The Meaning of Ghasb
Issue No. 2175- Usurpation means that a person unjustly seizes the property or the right of another person. This is one of the major sins and one who commits it will be subjected to severe chastisement on the Day of Judgment, and painful consequences in this world. It has been reported from the Holy Prophet (pbuh) that “whoever usurps one span of another’s land, seven layers of that land will be put round his neck like a yoke on the Day of Judgment” [1].
