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The Salam of Allah, my brothers and sisters, on earth, when there is a criminal, someone

who has committed murder or a robber who has robbed a bank or robbed houses, someone

who has robbed from you, a burglar.

Any criminal, wouldn't you like to see the criminal taken to task, punished either through

a prison sentence or a punishment that is valid for this particular crime?

Well, on earth, we're happy when a criminal is punished and corrected sometimes.

Yes, after they are punished, they are reintroduced into society and watched because they're

given another chance, especially if it's a petty crime or it's something that's not major.

However, at times there are major crimes where a life sentence is perhaps being served because

of the type of crime that was committed.

Now you and I understand this, the whole world understands it, that you need to pay for

your crimes, you need to pay for your actions.

Why is it that we get upset or some people get upset when they're told that there is

a punishment that awaits the criminals on the day of judgment and in the hereafter?

Some are punished in a smaller way, some are punished in a bigger way and some might

have what we would term here a life sentence.

So it is really part of the justice system of Allah Almighty that when a person does wrong,

they would be paying the price of the wrong they did in this world as well as the next.

And if a person does right, then they would be rewarded for what they did that was right.

When a person has outstanding bravery, assisted in help the country or the nation or the people

or humanity in a huge way, they get a prize.

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