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Betrayers HumiliatedThe Messenger of Allah (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said: “When Allah gathers the first and the last on the Day of Resurrection, a banner will be raised for every betrayer, and it will be said, ‘This is the betrayer of So and so the son of So and so.’” [Muslim]
The betrayer is the one who makes a promise then does not fulfill it.
The banner is a large flag which is not carried by anyone except the leader of the army at war, or the standard-bearer of an army, so that the people follow him. [Sharh an-Nawawi ala Muslim]
So a banner will be erected for every betrayer, on which his betrayal will be written, and he will be exposed on the Day of Resurrection. This banner will be placed at his backside. [Muslim]
Ruler’s Betrayal Worst
The Messenger of Allah (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) said: “On the Day of Resurrection, for every betrayer a banner will be raised according to the extent of his betrayal, and no betrayal is greater than that of a ruler.” [Muslim]
The greater the act of betrayal, the higher the banner will be raised on that great Day.
A leader’s betrayal is regarded as being so bad because it affects many people, and because the leader or ruler possesses power and authority, so he has no need to resort to betrayal.
Allah will make the punishment take this form because this is the way in which people will understand the punishment… The Arabs used to raise a banner beside betrayers in their gatherings and on the occasion of Hajj, and they paraded the offender with a description of his crime. [At-Tadhkirah by Qurtubi]
Imagine. In this life if a single one of our crimes/sins were posted on our back and we were forced to go through life with this humiliation, how would we feel? Then how will we be able to stand it on the Day of Judgement when all of mankind is witness?