Mohammad Rafoqie
Junior Member
By Mohammad Rafique Etsame
On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), who said:
I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: The first of people against whom judgment will be pronounced on the Day of Resurrection will be a man who died a martyr. He will be brought and Allah will make known to him His favours and he will recognize them. [ The Almighty] will say: And what did you do about them? He will say: I fought for you until I died a martyr. He will say: You have lied - you did but fight that it might be said [of you]: He is courageous. And so it was said. Then he will be ordered to be dragged along on his face until he is cast into Hell-fire. [Another] will be a man who has studied [religious] knowledge and has taught it and who used to recite the Quran. He will be brought and Allah will make known to him His favours and he will recognize them. [The Almighty] will say: And what did you do about them? He will say: I studied [religious] knowledge and I taught it and I recited the Quran for Your sake. He will say: You have lied - you did but study [religious] knowledge that it might be said [of you]: He is learned. And you recited the Quran that it might be said [of you]: He is a reciter. And so it was said. Then he will be ordered to be dragged along on his face until he is cast into Hell-fire. [Another] will be a man whom Allah had made rich and to whom He had given all kinds of wealth. He will be brought and Allah will make known to him His favours and he will recognize them. [The Almighty] will say: And what did you do about them? He will say: I left no path [untrodden] in which You like money to be spent without spending in it for Your sake. He will say: You have lied - you did but do so that it might be said [of you]: He is open-handed. And so it was said. Then he will be ordered to be dragged along on his face until he is cast into Hell-fire. It was related by Muslim (also by at-Tirmidhi and an-Nasa'i).
This hadith is a clear warning against those who do good actions only for that they might be seen, and not following the commands and will of Allah All-Mighty.
As it is often noticed that when a political leader, a social worker or a rich person wants to give something to the poor’s, then first he calls to the media persons for reporting of this action, so that his picture and news may be published in the newspapers.
Similarly, if someone gets Islamic knowledge so that he might be called as a ’religious scholar’, or he recites the holy Qur’an so that he might be called as a reciter (Qari), then he will also be punished due to this actions at the Day of Resurrection.
And those who do “jihad’ only for worldly stuffs and also for they might be seen, are also be included in this category. In fact, Satan Iblees tries his best to waste all the good actions of a believer. May Allah give us power to save all of our good actions against the bad tricks of Iblis.