A Zakat Withholder is punished for Fifty Thousand Years

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A Zakat Withholder is punished for Fifty Thousand Years

Abdur-Rahman Abdul-Khaliq


Some people of faith, who have sins that Allah, His Almighty, wishes not to forgive, are tortured on the land of the Day of Resurrection[1], for those sins until justice is established among the people - I take refuge with Allah, His Almighty from His Anger and fury.


The withholder of Zakat, in the true Hadeeth that the Prophet, Allah's peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Any owner of a treasure, who does not give out its right, then it will become plates of fire, heated in Hell's fire, by which his side, his forehead, and his back will be burned. Until Allah, His Almighty, establishes justice among His creatures, on a day that equals fifty thousand years, of what you count." [2]


The prophet, Allah's peace and blessings be upon him, as narrated by Imam Muslim, said: "Any owner of gold or silver, who does not pay out their rights then on the Day of Judgement they will become plates of fire, heated in Hell's fire, by which his side, his forehead, and his back will be burned. Whenever these plates get cool off, they are[3] back to him, on a day that equals fifty thousand years, until all judgements are passed onto the slaves and his way is seen whether to Heaven or to Hell.”


Somebody asked: 'O Prophet of Allah, how about cows and sheep?' He, Allah's peace and blessings be upon him, said: “There isn't an owner of cows, or sheep who does not give out its right [4], but will come on The Day of Judgement with those on a very flat land, none of them is missing. None of them has curved horns, without horns, nor broken horns. [5]. They will attack him with their horns, and step on him with their hooves, the moment the last one is done, the first one is back again, on a day that equals fifty thousand years, until all judgements are passed onto the slaves, and his way is seen whether to Heaven, or to Hell.”


Somebody also asked: 'O Prophet of Allah, How about horses?' He, Allah's peace and blessings be upon him, said: “Horses are of three: For a man it is a torture, for a man it is a shelter, for a man it is a reward. As for the one to whom it becomes a torture, he is the one who saddles it in hypocrisy, pride, and to be used against the people of Islam, therefore it is a torture. As for the one to whom it is a shelter, he is a man who saddles it in the sake of Allah, and hasn't forgotten the rights of its back, or its neck [6], so it is to him a shelter. As for the one to whom it is a reward, he is a man who saddles it for the people of Islam, for the sake of Allah in a green pastor, or a meadow. Whatever it eats from that pastor or meadow, and as much waste it produces, and urinates, is written for him as many rewards. As far as it runs whether mounting one high land or two, Allah will record for him rewards as many as the numbers of its step, and the quantity of its waste, as rewards. Whenever its owner passes by a river and it drinks from it, without forcing it to drink, Allah will write down to him rewards as many as it drinks.”


Someone also asked: 'O Prophet of Allah, how about donkeys?' He, Allah's peace and blessings be upon him, said: 'Non revealed to me concerning donkeys, except the following Ayah:
“So whosoever does good equal to the weight of an atom (or a small ant,) shall see it. And whoever does evil equal to the weight of an atom (or a small ant,) shall see it.” [Surah Az-Zalzalah: 7-8]


The previous Hadeeth is authenticated in The Holy Book of Allah, His Almighty, when He says:
“O you who believe! Verily, there are many of the (Jewish) rabbis and the (Christian) monks who devour the wealth of mankind in falsehood, and hinder (them) from the Way of Allah. And those who hoard up gold and silver [Al-Kanz the money, the Zakat of which has not been paid,] and spend it not in the Way of Allah, announce unto them a painful torment. On the Day when that (gold, silver, etc.) will be heated in the Fire of Hell and with it will be branded their foreheads, their flanks, and their backs: (and it will be said unto them): ‘This is the treasure which you hoarded for yourselves. Now taste of what you used to hoard?’” [Surah At-Tawbah: 34-35]

[1] Fifty thousand years.

[2] Narrated by Imam Ahmed.

[3] Returned to Hell, and.

[4] The obligation he has to pay in Zakat, indicating his belief in Allah, His Almighty, and that whatever he gains in his life is a gift from his Creator, a gift that he has to thank, and be grateful for.

[5] His live stock will be even healthier than they were in life, and attack him for withholding the set amount of zakat for each, in a revenge.

[6] The right he has to pay signifying his recognition of Allah’s, His Almighty’s bountiful gifts upon him, by obeying Allah, His Almighty and blindly accepting His orders.