"Fear Allah and put things right between
you," (8:1), Ibn 'Abbas said, "This is an injunction from Allah to
the believers to fear Allah and to put things right between them."
Abu'd-Darda' reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and
grant him peace, said, "Shall I tell you a degree better than prayer, fasting
and sadaqa?" "Yes," they replied. He went to say, Improving a state of
friendship. Causing discord in a state of friendship is what shaves things
away."
Sufyan ibn Usayd al-Hadrami reported that he heard the Prophet,
may Allah bless him and grant him peace, say, "It is great treachery to
tell something to your brother so that he believes you when you are lying
to him."
حَدَّثَنَا عُمَرُ بْنُ حَفْصٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ شَقِيقًا يَقُولُ: قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ: قَسَمَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قِسْمَةً، كَبَعْضِ مَا كَانَ يَقْسِمُ، فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ: وَاللَّهِ، إِنَّهَا لَقِسْمَةٌ مَا أُرِيدَ بِهَا وَجْهَ اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ، قُلْتُ أَنَا: لَأَقُولَنَّ لِلنَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم، فَأَتَيْتُهُ، وَهُوَ فِي أَصْحَابِهِ، فَسَارَرْتُهُ، فَشَقَّ ذَلِكَ عَلَيْهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَتَغَيَّرَ وَجْهُهُ، وَغَضِبَ، حَتَّى وَدِدْتُ أَنِّي لَمْ أَكُنْ أَخْبَرَتْهُ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: قَدْ أُوذِيَ مُوسَى بِأَكْثَرَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ فَصَبَرَ.
'Abdullah said, "The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him
peace, swore an oath like one of the oaths that people swear and a man
of the Ansar said, 'By Allah, it is not an oath by which the Face of Allah
Almighty is desired." I said, 'I will tell the Prophet, may Allah bless
him and grant him peace. I went to him while he was with his Companions
and I spoke to him in confidence. It clearly affected him greatly, may
Allah bless him and grant him peace, and his face changed colour so that
I wished that I had not told him. Then he said, 'Musa was injured with
greater than that and he endured it.'"
