Continuation of the explanation of the author's statement: And His saying: (And be just, for Allah loves those who are just)
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The Shaykh : That you follow this truth includes justice in dealings with creation, treating people as you would like them to treat you. For this reason, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Sahih Muslim 1844a Treat people as you would like them to treat you.
For example: If you want to treat a person in a certain way, first measure it against yourself. If a person treated you that way, would you be satisfied or not? If you are satisfied, then treat him as you are satisfied to be treated; do not treat him otherwise. This is justice.
This includes justice among children in gifts. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sahih al-Bukhari 2587.
This includes justice among children in inheritance, giving the male the share of two females. Yes.
This includes justice among wives by giving each one what you give the other. And so on; justice is extensive. Everything that requires equalization requires justice. Good.
Here, we must know that some people use equality instead of justice, and this is an error. Equality is not called equality because equality may require equalizing between two things, whereas wisdom requires distinguishing between them. And because of this unjust call for equalization, they say, "What is the difference between the male and the female?!" Equalize between males and females. Yes, even communism said, "What is the difference between the ruler and the ruled? No one can have authority over another. What is the difference? Authority. Equalize between the father and the father; the father has no authority over the son," and so on. But if we say justice, which is giving everyone what they deserve, yes, this danger is removed and the phrase becomes sound. For this reason, it never came in the Qur'an that Allah orders equalization, but it came:[An-Nahl 16:90] [An-Nisa 4:58] And it is a lie against Islam to say that the religion of Islam is a religion of equality. Rather, the religion of Islam is a religion of justice, which is combining the equals and distinguishing the different. This is the religion of Islam. As for a religion of equality, no one says it; no one who knows the religion of Islam says it. Rather, what indicates the falsity of this principle is that the most common thing in the Qur'an is the negation of equality: [Az-Zumar 39:9] [Ar-Ra'd 13:16] Yes, [Al-Hadid 57:10] [An-Nisa 4:95] And so on. Not a single letter in the Qur'an orders equality, ever. It only orders justice. And the word justice, you will find, brothers, is acceptable to souls. Justice, yes, but equality? I feel that I have a superiority over this man in knowledge, or wealth, or asceticism, or scrupulousness, or in doing good. I believe I have a superiority over him, and then I am satisfied that he is equal to me? Yes, never. Every person knows that there is a distaste if we say equality between male and female. What does it mean? That I and the female are the same? Yes, and this is a distaste for me, clearly. Good. In any case, I wanted to point this out so that we do not be followers in our speech, because some people take words at face value, following the crowd. People said something, so he says it, without thinking about it, its implication, its meaning, or its intent for those who coined it. For those who coined it are giants with a far-reaching intent. When we say there is no equality between the scholar and the ignorant, he says, "Why? Islam is a religion of equality." Yes, even the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: So he established a preference. And the Arabs are the noblest of people in lineage. There is no one among the children of Adam nobler in lineage than the Arabs. And what indicates this is His saying, the Exalted: [Al-An'am 6:124] And who placed in them the message for all of creation? The Arabs. If they understand, they are the noblest of people in lineage. Good. I do not want to lengthen this. In fact, if we remain on this surface, we will not finish until after ten years. But sometimes the Exalted says, yes.
Whoever wishes to be delivered from the fire and enter the garden should die with faith in Allah and the Last Day and should treat the people as he wishes to be treated by them.
من أحب أن يزحزح عن النار ويدخل الجنة فلتأته منيته وهو يؤمن بالله واليوم الآخر وليأت إلى الناس ما يجب أن يؤتى إليهFor example: If you want to treat a person in a certain way, first measure it against yourself. If a person treated you that way, would you be satisfied or not? If you are satisfied, then treat him as you are satisfied to be treated; do not treat him otherwise. This is justice.
This includes justice among children in gifts. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
Be afraid of Allah, and be just to your children.
اتقوا الله واعدلوا بين أولادكمThis includes justice among children in inheritance, giving the male the share of two females. Yes.
This includes justice among wives by giving each one what you give the other. And so on; justice is extensive. Everything that requires equalization requires justice. Good.
Here, we must know that some people use equality instead of justice, and this is an error. Equality is not called equality because equality may require equalizing between two things, whereas wisdom requires distinguishing between them. And because of this unjust call for equalization, they say, "What is the difference between the male and the female?!" Equalize between males and females. Yes, even communism said, "What is the difference between the ruler and the ruled? No one can have authority over another. What is the difference? Authority. Equalize between the father and the father; the father has no authority over the son," and so on. But if we say justice, which is giving everyone what they deserve, yes, this danger is removed and the phrase becomes sound. For this reason, it never came in the Qur'an that Allah orders equalization, but it came:
