Gardens of the Righteous — Page 211
RIYADH AS-SALIHIN 211 be equal to fifty thousand years till the people will have been judged and he will be shown his way to Paradise or to the Fire. . He was asked: Messenger of Allah, what about camels? He answered: In the same way the owner of camels who does not discharge what is due in respect of them (and what is due includes their milk on the day they are taken to water) will be thrown on his face in a wide level plain on the Day of Judgment to be trampled upon by the camels. These camels will be strong and fat and not one from among them will be missing. They will trample him under their feet and will tear him apart with their teeth. When the last of them will have passed over him the first of them will begin the process over again through a day the extent of which will be equal to fifty thousand years till all men have been judged and he will be shown his way to Paradise or to the Fire. . Then he was asked: Messenger of Allah, what about cows and goats? He answered: The same will be the case of one who owns cows and goats and does not discharge his obligation in respect of them. On the Day of Judgment he will be thrown on his face in a wide level plain when none of the animals will be missing and none will be without horns. They will gore him with their horns and will trample him under their feet and when one side has finished the other side will begin, throughout a day, the extent of which will be equal to fifty thousand years till all men have been judged and he will be shown his way to. Paradise or to the Fire. . He was asked: Messenger of Allah, what about horses? He answered: Horses may be divided into three groups: those that are a burden for their owner, those that are a screen for him and those that make their owner worthy of reward. As to those who are a burden for their owner they are the ones who are reared for show or for pride or for causing injury to the Muslims. They will be a cause of torment for their owner. The ones that are a screen for their owner are those that are reared by him for the cause of Allah and he does not forget that which is due to Allah in respect of their backs and their necks. They are his screen. Those that make their owner worthy of reward are the ones that are reared in meadows and gardens for being used in the cause of Allah by the Muslims. Whatever they eat from these meadows and gardens is written down as good works of their owner, so much so that even their droppings and their urine counts for an equal number of good works for him. Every rope that is used up in their jumping and every height from which they jump and every hoof mark that they make counts for an equal number of good works for him. . When their owner leads them through a stream and they drink from it, whether their owner intended them to do so or not, every mouthful that they drink counts as good works for him. . He was asked: Messenger of Allah, what about donkeys? He answered: No specific direction has been revealed to me with regard to donkeys but the following peerless verse is comprehensive: Then whoso will have done the smallest particle of good will see it, and whoso will have done the smallest particle of ill will also see it (99. 8-9) (Bokhari and Muslim).