Sharḥ Riyāḍ al-Ṣāliḥīn - Ibn al-'Uthaymin - (2/529)

Sharḥ Riyāḍ al-ṢāliḥīnIbn al-'Uthaymin

and even spilled the blood of another—meaning that he wronged people in every possible way. On that Day the victims will insist on reclaiming their rights; whatever they failed to obtain in this world they will surely take in the Hereafter. Retribution will then be taken from him: this person will receive from his good deeds, and that person from his good deeds, and yet another from his good deeds—perfect, equitable justice. When his good deeds are depleted, their sins will be transferred to him, placed upon his shoulders, and he will be cast into the Fire—may Allah protect us.

All his good deeds will be used up: the reward for his prayer gone, the reward for his zakah gone, the reward for his fasting gone—every righteous act he possessed will vanish. Their sins will then be assigned to him, and he will be flung into the Fire; we seek Allah’s refuge.

The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, spoke the truth: this is the real bankrupt person. As for worldly bankruptcy, the world comes and goes; a man may be poor this evening and wealthy tomorrow, or the opposite. Total bankruptcy, however, is for a person to lose the good deeds for which he labored, to see them before him on the Day of Resurrection, only for them to be taken away and handed to so-and-so and so-and-so.

This ḥadīth therefore warns against aggressing upon other people and teaches that one must fulfill others’ rights during his lifetime, so that any requital occurs in this world where he can bear it. In the Hereafter there will be neither dirham nor dinar with which to ransom oneself—only good deeds. The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: “So this person will take from his good deeds, and that person from his good deeds; and when his good deeds are exhausted, their sins will be transferred to him, then he will be hurled into the Fire.”

Yet this ḥadīth does not mean that he will remain in the Fire forever. He will be punished only to the extent of the sins of others that were placed upon him, after which his final destination is Paradise, for a believer is not condemned to eternal Fire. Still, the Fire is unbearably hot—no one can endure—

هذا، وسفك دم هذا، أي اعتدى على الناس بأنواع الاعتداء، والناس يريدون أخذ حقهم، ما لا يأخذونه في الدنيا يأخذونه في الآخرة، فيقتص لهم منه؛ فيأخذ هذا من حسناته، وهذا من حسناته، وهذا من حسناته بالعدل والقصاص بالحق، فإن فنيت حسناته أخذ من سيئاتهم فطرحت عليه، ثم طرح في النار، والعياذ بالله. تنقضي حسناته، ثواب الصلاة ينتهي، وثواب الزكاة ينتهي، وثواب الصيام ينتهي، كل ما عنده من حسنات ينتهي، فيؤخذ من سيئاتهم ويطرح عليه، ثم يطرح في النار، العياذ بالله.. وصدق النبي ﷺ فإن هذا هو المفلس حقاً، أما مفلس الدنيا فإن الدنيا تأتي وتذهب، ربما يكون الإنسان فقيراً فيمسي غنياً، أو بالعكس، لكن الإفلاس كل الإفلاس أن يفلس الإنسان من حسناته التي تعب عليها، وكانت أمامه يوم القيامة يشاهدها، ثم تؤخذ منه لفلان وفلان. وفي هذا تحذير من العدوان على الخلق، وأنه يجب على الإنسان أن يؤدي ما للناس في حياته قبل مماته، حتى يكون القصاص في الدنيا مما يستطيع، أما في الآخرة فليس هناك درهم ولا دينارٌ حتي يفدي نفسه، ليس فيه إلا الحسنات، يقول الرسول ﷺ: " فيأخذ هذا من حسناته، وهذا من حسناته، فإذا فنيت حسناته أخذ من سيئاتهم ثم طرح عليه وطرح في النار" ولكن هذا الحديث لا يعني أنه يخلد في النار، بل يعذب بقدر ما حصل عليه من سيئات الغير التي طرحت عليه، ثم بعد ذلك مآله إلى الجنة؛ لأن المؤمن لا يخلد في النار، ولكن النار حرها شديد، لا يصبر