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PUNISHMENT ON THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT FOR NOT PAYING THE OBLIGATORY CHARITY ON LIVESTOCK

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“Whosoever has gold or silver and does not pay the obligatory charity due on it must know that on the Day of Judgement his gold and silver will be melted into slabs which will then be heated in the Fire of Hell, then his side, forehead and back will be branded with them. When the slabs become cool they will be re-heated again and the branding will continue throughout a day the length of which will be equal to fifty thousand years until the people have been judged, then he will be shown his way either to Paradise or to the Fire.

A Companion asked, ‘O Messenger of Allah, praise and peace be upon him, what about camels?’ He answered, ‘In the same way, the owner of camels who does not pay what is due in respect of them and what is due includes their milk on the day they are taken to water, will be thrown on his face on a wide level plain on the Day of Judgement to be trampled upon by the camels. These camels will be strong and fat, not one of them, even the calf of a camel will be missing. They will trample him under their feet and tear him apart with their teeth. When the last of them has passed over him the first of them will begin the process over again throughout a day the length of which will be equal to fifty thousand years until all men have been judged and he will be shown his way to either Paradise or to the Fire.’

Then he was asked, ‘O Messenger of Allah, praise and peace be upon him, what about cows and goats?’ He answered, ‘The same will apply to one who owns cows and goats and does not pay his respective obligatory charity on them. On the Day of Judgement he will be thrown on his face on a wide level plain with none of the animals missing and none will be without horns. They will gore him with their horns and trample him under their hooves and when one side is finished the other side will begin, throughout a day, the length of which will be equal to fifty thousand years until all men have been judged and he will be shown his way to either Paradise or to the Fire.’

Then he was asked, ‘O Messenger of Allah, praise and peace be upon him, what about horses?’ He answered, ‘Horses will be divided into three groups: those that are a burden for their owner, those that are a shield for him and those that make their owner worthy of reward. As for those who are a burden for their owner, they are the ones who are bred for show or for pride, or as a cause of injury to Muslims. They will be a cause of punishment for their owner. The ones that are a shield for their owners are those that were bred by him for the Cause of Allah and he does not forget that which is due to Allah in respect of their backs and their necks. They are his shield. These horses make their owner worthy of reward and are the ones raised in meadows and gardens for use in the Cause of Allah by Muslims. Whatever they eat from meadows and gardens is recorded as good deeds of their owner, so much so that even their droppings and urine count as an equal number of good deeds for him. Every rope that is used (when they are being broken in), their jumping and every mound from which they jump and every hoof mark they make counts as an equal number of good deeds for him. When their owner leads them to a stream and they drink from it - whether their owner intended them to do so or not - every mouthful they drink counts as a good deed for him.’

The Companions asked, ‘O Messenger of Allah, praise and peace be upon him, what about donkeys?’ He answered, ‘No specific orders have been sent down to me with regard to donkeys but this verse is comprehensive: 'Whosoever has done an atom's weight of good shall see it, and whosoever has done an atom's weight of evil shall see it also.'" 99:7-8 Koran

Bukhari and Muslim with a chain up to Abu Hurairah who related that the Messenger of Allah, praise and peace be upon him, said this.