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How can the meaning of the Hadith "Righteousness does not decay, and sin is not forgotten... as you judge, so shall you be judged" be correct, while it contradicts the noble verse "No bearer of burdens will bear the burden of another"?

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The hadith: "As you judge, so shall you be judged" (كما تدين تدان) is weak, but its meaning is sound, which is that recompense is of the same nature as the deed. That is, as you do, so shall you be recompensed for your action. The action is called recompense for rhetorical correspondence. However, what might be understood from the hadith, that the punishment for a disobedient person will afflict his family, is not absolute. Furthermore, the hadith: "No servant ever committed adultery and persisted in it except that he was afflicted in his household" is fabricated and false, because it contradicts the fundamental principle of "and that man will only have what he endeavored for." Unless the man openly commits adultery in his home, in which case it might spread to his family, but it is not inevitable.

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