Almighty grant us the honour of listening to the entire Bayan attentively with good intentions. آمین

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب                            صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

The fate of Qaroon

Qaroon was a very handsome man, a great scholar of the Torah among Bani Israeel and an amiable person of good character, however, as soon as he received great wealth, he changed suddenly and became arrogant and an enemy of Sayyiduna Musa عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلَام.

When the command of Zakah was revealed, he made a promise before Sayyiduna Musa عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلَام that he would give a thousandth of his entire wealth in Zakah, however, when he calculated his wealth, it came to a very large amount. Seeing this, he was overcome with greed and stinginess, and not only did he reject Zakah himself, rather, he began to misguide Bani Israeel also and told them that Sayyiduna Musa عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلَام is using this as an excuse to take their wealth. To such an extent that in order to turn the people away from Sayyiduna Musa عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلَام, he hatched an evil plot by giving a woman a large amount of wealth and prepared her to make an accusation of indecency against him.

Thus, at the exact time when Sayyiduna Musa عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلَام was delivering a speech, Qaroon interrupted him. So Sayyiduna Musa عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلَام said, ‘Bring that woman before me.’ Hence, the woman was called and Sayyiduna Musa عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلَام said, ‘O woman! By Allah Almighty who split the sea for Bani Israel and allowed them to cross the sea with safety and granted them salvation from Pharaoh! Tell me the truth. What this is all about?’

Due to the awe of Sayyiduna Musa عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلَام, the woman began to tremble and clearly said in the public gathering, ‘O Prophet of Allah Almighty! Qaroon gave me a large amount of wealth and prepared me to make an accusation against you.’

Tears began to flow from the eyes of Sayyiduna Musa عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلَام at that time and he عَـلَيْـهِ الـسَّـلَام made a prostration of gratitude and made the following Du’a, ‘O Allah Almighty! Send down Your wrath upon Qaroon.’