Punishing the oppressor and vindicating the oppressed
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Our newspapers once published a story about a Kuwaiti woman whom her sons had thrown out of their home. As time passed, she recounted to a lawyeress that one son had been left by his wife, the second was being beaten by his wife, and the third was being insulted by his own children!
The principle of “reaping what you sow” is a great divine law. When you treat people in a certain way (kindly or badly), you will eventually harvest something in return. The consequence always comes, inevitably. We previously cited the example of a Saudi woman suffering from cancer. She noticed that her Indonesian maid spent a long time in the bathroom. When the maid emerged, the woman asked her the reason.
The maid, who had recently arrived from Indonesia, explained that she wanted to relieve the milk buildup in her breasts because she had left her child back home with her husband. She had come to Saudi Arabia without her child, in compliance with government procedures on the matter.
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At that point, the woman went to another room in the house, then returned and called the maid, saying: “Take this money; it is your pension for the next two years as payment for your work here. Go back to Indonesia and breastfeed your child!”
When the woman later consulted her doctor, who was monitoring her health, he examined her condition and immediately told her: “You are fine; you do not have cancer!”
Similarly, there is the story of a Saudi man who traveled to Egypt to undergo a kidney transplant. After agreeing on the payment amount, he said, “I want to see the donor.” He found that the donor was a 17-year-old girl. He asked her, “What compelled you to do this?” She replied, “I am an orphan and have young siblings.” He said to her, “Take back the money I gave you as payment for the kidney. I will not undergo the surgery, and I will not reclaim the money.” Praise be to God, shortly afterward, her failing kidney began to function, and the man recovered.
I know a manager who used to insult one of his employees every day. The employee was patient, but eventually could no longer endure the insults and requested a transfer to another workplace. After some time, someone came to insult this manager in front of his employees.
Likewise, an Arab man in Kuwait used to mistreat his father. After the Iraqi invasion, he emigrated to America and continued to mistreat his elderly father. The father died in 2002. Afterward, this man began complaining to another Kuwaiti about the mistreatment and beating he received from his older sons.
Moreover, I have personally experienced injustice from three individuals, which I mention only as examples. One was transferred by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from a place I loved to a distant, bothersome country. Another, who had stolen from me, was involved in a car accident outside Kuwait that resulted in two deaths; I ordered the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to dismiss him from his position. The third unjust individual was a vile, resentful employee of mine. While I was working efficiently in the American Affairs Department, the manager gathered the staff and reprimanded me in front of them. The employee fainted and requested a transfer from the department. I still maintain: “Sufficient for me is God, and He is the best Disposer of affairs” regarding those who have wronged me.
Undoubtedly, the dear reader has heard similar examples to those we have mentioned. God balances everything: there is night and day, summer and winter, light and darkness. Thus, there is no flaw in the universe except in human behavior. Therefore, this divine power ensures justice for people, rewarding the good and punishing the wicked, taking retribution from the oppressor, and vindicating the oppressed.
There is an infallible divine law: the principle of “reaping what you sow.” It is a spark from the sparks of God’s justice and wisdom, and a rule of divine recompense in this universe, which is founded on justice and balance, neither inclining nor favoring anyone.
