Musnad Humaydi

Benefit:
In this hadith, the virtue of the mujahideen is mentioned, and the women of their households who remain at home have been given the status of mothers. When a mujahid goes out for jihad or departs to serve the religion in any field for the sake of the religion, his family women should be shown great respect, and not, upon finding them alone, should anyone attempt to violate their honor.

1) The concept of betrayal (khiyanat) is very broad. Mistreating them, deceiving them, or seducing his wife and leading her astray, etc.—all of these are included within it.

2) "He will leave it"—when every person will be in dire need of good deeds and each and every good deed will be precious, it is impossible that anyone would be negligent in taking a good deed, especially when he is given free rein to do so.

Hadith Commentary: Benefits and Issues: The Noble Qur’an is Allah Almighty’s constitution of life and code of conduct for mankind; it is His command and covenant. Loyalty and obedience to it is loyalty and obedience to Allah Almighty, and deviation and rebellion from this system of life and code of conduct is deviation and rebellion against Allah Almighty. And Allah Almighty’s decision is that any individual or nation who adopts it as their constitution of life and makes their affairs of life subservient and obedient to it, Allah Almighty will grant them honor and elevation. Conversely, any nation or community that adopts deviation and rebellion from it, and after believing in it does not act upon it, will never be able to achieve progress and ascendancy.

According to this principle and rule, during the era of Muslim ascendancy and progress, only those people were brought forward and given positions and ranks who were experts in Qur’anic sciences. On the strength of his knowledge of the Qur’an, a freed slave became the successor to the governor of Makkah, so Umar radi Allahu anhu withdrew his objection to this and narrated this hadith of the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam. However, the word (أَقْوَامًا) in the hadith indicates that this divine decision and law of rise and fall is not related to individuals and persons, but rather to nations and communities. The entire history of Islam and the Muslims is a reflection of the truth of this hadith: when the Muslims, as a whole, connected themselves to the religion, they attained honor and ascendancy; and when their connection as a nation and community with the religion was severed, they fell into decline and degradation, which we can witness with our own eyes today.

Benefits and Issues:
➊ The protection of the lives, wealth, and honor of the families of the mujahideen who are engaged and occupied in jihad and fighting, and serving them, is an act of immense reward and merit.
➋ And displaying betrayal or wickedness towards them is akin to someone behaving in such a manner with his own mother.
➌ And by analogy, this ruling applies to those who are absent from their homes for other intellectual boundaries of Islam, such as in the pursuit of teaching and learning.
➍ Therefore, it is obligatory upon their relatives and other members of society to fully safeguard and honor the families of such individuals, just as they would protect their own mothers.