Please provide a reference for the following and please confirm if the translation is in order:
On the Day of Judgment, a person’s book of deeds will be given into his hands [and he will not see therein any of the good deeds he did, for Allah’s sake]. He will ask the Allah: “Why are my good deeds not recorded in here?” and Allah Ta’ala will answer: “They have been given to the ones you hurt and insulted by talking against them.”
Answer:
This narration is recorded by Imam Isbahani in his Targhib, as cited by ‘Allamah Mundiri (rahimahumallah).
(At-Targhib wat Tarhib, Hadith: 4188)
As far as the translation in concerned,
a) The part in brackets is not mentioned in this version.
b) The correct translation of Allah Ta’ala’s reply is:
‘They [your deeds] have been deleted because of you backbiting the people.’
And Allah Ta’ala Knows best,
Answered by: Moulana Muhammad Abasoomar
Checked by: Moulana Haroon Abasoomar