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===Cheating in weights (scales)=== | ===Cheating in weights (scales)=== | ||
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It was narrated that ‘Abdullah bin ‘Umar said: | It was narrated that ‘Abdullah bin ‘Umar said: | ||
“The Messenger of Allah ﷺ turned to us and said: ‘O Muhajirun, there are five things with which you will be tested, and I seek refuge with Allah lest you live to see them: Immorality never appears among a people to such an extent that they commit it openly, but plagues and diseases that were never known among the predecessors will spread among them. '''They do not cheat in weights and measures but they will be stricken with famine, severe calamity and the oppression of their rulers'''. They do not withhold the Zakah of their wealth, but rain will be withheld from the sky, and were it not for the animals, no rain would fall on them. They do not break their covenant with Allah and His Messenger, but Allah will enable their enemies to overpower them and take some of what is in their hands. Unless their leaders rule according to the Book of Allah and seek all good from that which Allah has revealed, Allah will cause them to fight one another.’” | “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ turned to us and said: ‘O Muhajirun, there are five things with which you will be tested, and I seek refuge with Allah lest you live to see them: Immorality never appears among a people to such an extent that they commit it openly, but plagues and diseases that were never known among the predecessors will spread among them. '''They do not cheat in weights and measures but they will be stricken with famine, severe calamity and the oppression of their rulers'''. They do not withhold the Zakah of their wealth, but rain will be withheld from the sky, and were it not for the animals, no rain would fall on them. They do not break their covenant with Allah and His Messenger, but Allah will enable their enemies to overpower them and take some of what is in their hands. Unless their leaders rule according to the Book of Allah and seek all good from that which Allah has revealed, Allah will cause them to fight one another.’” | ||
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The Prophet (ﷺ) said "Certainly a time will come when people will not bother to know from where they earned the money, by lawful means or unlawful means." | The Prophet (ﷺ) said "Certainly a time will come when people will not bother to know from where they earned the money, by lawful means or unlawful means." | ||
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Muhammad himself engaged in dubious practices to acquire money: | If raiding caravans can be called an "unlawful method" of acquiring money, then according to the sirah Muhammad himself engaged in dubious practices to acquire money: | ||
{{Quote|Sirat Rasul Allah 428, Tabari VII:29| | {{Quote|Sirat Rasul Allah 428, Tabari VII:29| | ||
Then the apostle heard that Abu Sufyan b. Harb was coming from Syria with a large caravan of Quraysh, containing their money and merchandise, accompanied by some thirty or forty men." Mohammad said, "This is the Quraysh caravan containing their property, Go out to attack it, perhaps God will give it as prey, | Then the apostle heard that Abu Sufyan b. Harb was coming from Syria with a large caravan of Quraysh, containing their money and merchandise, accompanied by some thirty or forty men." Mohammad said, "This is the Quraysh caravan containing their property, Go out to attack it, perhaps God will give it as prey, | ||
}} | }}Most Muslims would argue that Muhammad was engaged in war against the Medinians, but his and his followers lust not for religious victory but for booty is noted again and again in the sirah. | ||
===Usury (riba)=== | ===Usury (riba)=== | ||
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In other hadiths Muhammad and Ubayd speak about sudden death as something already known:{{Quote| | In other hadiths Muhammad and Ubayd speak about sudden death as something already known:{{Quote| {{Abudawud|20|3104}}(sahih)| | ||
Narrated Ubayd ibn Khalid as-Sulami,: | Narrated Ubayd ibn Khalid as-Sulami,: | ||
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===Islam will be unpleasant for Muslims (like burning ember/coal in hand)=== | ===Islam will be unpleasant for Muslims (like burning ember/coal in hand)=== | ||
{{Quote|Tirmidhi | {{Quote|{{Al Tirmidhi||4|7|2260}} (hasan)| | ||
Anas bin Malik narrated that the Messenger of Allah(s.a.w) said: | Anas bin Malik narrated that the Messenger of Allah(s.a.w) said: | ||
"There shall come upon the people a time in which the one who is patient upon his religion will be like the one holding onto a burning ember." | "There shall come upon the people a time in which the one who is patient upon his religion will be like the one holding onto a burning ember." | ||