# Allah Loves Justice | Episode 10 **Author:** Dr. Omar Suleiman **Series:** Allah Loves **Published:** 2019-05-15 **YouTube:** https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yl5KYd0l8cM **URL:** https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/allah-loves/allah-loves-justice-episode-10 **Topics:** Allah, Faith ## Description When we speak about justice, we often think about rulers, authority, or governments. However, we’re given several opportunities each day to either be a vehicle for justice or to uphold it in our own immediate lives. ## Transcript **[0:01]** As-salamu alaykum, welcome back to Allah Loves. **[0:17]** So I said that the two most common occurrences of Allah yuhibb that Allah loves in the Qur'an are inna Allah yuhibbu al-muntaqeen, inna Allah yuhibbu al-muhsineen. That Allah loves those who observe piety and Allah loves those who observe excellence. **[0:32]** The third most common occurrence in the Qur'an is inna Allah yuhibbu al-muqsateen. That Allah loves those who are just. Allah loves those who are equitable. Now usually when you think about justice you think about big picture things. You think about a ruler, you think about an authority, you think about a government, you **[0:49]** think about all of these huge systems that exist outside of your immediate control. But if you realize the references to justice in the Qur'an are usually talking about things that we actually encounter on a daily basis. So Allah talks about how he hates oppression, Allah hates transgression, Allah hates all **[1:07]** of those things that demonstrate inequity. But when it comes to us in our own individual lives, when does Allah praise those who do justice and those who are equitable? Allah says He loves those who are just. wa la yajnimannakum shana'anu qawmin ala alla ta'dilu He loves those people that are just **[1:26]** even with people that they don't like. So you don't let your hatred of a people cause you to be unjust to them and that earns you the love of Allah. Allah says wallahu yuhibbu al-muqsateen in surat al-hujurat when he's talking about a person that brings two people together or two groups of people together that have some **[1:45]** sort of argument or some sort of disagreement or some sort of infighting. That's something that could be occurring in your own family life, in your own workplace or it could be occurring in your own community and you play the role of islah, of rectifying the situation, reconciling between the parties but most importantly maintaining a sense of **[2:05]** justice. The scholars warned us not to read traditions about the just ruler who is the first person shaded by Allah on the day of judgment under his throne or the one who is given a pulpit of light just in the capacity of the sultan or the imam or the ruler or the government **[2:22]** or the authority but rather to see ourselves capable of attaining those positions. Every single one of us is placed in a situation, in fact multiple situations, sometimes even on a daily basis in which we have the ability to either be a vehicle of justice in someone **[2:40]** else's life or to uphold it in our own immediate lives with the things that are around us. Allah loves those who are just and Allah hates those who oppress and oppression is a disqualification from the love of Allah and each one of us should look in our lives and say well if I **[3:00]** am being unjust how will that fare on the day of judgment where the first rule is there is no transgression that will be tolerated today. When Allah even does justice between the animals how can I expect them to show up on the day of judgment and not be taken to task for my own injustice. **[3:18]** The last thing that is important to mention here is Sufyan al-Thawri may Allah have mercy on him, he said something very powerful in regards to our own lives because the first thing that you think about when you think about injustice is am I actually a source of injustice in someone else's life. **[3:33]** Not am I being complacent with someone else's injustice or am I not standing up for someone when I should be standing up for someone or being fair and equitable in a situation but am I myself guilty of harming someone or oppressing someone. **[3:48]** And Sufyan al-Thawri may Allah have mercy on him he said that I wish that on the day of judgment the only one that I had to deal with was Allah but on the day of judgment though Allah might forgive all of the sins that you have committed in regards to your relationship with him Allah will not allow for a wrongdoing that you did to someone else **[4:08]** to go unaccounted for. Now if Allah loves you and this is what Ibn Mas'ud radiAllahu anhu said, he said that if Allah loves you then he would allow for all of those people that you owe because of injustices to be repaid from your deeds but Allah would increase one of your good deeds **[4:28]** in size to a point that it would cover for those deficiencies found in your deeds. So we ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala