18. THE SCALE O F JUSTICE KNOWS NO FAVOURITISM
Whoever contemplates the Actions of the Creator (A f al al-Bdri), Exalted is He, will see such acts manifesting the law of justice {‘adl), and will become aware that His Punishment will occur sooner or later; therefore, no sinner should be fooled for not being punished because punishment might be postponed.
Among the grievous sins for which a great punishment is promised is when a person insists on committing a sin then follows it with insincere begging for Allah’s forgiveness (istighfar) along with praying (salah) and good deeds (tabbad), thinking that being pretentious is beneficial.
The most befooled person of all people is he who does an act that Allah despises or is displeased with then asks Him for things he likes or wants, as reported in the hadith when the Prophet (^ ) said, “The helpless one is he who submits to his desires then wishes Allah to grant him what he wants.”
The intelligent one therefore should always be waiting for the punishment to take place anytime!
Ibn Sireen said, ‘I once belittled a man by calling him a destitute then after forty years from that incident I also became broke.’
Ibn al-Jalla’ said, ‘A Shaikh saw me once looking at a beardless man, he said to me, ‘What are you doing! You will surely find the consequences of this act later’. Then, I ended up forgetting the Qur’an [I memorized] after forty years from that incident.”
In contrast, whoever does a good deed or corrected an intention should also wait for the reward sooner or later. Allah, Most High, said,
“Indeed he who fears Allah and is patient, then indeed, Allah does not allow to be lost the reward of those who do good.”
[Yusuf (12): 90]
And the Prophet said, “Whoever lowers his gaze so he does not see the adornment of a woman [whom he is unlawful to look at], Allah shall reward him with faith (imari) that he will taste its sweetness in his heart”
Thus, an intelligent person should know that the scale of justice knows no lenience and no favouritism.
(source: al-Hafiz Abu’l-Faraj ibn al-jawzl [d. 597AH] “CAPTURED THOUGHTS being” a translation of his masterpiece ‘Sayd al-K hatir)
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