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4019. It was narrated that 'Abdullāh bin 'Umar said: "The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ turned to us and said: 'O Muhājirin, there are five things with which you will be tested, and I seek refuge with Allāh lest you live to see them: Immorality never appears among a people to such an extent that they commit it openly, but plagues and diseases that were never known among the predecessors will spread among them. They do not cheat in weights and measures but they will be stricken with famine,
[1] Hud 11:102.
severe calamity and the oppression of their rulers. They do not withhold the Zakāh of their wealth, but rain will be withheld from the sky, and were it not for the animals, no rain would fall on them. They do not break their covenant with Allāh and His Messenger, but Allāh will enable their enemies to overpower them and take some of what is in their hands. Unless their leaders rule according to the Book of Allāh and seek all good from that which Allāh has revealed, Allāh will cause them to fight one another.””
(Sahih)
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Due to immodesty and impudence many dangerous diseases like syphilis and gonorrhea have emerged, and thereafter AIDS and hepatitis came to existence. The more the society is free from immodesty, the less is the ratio of these diseases.
Cheating in weighing or measuring results from greediness. It usurps the rights of others, so its punishment also inflicts them in the form of financial loss and famine.
Zakah brings blessings to the wealth. If those who pay Zakah decrease in any society then their livelihood, as punishment for them, is stopped.
Allāh has His mercy upon those who have compassion for others. Similarly, the one who causes harms to others, abstains from helping them or exploits them does not deserve His mercy.
Covenant of Allāh and His Prophet ﷺ means protecting the lawful rights of non-Muslims who live under an Islamic government. Moreover, the one who accepts Islam promises to worship Allāh and to obey the Prophet ﷺ. Breaking this promise also entitles people to the punishment of Allāh.
To protect the national health from many diseases, all the means of obscenity should be eradicated (for example; indecent literature, musical instruments, dance, films, mixing of men and women, lewd programs on radio, television etc.)