first and foremost to protect us from being unjust to other people, to protect us from being complacent with injustice when it's apparent to us, to protect us from doing things that are inequitable, from judging in a way that's **[4:48]** faulty when we have parties due to being swayed by interest or something else and we ask Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala to not judge us by his justice on the day of judgment but instead by his mercy. Allahuma Ameen. JazakumAllahu Khayran. See you all next time inshaAllah. Wassalamualaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuh. ## Other Episodes in "Allah Loves" - [Allah Loves Beauty | Episode 30](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/allah-loves/allah-loves-beauty-episode-30.md) - [Allah Loves the Acceptance of His Gifts | Episode 29](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/allah-loves/allah-loves-the-acceptance-of-his-gifts-episode-29.md) - [Allah Loves Being Prophetic | Episode 28](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/allah-loves/allah-loves-being-prophetic-episode-28.md) - [Allah Loves Generosity in Trade | Episode 27](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/allah-loves/allah-loves-generosity-in-trade-episode-27.md) - [Allah Loves the Unnoticed | Episode 26](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/allah-loves/allah-loves-the-unnoticed-episode-26.md) - [Allah Loves Your Mother | Episode 25](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/allah-loves/allah-loves-your-mother-episode-25.md) - [Allah Loves Love | Episode 24](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/allah-loves/allah-loves-love-episode-24.md) - [Allah Loves The Mosques | Episode 23](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/allah-loves/allah-loves-the-mosques-episode-23.md) - [Allah Loves Cleanliness | Episode 22](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/allah-loves/allah-loves-cleanliness-episode-22.md) - [Allah Loves Punctual Prayer | Episode 21](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/allah-loves/allah-loves-punctual-prayer.md) - [Allah Loves Consistency | Episode 20](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/allah-loves/allah-loves-consistency-episode-20.md) - [Allah Loves Due Diligence | Episode 19](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/allah-loves/allah-loves-due-diligence-episode-19.md) - [Allah Loves Forbearance and Deliberation | Episode 18](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/allah-loves/allah-loves-forbearance-episode-18.md) - [Allah Loves Humility Without Disgrace | Episode 17](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/allah-loves/allah-loves-humility-without-disgrace-episode-17.md) - [Allah Loves Gentleness | Episode 16](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/allah-loves/allah-loves-gentleness-episode-16.md) - [Allah Loves Honor | Episode 15](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/allah-loves/allah-loves-honor-episode-15.md) - [Allah Loves Healthy Pride | Episode 14](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/allah-loves/allah-loves-healthy-pride-episode-14.md) - [Allah Loves Independence | Episode 13](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/allah-loves/allah-loves-independence-episode-13.md) - [Allah Loves Strength | Episode 12](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/allah-loves/allah-loves-strength-episode-12.md) - [Allah Loves Beneficial People | Episode 11](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/allah-loves/allah-loves-beneficial-people-episode-11.md) - [Allah Loves Patience | Episode 9](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/allah-loves/allah-loves-patience-episode-9.md) - [Allah Loves Trust | Episode 8](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/allah-loves/allah-loves-trust-episode-8.md) - [Allah Loves Tears and Traces | Episode 7](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/allah-loves/allah-loves-tears-and-traces-episode-7.md) - [Allah Loves Those Who Are Trying | Episode 6](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/allah-loves/allah-loves-those-who-are-trying-episode-6.md) - [Allah Loves Sincere Supplication | Episode 5](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/allah-loves/allah-loves-sincere-supplication-episode-5.md) - [Allah Loves Angelic Praise | Episode 4](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/allah-loves/allah-loves-angelic-praise-episode-4.md) - [Allah Loves Excellence | Episode 3](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/allah-loves/allah-loves-excellence-episode-3.md) - [Allah Loves Repentance | Episode 2](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/allah-loves/allah-loves-repentance-episode-2.md) - [Allah Loves Piety | Episode 1](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/allah-loves/allah-loves-taqwa-episode-1.md) - [Allah Loves: Series Introduction](https://yaqeeninstitute.org/watch/series/allah-loves/allah-loves-series-introduction.md)