Betrayers of trust and embezzlers of public property
This article is about what Allah and his prophet said of the
betrayers of trust and embezzle rs of public property -those who
misappropriate public funds and property.
This addresses, particularly the Somaliland House of
Representatives, House of Guurti and the Executive which has dragged
the said Houses into their way, the way of corruption and vote
rigging, the way of shame, disgrace, divisions of brotherly
communities’ and the event ual devastation of the foundations of the
house of Somaliland! And in the end the trio will be joined by the
judiciary and the National Elections Commission as well as what is
called the National Party Registrations Commission of Siilanyo, in
Hell-fire, in hereafter. There is no escape there. Every shilling or
dollar the above entities take as salaries and other expenses is
“XAARAM” for they did not do the work entrusted to them right to
deserve the payments.
(la imana li-man la amanata lahu wa la dina li-man la ahda lahu),
narrated by Ahmad, al-Tabarani, and al-Bayhaqi
"There is no faith for the one who has no amânah and there is no
prayer for the one who is not in wudű´." (Ref: Abű Rumaysah)
The Prophet said that the one, who does not possess honesty, does
not possess faith,
and the one who does not keep his pledge, is not a Muslim
Trustworthiness is a universal value as it is Islamic in its roots
All the moral values and the Islamic values revolve around the idea
of trustworthiness. According to Prophet Muhammad, dishonesty shuns
belief and faith. Where is that trustworthiness in Siilanyo’s
government, in the parliament, in the Guurti and in the judiciary!?
The most destructive unjust deed to one’s self, family, society and
state rotates around three vices: lying, breaking a promise and
betraying a trust.
As far as Islam is concerned, dishonesty simply opposes to true
belief, real faith, and conscious submission to God, who has
confided trust in human beings (Quran 33:72-73)
"It is the believers who are successful, those who Honour their
trusts and their contracts…such people are the inheritors, who will
inherit Firdaws, remaining in it timelessly, forever."
Allah said, “We offered the Trust to the heavens, the earth, and the
mountains but they declined to take it on and shrank from it. But
man took it on, he is indeed wrongdoing and ignorant."
Amânah is the mannerism of the Prophets and Messengers. In Sűrah
ash-Shu`arâ ´ Allâh, Exalted is He, informs us that Nűĥ, Hűd, Ŝaliĥ,
Lűţ and Shu`ayb all said, "I am to you a trustworthy Messenger." The
Messenger of Allâh (SAW) was known amongst his people, both before
and after his being entrusted with the Message, as al-Amîn (the
Trustworthy One There are numerous aĥâdîth stressing the importance
of amânah, amongst which are: Bukhârî and Muslim record on the
authority of Abű Hurayrah that the Messenger of Allâh (SAW) said,
"The signs of the hypocrite are three:
when he speaks he lies;
when he makes an oath he breaks it;
and when he is entrusted with something he betrays that trust."
The version of Muslim has the additional wording, "Even if he fasts,
prays and thinks that he is a Muslim."
Following the Prophet, the first Caliph Abu Bakr al-Siddiq stated
that “dishonesty shuns belief and faith. (Cited Dr.Mohamed Sani
Bardron-Centre for Economic and Social Studies)
“Khayanat” The twenty-second greater sin:
The twenty-second greater sin is defalcation or misappropriation of
property. Misappropriation of property as a greater sin is stated in
the Qur’an and the authentic tradition related by Abdul Azīm from
Imam Muhammad Taqi and also from the traditions of Imam Sadiq Imam
Kadhim and Imam Riďa
Khayanat is itself an Arabic word. In the tradition of Imam Ja’far
as-Sadiq as related by Amash the word ‘Khayanat’ is used in the list
of the greater sins. Another Arabic word used for misappropriation
is ‘ghulul.’ ‘Ghulul’ is used in the narration of Fazl Ibn Shazān
where he quotes Imam Riďa According to some lexicographers ‘ghul’
denotes misappropriation of a property. ‘Ghulul’ applies to every
kind of embezzlement.according to Islamic scholars
The punishment of misappropriation according to the Holy Quran
The almighty Allah (swt) says
“...and he who eats unfaithfully shall bring that in respect of
which he has acted unfaithfully on the Day of Resurrection; then
every soul be paid fully what it has earned, and they shall not be
dealt with unjustly. Is then he who follows the pleasure of Allah
like him who has made himself deserving of displeasure from Allah,
and his abode is hell; and it is an evil destination.” Surah at-Tahrīm,
Breach of trust denounced in the traditions:
The Holy Prophet (S) says:“One who embezzles a property in his
charge and does not deliver it to its owner and dies in such a
condition, then he does not die in my community (he does not die a
Muslim). When such a person meets Allah, He shall be infuriated with
him. And one who purchases an embezzled property knowing that it is
embezzled is just like the (actual) embezzler.” (Wasa’il ul-Shia)
Conclusion
Let us (all) pull the curtain open, step back a bit, reflect and see
what they have done to Somaliland in about two years of Siilanyo’s
government, let us also see clearly what we have done collectively
to our country for we did not confront them with truth and tell them
to stop what did and doing to our country and to our people.
Now Mr. Siilanyo and his crowd-of –the- pocket- and the belly
carelessly and callously fragmented the unity of our community of
Somaliland with out thinking the consequences! Divided, we sure
fail. The two houses are accomplice to this ungodly act!
There is no leadership in Somaliland. A leader has to lead and to do
that he must have followers first. Our leader has no followers. He
has cabals and clan traders who sell their conscience for money. The
government is simply an oligarchy entity
I think Mr. Siilanyo and crowd have to understand and confess that
they terribly failed in governing and in approaching problems so
they have to change and not defend their wrongs. They better stop
living in denial and demagoguery.
Let the President and his crowd be Godly once and be courageous
enough to confess the wrongs they have done and take that as a
teachable moment and move forward if Allah wishes that.
It is collectively, our call as concerned Somalilanders to seriously
call the attention of Mr. Siilanyo and his oligarchy administration
to stop destroying the country thousands die for it and hundreds of
thousands lost their property and treasure.
Inallaha laa yathlimu alnaasa shayan walaakin alnaasa anfusahum
yathlimon. (Yunis ch11V.44) “Verily Allah will not deal unjustly
with man in aught: it is man that wrongs his own soul”
Somaliland leaders, be it the House of representatives, the House of
Guurti, the judiciary and the executive, all betrayed the trust
entrusted to them by the people of Somaliland and Allah is the
witness of that great betrayal.
Together we suffered. Together we survived. Together we fought back
and together we triumphed, recalled our lost Republic and
established a democratic government. Ironically it seems that
together we are dismantling what we have built and the government is
leading in this demonic effort! Let us come back to our sense and be
kind to the future of our younger generations.
Peace and prayers for Somaliland
Ibrahim Mead
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