Sharh Riyad as-Saliheen by Ibn Uthaymeen — Volume 2 (شرح رياض الصالحين) — Page 110

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

شَرْحُ رِيَاضِ الصَّالِحِينَ مِنْ كَلَامِ سَيِّدِ الْمُرْسَلِينَ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ

Commentary on Riyadh as-Salihin from the words of the Master of the Messengers, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him.

اللَّهُ تَعَالَى بَيْنَهُمْ بِحُكْمِهِ وَعَدْلِهِ، وَهُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْعَلِيمُ، يَقْتَصُّ مِنَ الْبَهَائِمِ بَعْضِهَا مَعَ بَعْضٍ، وَمِنَ الْآدَمِيِّينَ بَعْضِهِمْ مَعَ بَعْضٍ، وَمِنَ الْجِنِّ بَعْضِهِمْ مَعَ بَعْضٍ، وَمِنَ الْجِنِّ وَالْإِنْسِ بَعْضِهِمْ مَعَ بَعْضٍ؛ لِأَنَّ الْإِنْسَ قَدْ يَعْتَدُونَ عَلَى الْجِنِّ، وَالْجِنَّ قَدْ يَعْتَدُونَ عَلَى الْإِنْسِ، فَمِنْ عُدْوَانِ الْجِنِّ عَلَى الْإِنْسِ الشَّيْءُ الْكَثِيرُ، وَمِنْ عُدْوَانِ الْإِنْسِ عَلَى الْجِنِّ أَنْ يَسْتَجْمِرَ الْإِنْسَانُ بِالْعَظْمِ؛ لِأَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ نَهَى أَنْ نَسْتَنْجِيَ بِالْعِظَامِ وَقَالَ: «إِنَّهَا زَادُ إِخْوَانِكُمْ مِنَ الْجِنِّ»(١) الْجِنُّ يَجِدُونَ الْعِظَامَ - الَّتِي نَأْكُلُ لَحْمَهَا نَحْنُ وَنَرْمِيهَا - يَجِدُونَهَا الْجِنُّ مَكْسُوَّةً لَحْمًا فَيَأْكُلُونَهَا، فَإِذَا اسْتَجْمَرَ أَحَدٌ بِهَا فَقَدِ اعْتَدَى عَلَيْهِمْ وَقَدْرَهَا عَلَيْهِمْ، وَيُخْشَى أَنْ يُؤْذُوهُ إِذَا آذَاهُمْ بِهَا.

Allah the Almighty will judge between them with His wisdom and justice. He is the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing. He will settle accounts between animals, between humans, between jinn, and even between jinn and humans, for humans may transgress against jinn just as jinn may transgress against humans. While jinn often transgress against humans, one way humans transgress against jinn is by using bones for ritual cleansing. The Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, forbade using bones for this purpose, stating, "They are the provision of your brothers among the jinn." The jinn find the bones we discard—which we have stripped of meat—covered in meat once again, and they eat it. If someone uses these bones for cleansing, he has transgressed against them and harmed them, and there is a risk they may retaliate.

عَلَى كُلِّ حَالٍ، فَفِي يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ يُقْتَصُّ لِلْمَظْلُومِ مِنَ الظَّالِمِ، وَيُؤْخَذُ مِنْ حَسَنَاتِ الظَّالِمِ إِلَّا إِذَا نَفِدَتْ حَسَنَاتُهُ؛ فَيُؤْخَذُ مِنْ سَيِّئَاتِ الْمَظْلُومِ فَتُطْرَحُ عَلَيْهِ، قَالَ النَّبِيُّ عَلَيْهِ الصَّلَاةُ وَالسَّلَامُ: «مَنْ تَعُدُّونَ الْمُفْلِسَ فِيكُمْ؟» - أَيْ: الَّذِي لَيْسَ عِنْدَهُ شَيْءٌ - قَالُوا: الْمُفْلِسُ مَنْ لَا دِرْهَمَ عِنْدَهُ وَلَا مَتَاعَ.

In any case, on the Day of Resurrection, the oppressed will receive justice from the oppressor. The oppressor’s good deeds will be taken to compensate the victim; if those deeds run out, the victim’s sins will be cast upon the oppressor. The Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, once asked, "Who do you consider to be bankrupt among you?"—meaning the one who has nothing. They replied, "The bankrupt among us is the one who has no dirhams and no goods."

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Vocabulary · المفردات (28 verbs · 48 nouns)

• صَلَّى — to pray
• قَصَّ — to retaliate
• اعْتَدَى — to transgress
• شَرْح — explanation
• رِيَاض — gardens
• صَالِح — righteous person