The Position on What Occurred Between the Companions and Mu'awiyah's Interpretation
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, I ask you to explain the issue that Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) and those with him went out based on a plausible interpretation, and then it became clear that this interpretation was not plausible.
Answer:
It is obligatory for us to refrain from what occurred between the Companions, and not to get involved in it. We must believe that each of them was a mujtahid (a scholar qualified to derive rulings), that each of them was a mujtahid (may Allah be pleased with them all). We do not delve into what happened. However, we touched upon this only to explain the hadith. As for detailing this and getting involved in what occurred between the Companions, this is forbidden for us. It is not obligatory for us to seek reconciliation between them, but rather to believe that they were mujtahids and that they were rewarded for their ijtihad (independent legal reasoning). Some of them have two rewards, and some have one reward. They have virtues, companionship, and noble precedents that expiate the mistakes made by some of them.
May Allah be pleased with them and grant them satisfaction.[Al-Hashr 59:10]. This is what is obligatory for us. We should not occupy ourselves with these matters. It is obligatory to refrain from this. These are matters that have ended and passed away. What is our involvement in them? For this reason, when 'Umar ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz (may Allah have mercy on him) was asked about this matter, he said, "Those are bloods from which Allah has purified our hands, so let us purify our tongues from speaking about them." This is the duty of the Muslim. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, I ask you to explain the issue that Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) and those with him went out based on a plausible interpretation, and then it became clear that this interpretation was not plausible.
Answer:
It is obligatory for us to refrain from what occurred between the Companions, and not to get involved in it. We must believe that each of them was a mujtahid (a scholar qualified to derive rulings), that each of them was a mujtahid (may Allah be pleased with them all). We do not delve into what happened. However, we touched upon this only to explain the hadith. As for detailing this and getting involved in what occurred between the Companions, this is forbidden for us. It is not obligatory for us to seek reconciliation between them, but rather to believe that they were mujtahids and that they were rewarded for their ijtihad (independent legal reasoning). Some of them have two rewards, and some have one reward. They have virtues, companionship, and noble precedents that expiate the mistakes made by some of them.
May Allah be pleased with them and grant them satisfaction.
And [there is a share for] those who came after them, saying, "Our Lord, forgive us and our brothers who preceded us in faith and put not in our hearts [any] resentment toward those who have believed. Our Lord, indeed You are Kind and Merciful."
وَالَّذِينَ جَاءُوا مِن بَعْدِهِمْ يَقُولُونَ رَبَّنَا اغْفِرْ لَنَا وَلِإِخْوَانِنَا الَّذِينَ سَبَقُونَا بِالْإِيمَانِ وَلَا تَجْعَلْ فِي قُلُوبِنَا غِلًّا لِّلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا رَبَّنَا إِنَّكَ رَءُوفٌ رَّحِيمٌ
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، باب قتال أهل البغي — islamhouse.com (59:25)
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