Riyāḍ uṣ-Ṣāliḥīn · Chapter 277 of 372
Prohibition of the Treachery and Breaking one’s Covenant
The Book of the Prohibited Actions – Chapter 277 : Ahadith 1584 – 1587
Imam Abu Zakariyya Yahya ibn Sharaf an-Nawawi (d. 676 AH)
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Allah, the Exalted says:
يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓاْ أَوۡفُواْ بِٱلۡعُقُودِ
“O you who believe! Fulfill (your) obligations.”
[Al-Mā’idah 5:1]
وَأَوۡفُواْ بِٱلۡعَهۡدِۖ إِنَّ ٱلۡعَهۡدَ كَانَ مَسۡـُٔولٗا
“And fulfill (every) covenant. Verily! The covenant will be questioned about.”
[Al-Isrā’ 17:34]
1584 `Abdullah bin `Amr bin Al-`As (radiyallahu anhuma) said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Whosoever possesses these four characteristics is a sheer hypocrite; and anyone who possesses one of them possesses a characteristic of hypocrisy till he gives it up. These are: when he is entrusted with something, he proves dishonest; when he speaks, he tells a lie; when he makes a covenant, he proves treacherous; and when he quarrels, he behaves in very imprudent, evil, insulting manner.”[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
1585 Ibn Mas`ud, Ibn `Umar and Anas (radiyallahu anhum) said: The Prophet ﷺ said, “For every one who breaks his covenant, there will be a (huge) flag on the Day of Resurrection and it will be said: `This flag proclaims a breach of covenant by so-and-so.”’[Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
1586 Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri (radiyallahu anhu) said: The Prophet ﷺ said, “Every one who breaks a covenant will have a flag by his buttocks on the Day of Resurrection. It will be raised higher according to the nature of his breach. Behold, there will be no greater a sin with respect to breaking the covenant than that of a ruler who breaks his covenant with the Muslim masses.”[Muslim].
1587 Abu Hurairah (radiyallahu anhu) reported: The Prophet ﷺ said, “Allah, the Exalted says: `I will contend on the Day of Resurrection against three (types of) people: One who makes a covenant in My Name and then breaks it; one who sells a free man as a slave and devours his price; and one who hires a workman and having taken full work from him, does not pay him his wages.”’[Al-Bukhari].