Combining the hadith of al-Ahnaf with the verse on fighting the rebellant faction
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Question:
This questioner says: How do you reconcile the hadith of al-Ahnaf, when he wanted to join 'Ali ibn Abi Talib but Abu Bakrah prevented him, with the saying of Allah the Exalted:[Al-Hujurat 49:9]
Answer:
Who is the transgressing faction? We do not know who it is. They are all Muslims, and they are all… So who is the faction? You say that 'Ali is the transgressor, or that Mu'awiyah is the transgressor. Leave this alone. Do not intervene between them. Do not intervene between the Companions. Pass over this and approve of that. Yes.
This questioner says: How do you reconcile the hadith of al-Ahnaf, when he wanted to join 'Ali ibn Abi Talib but Abu Bakrah prevented him, with the saying of Allah the Exalted:
then fight against the one that oppresses until it returns to the ordinance of Allah
فَقَاتِلُوا الَّتِي تَبْغِي حَتَّىٰ تَفِيءَ إِلَىٰ أَمْرِ اللَّهِAnswer:
Who is the transgressing faction? We do not know who it is. They are all Muslims, and they are all… So who is the faction? You say that 'Ali is the transgressor, or that Mu'awiyah is the transgressor. Leave this alone. Do not intervene between them. Do not intervene between the Companions. Pass over this and approve of that. Yes.
Source
شرح أحاديث في الفتن والحوادث، باب بدأ الإسلام غريبًا وسيعود غريبًا — islamhouse.com (38:01)
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