painful torment. The Beloved Rasool صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم has stated: One who leaves ‘Kanz’ after him [a kind of treasure whose Zakah is not paid] it will be turned into a bald snake on the Judgment Day; it will have two dark spots on its eyes; it will run after that person. That person will ask, ‘Who are you?’ The snake will say, ‘I am the treasure of yours which you left after you.’ Then it will keep on chasing him until it will chew his hand, then it will bite him and will chew his whole body. (Sahih Bukhari, Kitab-uz-Zakah, vol. 1, pp. 474, Hadees 1403)

گر کفن پھاڑ کے سانپوں نے جمایا قبضہ

ہائے بربادی! کہاں جا کے چُھپوں گا یا ربّ

ہائے! معمولی سی گرمی بھی سہی جاتی نہیں

گرمیِ حشر میں پھر کیسے سہوں گا یا ربّ

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب              صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Mentioning the punishments stated in the Glorious Quran and blessed Hadees, Imam-e-Ahl-e-Sunnat, Maulana Imam Ahmad Raza Khan رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه has stated: The summary is that the gold and silver whose Zakah is not paid, will be heated and then his foreheads, sides and backs will be seared on the Day of Judgement.

A hot stone of Hell will be placed on his head and breast which will break the breast and emerge from the shoulders. When it is placed on the shoulders, it will break through the bones and emerge from the chest. It will then break the back and emerge from the side. It will then break the nape and emerge from the forehead. On the Day of Judgement, the wealth whose Zakah has not been paid, will become an old bloody python and will run after him; he will stop it with his hand; it will chew his hand, then it will wrap itself around his neck. Then taking his mouth into its own mouth it will chew [and say]  that I am your wealth, I am your treasure. It will then chew his whole body.’ وَالۡعِيَاذُ بِاللّٰهِ رَبِّ الۡعٰلَمِيۡن (Fatawa Razawiyyah, vol. 10, pp. 153)