Injustice and the
Ideology of Cruelty
(Ustaz Abdul Jalil
Abdul Razak)
Allah
SWT has many names for all of His most excellent characteristics, of which
people of faith utter and say many times
over as praises to remember (zikir) Him
by and in prayers, an encouragement that can be understood from Allah SWT’s
decree in Surah Al `Araf, verse 180, which reads:
و لله الأسماء الحسنى فادعوه بها
Which
means: `The most beautiful names belong to God, so call on Him by them.’
Also
as had been said by the Prophet SAW- a `hadith’ (everything said by Prophet
Muhammad SAW,that had been stringently authenticated, with regards an event),related
by Abu Hurairah r.a.
إن الله تسعة
و تسعين اسما، من حفظها دخل الجنة،
Which
means :`Allah has 99 names, and whoever comprehends them
all will enter paradise, and He is Indivisible and loves that which is
indivisible’.
From
the many names and characteristics of Allah SWT, most noble and Exalted, a
characteristic He forbids linked to His essence is cruelty, in even as
miniscule as the tiniest particle to be found as any part of the essence of
Allah and Allah prohibits this to all mankind and forbids them from being
cruel.
[1] Complete Dictionary, Editor Drs Awang Sudjai Hairul and Yusoff Khan:
Ideology, way of thinking and thoughts found in a person, group, etc.
especially in making it a foundation for an economic or political system.
2 Memorising these good names means to remember Him with an
understanding deeply felt in the soul (heart); Islamic Beliefs : Sayid Sabiq
3Complete
Dictionary : the meaning of cruelty page1238
The
word `cruel’ in Arabic reflects something that can mean a cruel demeanour,
fierce, with no compassion, like seeing people in pain and distress, doing
wrongful deeds, oppression, destruction of property, injustice and many other
meanings deriving from the character of being cruel, which at its foundation,
is a characteristic that is vile and despicable and against the nature of man
who is honourable who should use the gift of his mind for doing good deeds to
prosper and harmonise the earth.
The
concept or ideology of cruelty is a form of thought whether organized or not,
that produces a deed or action that is cruel and this can exists within an
individual irrespective of his
background, culture or religion, and it can also exists in individuals, groups
or within the administration of a state. This can be seen from the leaves of
man’s history which is full of cruel acts. This subject had been uttered by the
angels to Allah, as in Allah’s decree in surah Al Baqarah, verse 30 which means
:
"قالوآ
أتجعل فيها من يفسد فيها و يسفك الدمآء و نحن نسبح بحمدك و نقدس لك"
`They said:` Wilt Thou place them therein one who will make
mischief therein and shed blood? Whilst we do celebrate Thy praises and glorify
Thy Holy (name)?’
If
examined, the cruel traits, all of which go against the teachings of the holy
religion of Islam because Islam doesn’t teach its followers to conduct any sort
of cruelty and forbids strongly any concept or acts of cruelty, a prohibition
not only towards each individual but also amongst mankind, animals and Allah’s
other creatures. This prohibition is
clearly embodied in Allah SWT’s decree in Surah Ali Imran, verse 182:
" و أن الله ليس بظلام للعبيد"
Which
means:` For Allah never harms those who serves Him’.
In
Surah An Nisaa, verse 40:
"إن الله لا يظلم مثقال ذرة , و إن تك
حسنة يضاعفها و يؤت من لدنه أجرا عظيما"
`Allah
is never unjust in the least degree, if there is any good (done), He doubleth
it, and giveth from His own presence a great reward.’
Allah SWT’s Decree in Surah Yunus, verse 44:
إن الله لا يظلم الناس شيئا و لكن
الناس أنفسهم يظلمون
Which means : ` Verily God will not deal unjustly
with man in aught; it is man that wrongs his own soul’.
Allah had also informed his Prophet Muhammad SAW in
a` Hadith Qudsi ’ (meaning `based on Allah’s saying in the Prophet’s words) about the prohibition
of being cruel:
وعن أبي ذر الغفاري -رضي الله عنه- قال
عن رسول الله -صلى الله عليه وسلم- فيما يرويه عن ربه -عز وجل-: يا عبادي،
إني حرمت الظلم على نفسي وجعلته بينكم محرما فلا تظالموا، يا عبادي، كلكم ضال إلا
من هديته فاستهدوني أهدكم، يا عبادي، كلكم جائع إلا من أطعمته فاستطعموني أطعمكم،
يا عبادي، كلكم عار إلا من كسوته فاستكسوني أكسكم، يا عبادي، إنكم تخطئون بالليل
والنهار وأنا أغفر الذنوب جميعا فاستغفروني أغفر لكم، يا عبادي، إنكم لن تبلغوا
ضري فتضروني، ولن تبلغوا نفعي فتنفعوني.
3Complete Dictionary : the meaning of
cruelty page1238
4Surah
Israil verse 70: We have honoured the sons of Adam…
5 http://historynewsnetwork.org/articles/article.html?id=289;Is
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Which
means: `From Abu Dzar Al-Ghafri r.a., from the Prophet SAW who said`from Allah Azzawajalla, that Allah said : My servants! That I have forbidden cruelty in Me and make it a prohibition amongst yourselves, therefore don’t you be cruel and cause hurt to each other. My servants! You are hungry except those that I feed, therefore all of you ask of Me for food, that I will feed you. My servants! All of you are naked, except those I clothe, therefore ask you of Me to clothe you. My servants! All of you sin at night and in the day and only I can forgive you all your sins, therefore ask of Me for forgiveness that I will forgive all your sins. My servants! All of you cannot plan anything to hurt Me and all of you cannot plan to benefit Me. My servants! If all of you from before and all of you from the later times band together, whether mankind or jinns all faithful like the faith of a man’s heart amongst you, this does not in any way add to My kingdom. My servants! If all of you from before and all of you from the later times band together, whether mankind or jinns, all of whom are evil like the evil in a man’s heart amongst you, this will not in any way decrease even a little from My kingdom. My servants! If all of you from before and from the later times gather together on a flat land and each of you makes a request to whom I grant to each and every one his request, this in no way at all lessen anything from My kingdom, it is as if a needle falling into the to curse.’
Allah
SWT’s decree and the `Hadith Quds’ above
confirms that Allah is never cruel to His creatures, and Allah SWT also
prohibits each of His creatures from doing cruel things to each other, that He
prohibits this character to be part of His holy essence. Allah will not do cruel
things to men, no matter their backgrounds , whether they have or haven’t any
faith in Him, whether they are
non-believers or those taking other gods alongside Allah as gods (shirk). Allah
does not repay with cruelty even the person that is cruel to himself as this is
against the characteristic of Allah, Most Exalted....(continue.1)
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