Tafsir al-Uthaymin Juz Amma - Ibn al-'Uthaymin - (72)

Tafsir al-Uthaymin Juz AmmaIbn al-'Uthaymin

Mighty and Majestic is He: ﴾When the girl buried alive is asked﴿—she will be asked on the Day of Resurrection—﴾for what sin she was killed﴿. Did she commit any sin? If someone asks, “How can she be questioned when she is the one who was wronged ... the one buried alive? Moreover, she may have been buried while too young to understand and before she was subject to religious accountability. How, then, can she be questioned?” The answer is that she is questioned as a rebuke to the one who buried her alive. She will be questioned in his presence and asked, “For what sin were you killed?” or, “For what sin was she killed?” This is like someone assaulting another person in this world and their being brought before the sovereign or governor, who asks the victim, “For what sin did this man strike you?” even though he knows that the victim was attacked and had done nothing wrong. The question is merely intended to rebuke the wrongdoer. Thus, the girl buried alive is asked for what sin she was killed as a rebuke to the one who wronged, killed, and buried her. We ask Allah to keep us safe.

﴾When the records are laid open﴿: “Records” is the plural of “record,” and these are what deeds are written in. Know, O human being, that everything you do, whether word or deed, is written down and entered into records by trustworthy, noble scribes who know whatever you do. Every single thing you do is recorded until you reach the Day of Resurrection. Allah, Glorified and Exalted, says in His Book: ﴾We have bound every person’s deeds to his neck﴿—meaning that his deeds are bound to his neck—﴾and on the Day of Resurrection We shall bring forth for him a record which he will find spread open﴿—open—﴾Read your record! Today you alone are sufficient to take account of yourself.﴿ [Al-Isrā’: 13–14]

What we are saying now, as we speak, is being recorded. What you say to one another is being recorded. Every word is recorded: ﴾Not a word does one utter without a vigilant observer standing ready﴿ [Qāf: 18]. For this reason, the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Part of the excellence of a person’s Islam is leaving what does not concern him” (1), and he said, “Whoever believes in Allah and the Last Day should speak what is good or remain silent” (2), because everything will be recorded against him. The more a person speaks, the more—

(1) Recorded by al-Tirmidhī in the Book of Asceticism, chapter “Part of a Person’s Excellence in Islam Is Leaving What Does Not Concern Him” (2317). He classified it as a *gharīb* (singularly transmitted) hadith. (2) Recorded by al-Bukhārī in the Book of Conduct, chapter “Whoever Believes in Allah and the Last Day Must Not Harm His Neighbor” (6018); and by Muslim in the Book of Faith, chapter “Encouragement to Honor One’s Neighbor and Guest and to Remain Silent Except to Speak Good” (47 [74]).

عز وجل: ﴿وإذا المؤودة سئلت﴾ تسأل يوم القيامة ﴿بأي ذنب قتلت﴾ هل أذنبت؟ فإذا قال قائل: كيف تُسأل وهي المظلومة ... هي المدفونة، ثم هي قد تدفن وهي لا تميز، ولم يجر عليها قلم التكليف، فكيف تسأل؟ قيل: إنها تُسأل توبيخاً للذي وأدها، لأنها تُسأل أمامه فيقال: بأي ذنب قُتِلْتِ أو قُتِلَتْ؟ نظير ذلك لو أن شخصاً اعتدى على آخر في الدنيا فأتوا إلى السلطان إلى الأمير فقال للمظلوم: بأي ذنب ضربك هذا الرجل؟ وهو يعرف أنه معتدىً عليه ليس له ذنب. لكن من أجل التوبيخ للظالم، فالموؤدة تُسأل بأي ذنب قتلت توبيخاً لظالمها وقاتلها ودافنها نسأل الله العافية. ﴿وإذا الصحف نشرت﴾ الصحف جمع صحيفة، وهي ما يكتب فيها الأعمال. واعلم أيها الإنسان أن كل عمل تعمله من قول أو فعل فإنه يكتب ويسجل بصحائف على يد أمناء كرام كاتبين يعلمون ما تفعلون، يسجل كل شيء تعمله حتى توافى يوم القيامة فإن الله ﷾ يقول في كتابه: ﴿وكل إنسان ألزمناه طائره في عنقه﴾ يعني عمله في عنقه ﴿ونخرج له يوم القيامة كتاباً يلقاه منشوراً﴾ مفتوحاً ﴿اقرأ كتابك كفى بنفسك اليوم عليك حسيباً﴾ [الإسراء١٣- ١٤] ، كلامنا الان ونحن نتكلم يكتب، كلام بعضكم مع بعض يكتب، كل كلام يكتب ﴿ما يلفظ من قول إلا لديه رقيب عتيد﴾ [ق: ١٨] . ولهذا قال النبي ﵊: «من حسن إسلام المرء تركه ما لا يعنيه» (١) ، وقال: «من كان يؤمن بالله واليوم الآخر فليقل خيراً أو ليصمت» (٢) ، لأن كل شيء سيكتب عليه، ومن كثُر كلامُه كثُر

(١) أخرجه الترمزي كتاب الزهد، باب من حسن إسلام المرء تركه مالا يعنيه (٢٣١٧) وقال حديث غريب. (٢) أخرجه البخاري كتاب الأدب، باب من كان يؤمن بالله واليوم الآخر فلا يؤذ جاره (٦٠١٨) ومسلم كتاب الإيمان باب الحث على إكرام الجار والضيف ولزوم الصمت إلا عن الخير (٤٧) (٧٤) .