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Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrated that the Prophet (ﷺ) said: “Oppression 1 will be darknesses on the Day of Resurrection.”
Possible references (unverified, pending editorial review)
- Candidate: Sahih al-Bukhari 2447 (unverified) 99% confidence
- Candidate: Sahih Muslim 2579 (unverified) 98% confidence
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Commentary and footnotes (2)
Note 1
(1) His statement: “Oppression will be darknesses”: Just as righteous deeds are a cause for light that goes before the believers, so too is oppression a cause for darkness that surrounds the oppressors. It is said that “darknesses” refers to hardships. The plural “darknesses” is used either because oppression is a genus, or because each oppressor has a darkness, or because each has darknesses due to the severity of this heinous act, or because the darkness goes before them and on their right, making it seem multiple. (As stated in Al-Lama’at)
Note 1
(۱) قوله: الظلم ظلمات كما أن العمل الصالح سبب لنور يسعى بين أيدي المؤمنين، كذلك الظلم سبب للظلمة وأحاطتها للظالمين. وقيل: المراد بالظلمات الشدائد، ثم جمع الظلمات إما لأن المراد بالظلم الجنس، أو بالنسبة إلى المراد لكل ظالم ظلمة، أو لكل واحد ظلمات لشدة هذه الشنيعة، أو لأن الظلمة لما كان يسعى بين أيديهم وبأيمانهم جعل كأنها متعددة. كذا في «اللمعات».