Chapter "The Boycott of a Muslim" Explanation of the Hadith of Anas (may Allah be pleased with him)

The Shaykh : As for what follows:
Indeed, the best of speech is the speech of Allah, and the best of guidance is the guidance of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him and his family). And the worst of matters are their innovations, and every innovation is a religious innovation, and every religious innovation is misguidance, and every misguidance is in the Fire.
The author (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "Chapter: The Boycott of a Muslim".
That is, what is the ruling on boycotting a Muslim and cutting off ties with him? He narrated it with his authentic chain of transmission.
From Anas ibn Malik that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: .
The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) prohibited in this hadith and the hadiths that follow it engaging in the causes that lead Muslims to hate one another, envy one another, and turn away from one another. The meaning of hating and envying is clear from the qualification I mentioned earlier, which is that the prohibition of hating means the prohibition of engaging in the causes of hating that lead to hating.
And likewise His saying: meaning do not engage in the causes of envying. And do not turn away from one another; likewise, do not engage in the causes that lead you to turning away from one another and cutting off ties.
Then he (peace be upon him) said: We had narrated in the previous lesson the story of Lady Aisha boycotting her nephew Abdullah ibn al-Zubayr because he declared that he would boycott her if she continued with her charity and giving. It was mentioned in that hadith that the mediators reminded Lady Aisha of a hadith like this one. Here comes the hadith from the narration of Anas ibn Malik, after the prohibition by the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) of hating, envying, and turning away, and after his command in his saying: He said: So this boycotting that is prohibited is boycotting for the sake of vindicating oneself, meaning without a religious reason. However, if there is a religious reason, and some of the Muslims who are obligated to act upon it engage in it, and he sees that boycotting one who opposes Islam in some of its rulings leads to his discretionary punishment and discipline, then such boycotting is not prohibited and is not of the type mentioned in this hadith: .
So boycotting for more than three days is only permissible for a religious excuse, as came in the story of the three who were left behind. Their story is well known in Sahih al-Bukhari and others, where the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered the boycotting of these three who lagged behind in the Expedition of Tabuk. The boycotting lasted for a full fifty days. There is no contradiction between such boycotting that came in the story of the three who were left behind on one hand, and this hadith and what is similar to it in the prohibition of boycotting after three days on the other hand. That is, the boycotting that is prohibited is different from the boycotting that is prescribed, which came in the story of the three who were left behind and in the story of Aisha with her nephew Abdullah ibn al-Zubayr. The boycotting that is prohibited is that which drives its doer to it is nothing but vindicating oneself and anger for oneself without a religious excuse. As for the boycotting that is prescribed, that which drives its doer to it is nothing but a religious command. In the story of Tabuk, the command of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) to boycott the three was a rebuke and discipline for them because they delayed in supporting the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) in the Expedition of Tabuk. Likewise, Lady Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) boycotted her nephew Abdullah ibn al-Zubayr because he spoke about her in a manner that is not befitting the Mother of the Believers. So there is no contradiction, then, between this hadith: and the boycotting that is driven by a command or a religious reason.