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الفتح الربانی
Fath al-Rabbani
مسائل البر وصلة الرحمIssues of Righteousness and Maintaining Family Ties
بَابُ التَّرْغيب فِي الدَّعْوَةِ إِلَى الْهُدَى وَأَعْمَالِ الْخَيْرِ وَالدَّلَالَةِ عَلَيْهَا وَالشَّفَاعَةِ وَإِصْلَاحِ ذَاتِ البينChapter on encouragement to call to guidance, good deeds, directing towards them, intercession, and reconciliation
Hadith 9140
اُردوEn
عَنْ أَبِي الدَّرْدَاءِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَلَا أُخْبِرُكُمْ بِأَفْضَلَ مِنْ دَرَجَةِ الصَّلَاةِ وَالصِّيَامِ وَالصَّدَقَةِ قَالُوا بَلَى قَالَ إِصْلَاحُ ذَاتِ الْبَيْنِ وَفَسَادُ الْبَيْنِ هِيَ الْحَالِقَةُ
Sayyiduna Abu Darda (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Shall I not inform you of a rank superior to prayer, fasting, and charity? The people said: Yes, indeed. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Reconciling relations among kin, and causing discord in relationships is something that shaves (the religion).
Brief Explanation
Benefits: … The people of Islam are brothers to one another. Due to human errors, sometimes this bond of brotherhood becomes affected, which results in corruption and disorder spreading throughout the entire Muslim society. Therefore, reconciling (making peace) has been considered a great charity (sadaqah), which some Muslims perform for the sake of other Muslims. Allah, the Exalted, has stated: {وَاِنْ طَائِفَتَانِ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِیْنَ اقْتَتَلُوْا فَاَصْلِحُوْا بَیْنَھُمَا} (Surah al-Hujurat: 9) … If two groups among the Muslims fight each other, then make peace between them. During the Prophetic era, there was a dispute among the descendants of ‘Amr ibn ‘Awf, and in order to reconcile between them, the Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) himself went, taking some companions with him. (Bukhari, Muslim) It is thus understood that when some Muslims quarrel, other people will be responsible for reconciling between them.
