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Riyad al-SalihinAl-Nawawi

24 – Chapter: The stern punishment for one who enjoins what is right or forbids what is wrong yet acts in opposition to his own words

Allah the Exalted said: “Do you command people to righteousness and forget yourselves while you recite the Scripture? Will you not then reason?” (Q 2:44)

He also said: “O you who believe! Why do you say what you do not do? How hateful it is in the sight of Allah that you say what you do not do.” (Q 61:2–3)

And He related, quoting Shuʿayb — peace be upon him: “I do not wish to contradict you by doing what I forbid you from.” (Q 11:88)

203 – Abū Zayd Usāmah ibn Ḥārithah (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, “A man will be brought on the Day of Resurrection and cast into the Fire. His intestines will spill out and he will circle round with them just as a donkey circles a millstone. The people of Hell will gather around him and say, ‘So-and-so, what is the matter with you? Were you not one who used to enjoin what is right and forbid what is wrong?’ He will reply, ‘Indeed, I used to enjoin what is right yet did not practice it myself, and I forbade what is wrong yet committed it myself.’” Agreed upon.

His statement tandaliqu (“spill out”) is with an undotted dāl and means “to come out,” while al-aqtāb refers to the intestines, the singular of which is qatab.

25 – Chapter: The command to discharge trusts

Allah the Exalted said: “Indeed, Allah commands you to render trusts to their rightful owners” (Q 4:58);

and He said: “We offered the trust (1) to the heavens and the earth …” (Q 33:72).

(1) Amanah (trust): everything entrusted to a person, whether it involves a command or a prohibition, and whether it pertains to religious or worldly matters.

٢٤ - باب تغليظ عقوبة من أمر بمعروف أو نهى عن منكر وخالف قوله فعله قال الله تعالى : ﴿ أَتَأْمُرُونَ النَّاسَ بِالْبِرِّ وَتَنْسَوْنَ أَنْفُسَكُمْ وَأَنْتُمْ تَتْلُونَ الْكِتَابَ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ ﴾ [ البقرة : ٤٤ ] وقال تعالى : ﴿ يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لِمَ تَقُولُونَ مَا لَا تَفْعَلُونَ ؟ كَبُرَ مَقْتًا عِنْدَ اللَّهِ أَنْ تَقُولُوا مَا لَا تَفْعَلُونَ ﴾ [ الصف : ٢ - ٣ ] وقال تعالى إخباراً عن شعيب ﷺ : ﴿ وَمَا أُرِيدُ أَنْ أُخَالِفَكُمْ إِلَى مَا أَنْهَاكُمْ عَنْهُ ﴾ [ هود : ٨٨ ] . ٢٠٣ - وعن أبي زيد أسامة بن حارثة رضي الله عنهما قال : سمعت رسول الله ﷺ يقول : « يُؤْتَى بِالرَّجُلِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ فَيُلْقَى فِي النَّارِ ، فَتَنْدَلِقُ أَقْتَابُ بَطْنِهِ فَيَدُورُ بِهَا كَمَا يَدُورُ الْحِمَارُ فِي الرَّحَا ، فَيَجْتَمِعُ إِلَيْهِ أَهْلُ النَّارِ فَيَقُولُونَ : يَا فُلَانُ مَا لَكَ ؟ أَلَمْ تَكُنْ تَأْمُرُ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَتَنْهَى عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ ؟ فَيَقُولُ : بَلَى كُنْتُ أَمُرُ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَلَا آتِيهِ وَأَنْهَى عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ وَآتِيهِ » متفق عليه . قوله : « تَنْدَلِقُ » هو بالدال المهملة ، ومعناه تخرج . و « الأَقْتَابُ » : الأمعاء ، واحدها قَتَبٌ . ٢٥ - باب الأمر بأداء الأمانة قال الله تعالى : ﴿ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَأْمُرُكُمْ أَنْ تُؤَدُّوا الْأَمَانَاتِ إِلَى أَهْلِهَا ﴾ [ النساء : ٥٨ ] وقال تعالى : ﴿ إِنَّا عَرَضْنَا الْأَمَانَةَ (١) عَلَى السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ

(١) الأمانة : كل ما يؤمن عليه من أمر ونهى وشأن من دين ودنيا .