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مسند اسحاق بن راهويه
Musnad Ishaq
كتاب الايمانBook of Faith
Relationship with a believer should be for the sake of Allah's pleasure
Hadith 67
اُردوEn
أَخْبَرَنَا جَرِيرٌ، عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ، عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ قَالَ: قَالَ صَعْصَعَةُ بْنُ صُوحَانَ لِابْنِ يَزِيدَ: أَنَا كُنْتُ أَحَبَّ إِلَى أَبِيكَ مِنْكَ، وَأَنْتَ أَحَبَّ إِلَيَّ مِنِ ابْنِي، خَصْلَتَانِ أُوصِيكَ بِهِمَا فَاحْفَظْهُمَا مِنِّي، خَالِصِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَخَالِقِ الْفَاجِرَ فَإِنَّ الْفَاجِرَ يَرْضَى مِنْكَ بِالْخُلُقِ الْحَسَنِ، وَإِنَّهُ يَحَقُّ عَلَيْنَا أَنْ نُخَالِصَ الْمُؤْمِنَ ".
Sa’sa’ah bin Sawhan said to Abu Zaid: I do not love your mother more than you, while you love my mother more than me. There are two qualities I advise you with, so remember them from me: Have sincere friendship with a believer, and behave well with a wicked person, because a wicked person will accept your words through good manners, and a believer has the right over you that you have sincere friendship with him.
Explanation & Benefits
Hafiz Abdush Shakoor Tirmidhi
Benefits:
➊ It is understood that one’s relationship with a believer should be solely for the sake of Allah’s pleasure, and this is the very relationship that will benefit a person in this world and the Hereafter.
➋ ... One should treat a wicked person (fajir) with good conduct. Allah, the Exalted, has said:
﴿وَلَا تَسْتَوِی الْحَسَنَهُ وَلَا السَّیِّئَةِ اِدْفَعْ بِالَّتِیْ هِیَ اَحْسَنُ فَاِذَا الَّذِیْ بَیْنَکَ وَبَیْنَهٗ عَدَاوَةٌ کَاَنَّهٗ وَلِیٌّ حَمِیْمٌ ﴾ (Ha Mim As-Sajdah: 34)
“Good and evil are not equal. Repel [evil] with that which is best; then the one between whom and you there was enmity will become as though he were a devoted friend.”
➊ It is understood that one’s relationship with a believer should be solely for the sake of Allah’s pleasure, and this is the very relationship that will benefit a person in this world and the Hereafter.
➋ ... One should treat a wicked person (fajir) with good conduct. Allah, the Exalted, has said:
﴿وَلَا تَسْتَوِی الْحَسَنَهُ وَلَا السَّیِّئَةِ اِدْفَعْ بِالَّتِیْ هِیَ اَحْسَنُ فَاِذَا الَّذِیْ بَیْنَکَ وَبَیْنَهٗ عَدَاوَةٌ کَاَنَّهٗ وَلِیٌّ حَمِیْمٌ ﴾ (Ha Mim As-Sajdah: 34)
“Good and evil are not equal. Repel [evil] with that which is best; then the one between whom and you there was enmity will become as though he were a devoted friend.”
Source: Musnad Ishaq bin Rahwayh, Page: 67
