associating partners with Allah). So if a mushrik (one who associates partners with Allah) or a disbeliever comes with many deeds, they will not be accepted from him on the Day of Resurrection. If he comes with prayer, fasting, Hajj, and charity, but he has something of major shirk, calling upon other than Allah, or seeking aid from other than Allah, or praising other than Allah, his deeds will be scattered chaff. Because shirk is... I write it like the one who purifies himself with wudu' (ablution); if he breaks his purity, his purity is lost. Similarly, the one who does these good deeds, this is purity, but if he commits shirk, his purity is spoiled. Allah the Exalted said: "Indeed, the mushrikin are impure." Shirk is impure, and may Allah protect us, it is impure for the deeds. This is the first thing. The second thing is that a person may be a believer and a monotheist, coming with many deeds, but he has injustices against people. And Allah, Mighty and Majestic, singles out the oppressed from the oppressors on the Day of Resurrection by taking from the good deeds of the oppressors for the oppressed. So if no good deeds remain for them, the bad deeds of the oppressed are taken and placed upon the oppressors, and the oppressors are thrown [into the Fire]. The believing, monotheistic person may come with many deeds, but he comes with a companion of injustices: this one ate money, this one spoke about the honor of this one, so this is taken from his good deeds, and this from his good deeds, and this from his good deeds, until no good deed remains for him. So this is a great danger. Yes.
The Shaykh. What is the authenticity of the following hadith and what is its meaning? That there are people who come with their deeds like mountains, and Allah makes them scattered chaff. And he (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
at the end of the hadith
في آخر الحديثwhen they are alone, transgress the sacred limits of Allah
إذا خلوا بمحارم الله انتهكوهاAnswer:
The destruction of good deeds on the Day of Resurrection has two causes. The first cause is disbelief and shirk (associating partners with Allah). So if a mushrik (one who associates partners with Allah) or a disbeliever comes with many deeds, they will not be accepted from him on the Day of Resurrection. If he comes with prayer, fasting, Hajj, and charity, but he has something of major shirk, calling upon other than Allah, or seeking aid from other than Allah, or praising other than Allah, his deeds will be scattered chaff. Because shirk is... I write it like the one who purifies himself with wudu' (ablution); if he breaks his purity, his purity is lost. Similarly, the one who does these good deeds, this is purity, but if he commits shirk, his purity is spoiled. Allah the Exalted said: "Indeed, the mushrikin are impure." Shirk is impure, and may Allah protect us, it is impure for the deeds. This is the first thing. The second thing is that a person may be a believer and a monotheist, coming with many deeds, but he has injustices against people. And Allah, Mighty and Majestic, singles out the oppressed from the oppressors on the Day of Resurrection by taking from the good deeds of the oppressors for the oppressed. So if no good deeds remain for them, the bad deeds of the oppressed are taken and placed upon the oppressors, and the oppressors are thrown [into the Fire]. The believing, monotheistic person may come with many deeds, but he comes with a companion of injustices: this one ate money, this one spoke about the honor of this one, so this is taken from his good deeds, and this from his good deeds, and this from his good deeds, until no good deed remains for him. So this is a great danger. Yes.
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