We have created you from a male and a female and made you into nations and tribes that you may know one another. And fear Allah. The instances of making decisions in advance before the Noble Prophet (S) are not attested in the Holy Qur’an so that it includes prohibitions of making decisions in advance in doctrinal, socio-political, economic, and other issues in words and deeds. Say: “Count not your Islam as a favor to me. Furthermore, when you deviate from the right path, your faith will be penetrated by flaws. And spy not [on others], neither backbite one another. Likewise, it was in the battle of Hunayn and at the behest of the Noble Prophet (S) that ‘Abbas ibn ‘Abd al-Muttalib called loudly to deserters to return. 1. Fudhayl ibn Sayyar narrated from Imam Sadiq (as): “Faith accompanies Islam but the opposite is not true [in other words, every believer is a Muslim but every Muslim is not a believer]. Restraining one’s self from entanglement in what preoccupies the mind and keeps man from remembrance of God Almighty. Making mention of ‘dead body’ is owing to the fact that backbiting is done behind people’s back in the same manner that the dead are unable to defend themselves. In his last year of life, when the Noble Prophet (S) was on pilgrimage he said: “Those who spread false news are large in number and their number will grow in future. According to a tradition, upon the revelation of the blessed Verse in question, Thabit ibn Qays, the preacher of the Noble Prophet (S) who was loud spoken, said: “It was I who raised my voice above that of the Noble Prophet (S). [This interest in belief and hate of disbelief are] a Bounty from Allah and His Favor. designates that such manner of speech before the Noble Prophet (S) is an act of indecency. For them are forgiveness and a great reward”). 12. The Chapter in question has eighteen Verses and it was revealed in Medina. قَالَتِ الْأعْرَابُ آمَنَّا قُل لَّمْ تُؤْمِنُوا وَلَكِن قُولُوا أسْلَمْنَا وَلَمَّا يَدْخُلِ الْإِيمَانُ فِي قُلُوبِكُمْ وَإِن تُطِيعُوا اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ لَآ يَلِتْكُم مِّنْ أعْمَالِكُمْ شَيْئًا إِنَّ اللَّهَ غَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ, 14. Faith resides in heart but Islam is something thereby people act upon the laws of marriage, inheritance, and preservation of blood.”68. Thus, addressing believers, the blessed Verse aims at guiding them saying that the Messenger of Allah (S) is amongst you and you are supposed to obey his commands rather than expect him to obey you, since had he acted upon your wish, you believers, unaware of your gain and loss, would have been in trouble and hardship. indicates tracing the genealogy of mankind to Adam and Eve. These rooms were quite simple, but unfortunately, they were destroyed under the caliphate of Walid ibn ‘Abd al-Malik and their spaces were annexed to a mosque.6 Had these rooms been preserved, the world would have been able to notice the simplicity of their life and they would have received a lesson concerning the same. The point is that Divine laws may solely establish peace and justice in society and stay away from defects and flaws. ... (Al-Mabsut, Bab-al-Khwarij) Imam Nawawi writes in his commentary of Sahih Muslim: It is forbidden to rise in revolt and fight against the Imams (i.e. The word is the antonym of ‘adala (“justice”) and fasiq is applied to someone who commits a grave sin but fails to repent it. may either lay further emphasis on the preceding one or make a reference to a novel point which is forbidding believers to address the Noble Prophet (S) by the phrase: Regarding the difference between the twain clauses, a number of Qur’anic exegets maintain that the former indicates that in speaking to the Noble Prophet (S) people were not supposed to raise their voices above his voice and the latter designates that when the Noble Prophet (S) was silent and people were talking to him, they were not supposed to raise their voices either. Looks like either your browser does not support Javascript or its disabled. In like manner, some people aspiring to worship God Almighty, be decisive, revolutionary, pious, and leading a simple life make decisions in advance before God Almighty and His Messenger (S) and became more catholic than the Pope. Some people from the tribe of Banu Asad entered Median in one of the years of famine and aspiring to receive aid from the Noble Prophet of Islam (S) they uttered the formula: “There is no god but Allah and Muhammad (S) is the Messenger of Allah”. They are the truthful [in their claims to faith]. 15. The former declined the suggestion and there emerged a conflict between them and their supporters from the twain tribes. He knows the righteous quite well and is fully aware of the degree of their fear of God, sincerity of intention and purity of heart. The believers are nothing else than brethren. The blessed Verse reflects the difference between Islam and faith, saying that Islam is the outward and legal aspect of faith and whoever utters the formula: is recognized as a Muslim and is thus obliged to act upon Islamic laws; but faith is a real and inward affair whose place is human heart rather than his tongue and appearance. The Arabic word hujurat is the plural form of hujra. Addressing the Noble Prophet (S) the blessed Verse is saying: “O Muhammad (S)! “O people! Such friendship is based on innate nature and disposition rather than on worldly and mundane appeals. Surah Al-Hujurat 49:1-10 [1/2] ... (49:1) Believers, do not advance before Allah and His Messenger, 1 and fear Allah. They regard as a favor to you that they have converted to Islam. The verbal form iqtatalu is from q-t-l (“fight”), but the context reflects that it encompasses any kind of contention and conflict, even if it has not resulted in fight and war. The blessed Verse in question was revealed and Muslims were provided with instructions as to encountering such incidents.27 It is also reported that some contention emerged between two persons from Helpers (ansar).