Allah—exalted is He—may forgive and overlook that if He so wills; but the ledger from which Allah will leave nothing at all is the servants’ injustices toward one another: in that case, requital is inescapable (1).

Al-Bayhaqī also transmitted—by way of Zāʾidah ibn Abī al-Ruqād (2), from Ziyād al-Numayrī, from Anas—in a Prophetic report:

“Wrongdoing is of three kinds. One kind Allah will never forgive: associating partners with Him. A second kind Allah may forgive: a servant’s sins against himself in matters between him and his Lord. The third kind is the wrongs servants commit against one another; from that, Allah will leave nothing unaddressed until each one receives his due.”

He then quoted it through another chain—Yazīd al-Raqāshī, from Anas—with similar wording; both chains are weak (3).

Abū Bakr ibn Abī al-Dunyā said: Abū ʿAbd Allāh Tamīm ibn al-Muntaṣir narrated to us; Isḥāq ibn Yūsuf narrated to us; from Sharīk; from al-Aʿmash; from ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Sāʾib; from Zādhān; from ʿAbd Allāh ibn Masʿūd, who related that the Prophet ﷺ said:

“Being slain in the path of Allah wipes out everything”—or he said, “wipes out all sins—except a trust (amānah).”

He continued, “The bearer of a trust will be brought forth and it will be said to him, ‘Discharge your trust.’ He will reply, ‘How can I, when the world is gone?’ It will be said, ‘Take him to the Abyss.’ He will be taken there and will plunge into it until he reaches its bottom, where he finds the trust exactly as it had been. He will hoist it onto his shoulders and climb with it through the fire of Jahannam. Whenever he thinks he has emerged, it slips from him; it falls, and he falls after it—thus he remains for all eternity.

“The trust is in prayer, the trust is in fasting, the trust is in ablution, the trust is in speech, and the weightiest of all are deposited belongings.”

Zādhān added: “I later met al-Barāʾ and said, ‘Do you not hear what your brother ʿAbd Allāh is saying?’ He replied, ‘He has spoken the truth.’”

Sharīk said: “ʿAbbās al-ʿĀmirī also narrated to us, from Zādhān, from ʿAbd Allāh, from the Prophet ﷺ with the same wording, though he did not mention ‘the trust in prayer’ or ‘the trust in everything.’ Its chain is sound, yet neither Aḥmad nor any of the six canonical books recorded it (4).

“It is corroborated by what Muslim narrated from Abū Saʿīd: A man asked, ‘Messenger of Allah, if I am killed in the path of Allah—steadfast, seeking reward, advancing and not retreating—will Allah expiate my sins?’ He said, ‘Yes—except for debt’ (5).”

Abū Bakr ibn Abī al-Dunyā further said: Yūsuf ibn Mūsā narrated to us; Muḥammad ibn ʿUbayd narrated to us; Muḥammad ibn ʿAmr narrated to us; from Yaḥyā ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Ḥāṭib; from ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Zubayr, who said:

“When the verse was revealed, ‘Indeed, you are to die and indeed they are to die. Then on the Day of Resurrection you will certainly dispute before your Lord’ (al-Zumar 30–31), al-Zubayr said, ‘O Messenger of Allah, will the matter be repeated…’