Gardens of the Righteous — Page 269
RIYADH AS-SALIHIN 275. . On Prohibition of Breach of Covenant. Allah, the Exalted, has said: 377. 378. . O ye who believe fulfil your covenants (5. 2). . Fulfil your covenants for you will be called to account for your covenants (17. 35). 1589. This hadith is the same as No. 693. 269 1590. Ibn Mas'ud and Ibn Umar and Anas relate that the Holy Prophet said: For everyone who breaks his covenant there will be a standard on the. Day of Judgment. People will say: This standard proclaims a breach of covenant by So and So (Bokhari and Muslim). 1591. Abu Sa'id Khudri relates that the Holy Prophet said: Every breaker of covenant will have a standard over his back on the Day of. Judgment the height of which will be according to the size of his breach. . Hearken! there is no bigger breaker of covenant than a ruler who plays his people false (Muslim). 1592. Abu Hurairah relates that the Holy Prophet said: Allah, the. Exalted, says there are three against whom I shall contend on the Day of. Judgment. One, he who makes a covenant in My name and then defaults on it; two, he who sells a free man into slavery and devours his price; and three, he who hires a workman and having taken full work from him fails to pay him his wages (Bokhari). 1593. This hadith is the same as No. 797. 276. . On Prohibition of Following a Gift with Reproaches. Allah, the Exalted, has said: 379. . Those who spend their wealth in the cause of Allah, then follow not up that which they have spent with reproaches or injury (2. 263). 380. O ye who believe, render not vain your alms with reproaches or injury (2. 265). 277. . On Prohibition of Pride and Arrogance. Allah, the Exalted, has said: 381. Ascribe not purity to yourselves. He knows best him who is truly righteous (53. 33).