Mu' meneen Brothers and Sisters,

As Salaam Aleikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh. (May Allah's Peace, Mercy and Blessings be upon all of you)

One of our brothers/sisters has asked this question:

ASSALAMU ALIKUM YA UMMATUN MUMMAMD(S.A.W).MY QUESTION HERE IS ,IF AN ADOPTED CHILD OFFENDED THOSE WHO ADOTED HIM FOR THE SEEK OF ALLAH,AND THE PRANTS GOT PROVUKED UNFORTUNATELY THEY SAID GOD PUNISH YOU .WILL IT AFFECT HIS FURTURE 

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Answer:

Do curses effect

In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness that there is none worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.

Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith 3.628 Narrated by Ibn Abbas

The Prophet (saws) sent Hadrat Mu'adh (r.a.) to Yemen and said, "Be afraid from the curse of the oppressed, as there is no screen between their invocation and Allah!"

If one has unjustly oppressed another, or unjustly usurped the lawful rights of another…..and the oppressed person supplicates their Lord to take retribution and due revenge from their oppressor, the Messenger of Allah (saws) warned that there is absolutely no screen between such supplications of the oppressed and the Lord Most Gracious, Most Supreme!

If the Lord All-Knowing, All-Wise Wills and Pleases, He may take retribution from the oppressor on behalf of the innocent in the life of this very short and transient world….or if the Lord Most Supreme Most Majestic Wills and Pleases, He may delay the taking of the retribution from the oppressor on that Inevitable and Tumultuous Day of Judgment.

But if one curses or abuses or makes evil supplications for another without an absolutely genuine reason or cause, such evil supplications have absolutely no weight or acceptance in the Presence of the Lord All-Knowing, All-Wise, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.

Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only Source of Strength.

Your brother and well wisher in Islam,

Burhan