maintain our hatred for disbelief.

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب                                            صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

2. Cheating in Weights and Measures

Dear Islamic brothers, the second evil deed that makes one deserving of the dreadful valley of Wayl in Hell is cheating in weights and measures. Allah Almighty states:

وَیْلٌ   لِّلْمُطَفِّفِیْنَ ۙ(۱) الَّذِیْنَ  اِذَا  اکْتَالُوْا عَلَی النَّاسِ یَسْتَوْفُوْنَ ۫(ۖ۲) وَ  اِذَا کَالُوْھُمْ  اَوْ وَّزَنُوْھُمْ  یُخْسِرُوْنَ (ؕ۳)

Woe to the defrauders; those who when taking measure from people seek it in full. And when they measure for them or weigh for them, they lessen.^[1]

It is evident that those who cheat in weights and measures are also deserving of the valley of Wayl in Hell. In the Quranic exegesis, Tafsīr Ṣirāṭ al-Jinān it is mentioned:

Weights and measures are of great importance, as almost all people have to deal with buying and selling to some extent, and most transactions are based on weighing and measuring (which is why its importance has been emphasized in multiple places in the noble Quran). Correct weighing and measuring have benefits in both this world and the Hereafter.

*    It builds trust among people.

*    It increases business.

*    It brings blessings in wealth.

*    In the Hereafter, there will also be benefits, as people will not have any claims against them in this matter. Thus, they