Our noble Prophet Muhammed (peace and blessings be upon him) was reported to have said that:“Whosoever amongst you sees an evil, let him change it with his hands; and if he is not able, then with his tongue; and if he is not able, then let him hate it in his heart, and that is the weakest of faith.”

We can all be part of making our country better by impacting certain values into our children. They must be shameful about doing certain things. And that’s why we have some people with the right values and orientation resigning their position when accused of any bad thing.
Can we all begin to stand for truth even if we are affected? If truly the Qur’an has forbidden the giving of bribe to judges in the hope of extracting an unjust judgment from them. Then, there should be no excuse for abusing public position in any form.

With the current happenings in Nigeria, what answer can one easily give to a 12-year old asking if it is possible to forget that one judge has several millions of naira in his or her bank account?

For a truly sane society, our judges must be pure to some extent and the heart unblemished, so that it is not influenced by coercion for those who truly believe in facing their creator on Judgement Day.

In Qur’an 4:135, Allah, the Most-High, says:
“O believers, be you securers of justice, witnesses for God, even though it be against yourselves, or your parents and kinsmen, whether the man be rich or poor; God stands closer to you than either of the two. Then follow not desire, so as to swerve; for if you twist or turn, God is aware of the things you do.”

The verse is simply warning us that nothing should interfere with justice. For any conscious Muslim, especially in a position of trust, to hide under “the law” to defend corrupt practices, has many grave consequences.In saner climes, people resign their positions even for offences not as grievous as some cases we have in Nigeria thereby saving unnecessary tension and legal battles.

Let us be mindful of various warnings of Allah (SWT) in the glorious Qur’an. Corruption is one of the major challenges facing us as a nation as abuse of power, authority and resources by governments and public servants hinders our progress.When I see, read or listen to some “Muslims” in government and outside it, I usually marvel at the ignorance of many on the implications of corruption. This is because there won’t be corruption if we truly fear Allah and the Day of Judgement when we cannot hide anything from our Creator.Ma`qil ibn Yasar (may Allah be pleased with him) reported from the Prophet that Paradise is forbidden for any person in authority who dies while he is dishonest in his dealings with those under his rule.

There’s another hadith of our noble Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), which says;
“The example of the person abiding by Allah’s order and restrictions in comparison to those who violate them is like the example of those persons who drew lots for their seats in a boat. Some of them got seats in the upper part, and the others in the lower.

When the latter needed water, they had to go up to bring water (and that troubled the others), so they said, ‘Let us make a hole in our share of the ship (and get water) saving those who are above us from troubling them.’So, if the people in the upper part left the others do what they had suggested, all the people of the ship would be destroyed, but if they prevented them, both parties would be safe.” (Al-Bukhari)
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