Hadith 4065

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الصَّبَّاحِ , وَنَصْرُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ , وَهَارُونُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْحَمَّالُ , قَالُوا : حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ , عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سُوقَةَ , سَمِعَ نَافِعَ بْنَ جُبَيْرٍ يُخْبِرُ , عَنْ أُمِّ سَلَمَةَ , قَالَتْ : ذَكَرَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الْجَيْشَ الَّذِي يُخْسَفُ بِهِمْ , فَقَالَتْ أُمُّ سَلَمَةَ : يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ , لَعَلَّ فِيهِمُ الْمُكْرَهَ , قَالَ : " إِنَّهُمْ يُبْعَثُونَ عَلَى نِيَّاتِهِمْ " .
´It was narrated that Umm Salamah said:` “The Prophet (ﷺ) mentioned the army that would be swallowed up by the earth, and Umm Salamah said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, perhaps there will be some among them who were forced (to join them)?’ He said: ‘They will be resurrected according to their intentions.’”
Hadith Reference سنن ابن ماجه / كتاب الفتن / 4065
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Explanation & Benefits
Maulana Ataullah Sajid
Benefits and Issues:
➊ Upon committing a major crime, sometimes Allah’s punishment seizes the criminals even in this world.

➋ Those who accompany the criminals also get caught up in the punishment.

➌ On the Day of Resurrection, only the criminals will be punished—whether they are the ones who committed the crime, those who assisted them in any way, those who considered their crime insignificant and did not try to stop them, or those who did not harbor aversion to their crime.
Source: Commentary on Sunan Ibn Mājah by Mawlānā ‘Atā’ullāh Sājid, Page: 4065
Shaykh Dr. Abdur Rahman Freywai
Explanation:

1:
That is, in worldly punishment, even those who are compelled and powerless will also be afflicted, but in the Hereafter, they will be resurrected according to their deeds.
Source: Sunan al-Tirmidhi – Majlis ‘Ilmi Dar al-Da‘wah, New Delhi Edition, Page: 2171
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues:
➊ When the punishment of Allah the Exalted comes in a general manner, it encompasses everyone; however, the case of the Prophets and Messengers (alayhim as-salam) and their followers is, as a miracle, an exception to this generality.

➋ Iḍṭirār wa karāhah, that is, a person being extremely compelled to perform an undesirable act—


In the Shariah, this is a valid excuse, the benefit of which, if not attained in this world, will surely be granted on the Day of Judgment, insha’Allah.

➌ And the acceptance of deeds depends upon intentions.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 4289