The Fate of an Oppressive Ruler and the Severe Warning for Him on the Day of Judgment
Written by: Imran Ayyub Lahori
➊ Narration of ʿAbdullāh ibn Masʿūd (RA):
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
«إن أشد أهل النار عذابا يوم القيامة من قتل نبيا أو قتله نبي وإمام جائر»
"Indeed, the people who will face the severest punishment in Hell on the Day of Judgment are: the one who killed a Prophet, or the one killed by a Prophet, and an oppressive ruler."
References: [Ḥasan: al-Ṣaḥīḥah: 281; Ṣaḥīḥ al-Targhīb: 2185, Kitāb al-Qaḍāʾ; Bazzār in Kashf al-Astār: 1603; Ṭabarānī]
➋ Narration of Abū Hurayrah (RA):
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
«ما من أمير عشرة إلا يؤتى به يوم القيامة مغلولا لا يفكه إلا العدل»
"There is no leader over ten people except that he will be brought on the Day of Judgment in shackles. Nothing will release him except justice."
References: [Ḥasan Ṣaḥīḥ: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Targhīb: 2198, Kitāb al-Qaḍāʾ; Aḥmad: 2/431]
➌ Another narration states:
«ما من أمير عشرة إلا يـوتـى بـه مـعـلـولا يوم القيامة حتى يفكه العدل أو يو بقه الجور»
"Every leader over ten people will be brought on the Day of Judgment in chains until his justice releases him or his oppression destroys him."
References: [Ṣaḥīḥ: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Targhīb: 200, Kitāb al-Qaḍāʾ; Bazzār in Kashf al-Astār: 1640; Ṭabarānī al-Awsaṭ]
➍ Narration of Abū Umāmah (RA):
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
«صنفان من أمتي لن تنالهما شفاعتي: إمام ظلوم غشوم و كل غال مارق»
"Two categories of my Ummah will never attain my intercession: an oppressive, tyrannical ruler, and every treacherous person who deviates from the religion."
References: [Ḥasan: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Targhīb: 2218, Kitāb al-Qaḍāʾ; Ṭabarānī in al-Kabīr and al-Awsaṭ]
➎ Narration of Abū Mūsā (RA):
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
«إن الله يملى للظالم فإذا أخذه لم يفلته ثم قرأ ﴿وَكَذَٰلِكَ أَخْذُ رَبِّكَ إِذَا أَخَذَ الْقُرَىٰ وَهِيَ ظَالِمَةٌ ۚ إِنَّ أَخْذَهُ أَلِيمٌ شَدِيدٌ﴾ [هود: 102]»
"Indeed, Allah grants respite to the oppressor, but when He seizes him, He does not let him go." Then the Prophet ﷺ recited the verse:
“And thus is the seizure of your Lord when He seizes the towns while they are committing oppression. Indeed, His seizure is painful and severe.” [Hūd: 102]
References: [Bukhārī: 4686, Kitāb Tafsīr al-Qurʾān; Muslim: 2583; Tirmidhī: 3110]
Written by: Imran Ayyub Lahori
❖ The End of an Oppressive Ruler
➊ Narration of ʿAbdullāh ibn Masʿūd (RA):
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
«إن أشد أهل النار عذابا يوم القيامة من قتل نبيا أو قتله نبي وإمام جائر»
"Indeed, the people who will face the severest punishment in Hell on the Day of Judgment are: the one who killed a Prophet, or the one killed by a Prophet, and an oppressive ruler."
References: [Ḥasan: al-Ṣaḥīḥah: 281; Ṣaḥīḥ al-Targhīb: 2185, Kitāb al-Qaḍāʾ; Bazzār in Kashf al-Astār: 1603; Ṭabarānī]
➋ Narration of Abū Hurayrah (RA):
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
«ما من أمير عشرة إلا يؤتى به يوم القيامة مغلولا لا يفكه إلا العدل»
"There is no leader over ten people except that he will be brought on the Day of Judgment in shackles. Nothing will release him except justice."
References: [Ḥasan Ṣaḥīḥ: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Targhīb: 2198, Kitāb al-Qaḍāʾ; Aḥmad: 2/431]
➌ Another narration states:
«ما من أمير عشرة إلا يـوتـى بـه مـعـلـولا يوم القيامة حتى يفكه العدل أو يو بقه الجور»
"Every leader over ten people will be brought on the Day of Judgment in chains until his justice releases him or his oppression destroys him."
References: [Ṣaḥīḥ: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Targhīb: 200, Kitāb al-Qaḍāʾ; Bazzār in Kashf al-Astār: 1640; Ṭabarānī al-Awsaṭ]
➍ Narration of Abū Umāmah (RA):
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
«صنفان من أمتي لن تنالهما شفاعتي: إمام ظلوم غشوم و كل غال مارق»
"Two categories of my Ummah will never attain my intercession: an oppressive, tyrannical ruler, and every treacherous person who deviates from the religion."
References: [Ḥasan: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Targhīb: 2218, Kitāb al-Qaḍāʾ; Ṭabarānī in al-Kabīr and al-Awsaṭ]
➎ Narration of Abū Mūsā (RA):
The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said:
«إن الله يملى للظالم فإذا أخذه لم يفلته ثم قرأ ﴿وَكَذَٰلِكَ أَخْذُ رَبِّكَ إِذَا أَخَذَ الْقُرَىٰ وَهِيَ ظَالِمَةٌ ۚ إِنَّ أَخْذَهُ أَلِيمٌ شَدِيدٌ﴾ [هود: 102]»
"Indeed, Allah grants respite to the oppressor, but when He seizes him, He does not let him go." Then the Prophet ﷺ recited the verse:
“And thus is the seizure of your Lord when He seizes the towns while they are committing oppression. Indeed, His seizure is painful and severe.” [Hūd: 102]
References: [Bukhārī: 4686, Kitāb Tafsīr al-Qurʾān; Muslim: 2583; Tirmidhī: 3110]
