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سنن ابي داود
Abu Dawud
كتاب الملاحمBattles (Kitab Al-Malahim)
باب فِي النَّهْىِ عَنْ تَهْيِيجِ التُّرْكِ، وَالْحَبَشَةِChapter: Prohibition Of Agitating The Turks And Abyssinians.
Hadith 4302
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الرَّمْلِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا ضَمْرَةُ ، عَنْ السَّيْبَانِيِّ ، عَنْ أَبِي سُكَيْنَةَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْمُحَرَّرِينَ ، عَنْ رَجُلٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ : " دَعُوا الْحَبَشَةَ مَا وَدَعُوكُمْ وَاتْرُكُوا التُّرْكَ مَا تَرَكُوكُمْ " .
Narrated from Abi Sukainah One of the Companions: The Prophet ﷺ said: Let the Abyssinians alone as long as they let you alone, and let the Turks alone as long as they leave you alone.
Brief Explanation
1؎: This was a military strategy that the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam taught the Muslims: that as long as these disbelieving nations do not take action against the Muslims, the Muslims too should not initiate fighting against them.
Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi
Benefits and Issues:
If the unity of the Muslims is not established, then this same ruling applies; acting upon (قاتِلُوا المشرکین کافَّةً) [“Fight against the polytheists collectively”] is obligatory, and in the best of generations, this very practice was implemented.
And Allah knows best.
If the unity of the Muslims is not established, then this same ruling applies; acting upon (قاتِلُوا المشرکین کافَّةً) [“Fight against the polytheists collectively”] is obligatory, and in the best of generations, this very practice was implemented.
And Allah knows best.
Source: Sunan Abu Dawood – Commentary by Shaykh Umar Farooq Saeedi, Page: 4302
