Ayesha Siddiqa narrated that, once, a person came in the august presence of the Apostle of God and sat in front of him. He, then, said, “I have some slaves [whose condition is that sometimes] they tell me a lie or steal my property or disobey me, and I [on such occasions] scold them and, sometimes, I also punish them. How is it going to turn out for me on the Day of Final Judgement [i.e., how is God going to judge between me and the slaves]?” The Prophet replied, “God will dispense justice correctly on the Day of Requital. If the punishment you mete out to them is proportionate to their faults, you will neither get nor have to give anything. You will be quits. If the punishment turns out to be of a lesser degree than what they merited, you will be recompensed for it. If the punishment proves to be excessive, you will have to recompense the slaves.” On hearing the Prophet's reply, the enquirer drew aside and began to cry. The Prophet, thereupon, said to him, “Have you not heard the Quranic verse:
“We shall set up scales of justice for the Day of Judgement, so that not a soul will be dealt with unjustly in the least. And if there be [no more than] the weight of a mustard seed, We will bring it [to account] and enough are We to take account.”

The man said, “Then, O Prophet of God, the best thing for me is to send them away [in the name of God]. I declare before you that I have set them free, and now they are free-men.”
-Tirmidhi
Commentary.-Such is the resplendent beauty of Faith and this is what is expected of truthful Believers. When they fear the loss of the Hereafter in anything they should give it up immediately however disadvantageous it may appear from the worldly point of view.