1292 – On the authority of Ibn ʿUmar (may Allah be pleased with them both) who said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ declared, “Injustice will appear as layers of darkness on the Day of Resurrection.” Agreed upon.⦗1⦘

What is derived from the ḥadīth

1. This narration is one of the proofs that injustice (ẓulm) is forbidden in Islam. The prohibition covers every form of injustice, the gravest of which is associating partners with Allah (shirk). Allah the Exalted says, “Indeed, associating others with Allah is truly a tremendous injustice” (Luqmān 31:13). In a divine ḥadīth He also says, “O My servants! I have forbidden injustice to Myself, and I have made it forbidden among you.” Verses, prophetic sayings, and transmitted reports that censure injustice and expose its vileness are exceedingly numerous.

2. Ibn Rajab (d. 795 AH) explained that injustice is of two kinds:
   a. Injustice against one’s own soul. Its greatest manifestation is shirk, for the polytheist elevates a created being to the rank of the Creator, thereby putting things where they do not belong. Next to that come all acts of disobedience, both major and minor.
   b. A servant’s injustice toward others—whether it concerns life, property, or honor. Concerning this the Prophet ﷺ proclaimed during the Farewell Pilgrimage: “Your blood, your wealth, and your honor are inviolable to one another, just as this day of yours, in this month of yours, in this town of yours, is inviolable.” (Al-Bukhārī 67; Muslim 1679). And in Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī (6534) Abu Hurayrah relates that the Prophet ﷺ said: “Whoever has wronged his brother in anything should seek his pardon today, before a time comes when no dinar or dirham will be accepted. If he possesses good deeds, they will be taken from him in proportion to his wrongdoing; but if he has no good deeds, the sins of his brother will be transferred to him, and he will be cast into the Fire.”