Striving for Reconciliation and Uniting the Words of the Muslims
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Question:
A chapter on the knowledge of a Shari'ah that legislated itself by uniting the Ummah, and that the resolution of disagreement among a group of Muslims is to be done gently, and to attempt to reconcile them. So what is Abu Tullayha's view on this? Is it a preordained disagreement that does not bear witness to the answer of the disagreement?
Answer:
This is good. This is of the reconciliation that strives for reconciliation among Muslims and the removal of disagreement. Uniting the word, this is among the best of deeds. Allah the Exalted and Glorious said:[An-Nisa 4:114] This is among the greatest things that Allah, Mighty and Majestic, says: [Al-Anfal 8:1] Say, "And reconciliation is better."
So this is among the best of deeds: that one strives for reconciliation among the students of knowledge, among the youth, and among those who differ, and removes the doubts and the estrangement between them. This is among the best of deeds. I wish there were people of this type of reformers who would undertake this work.
A chapter on the knowledge of a Shari'ah that legislated itself by uniting the Ummah, and that the resolution of disagreement among a group of Muslims is to be done gently, and to attempt to reconcile them. So what is Abu Tullayha's view on this? Is it a preordained disagreement that does not bear witness to the answer of the disagreement?
Answer:
This is good. This is of the reconciliation that strives for reconciliation among Muslims and the removal of disagreement. Uniting the word, this is among the best of deeds. Allah the Exalted and Glorious said:
No good is there in much of their private conversation, except for those who enjoin charity or that which is right or conciliation between people
لَّا خَيْرَ فِي كَثِيرٍ مِّن نَّجْوَاهُمْ إِلَّا مَنْ أَمَرَ بِصَدَقَةٍ أَوْ مَعْرُوفٍ أَوْ إِصْلَاحٍ بَيْنَ النَّاسِSo fear Allah and amend that which is between you
فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأَصْلِحُوا ذَاتَ بَيْنِكُمْSo this is among the best of deeds: that one strives for reconciliation among the students of knowledge, among the youth, and among those who differ, and removes the doubts and the estrangement between them. This is among the best of deeds. I wish there were people of this type of reformers who would undertake this work.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، تابع باب نواقض الوضوء - 3 — islamhouse.com (1:06:36)
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