Explanation of the Chapter

The Shaykh : Chapter 28 after the hundred. He said: "The chapter of the advisor being trusted." The advisor is trusted, meaning the person who is consulted is one who must fulfill the trust toward the one who consulted him by giving him sincere advice and not deceiving or cheating him. This is the meaning of the chapter.
He titled it with the following hadith, and its chain of narration is authentic. It is narrated from Abu Hurayrah who said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to Abu al-Haytham, who is one of the men of the Companions named Abu al-Haytham ibn al-Tayhan, he said to him (peace be upon him) while asking him to learn of his need and what is lacking in his life
So he said to him (peace be upon him): . He said: No. He said: , so two heads were brought to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) with no third one, and Abu al-Haytham came to him. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: . He said: O Messenger of Allah, choose for me. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: . His wife said: You have not reached what the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said about him except that you free him. He said: So he is free. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: .
In this hadith there are many benefits, and the point of it is his saying (peace be upon him): . So let us return to the beginning of the hadith to comment on it in a manner suitable for the occasion. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to Abu al-Haytham: . He said: No. He said: . The captives are the prisoners of men and women, and we have mentioned more than once that these prisoners who fall into the hands of the Muslim army, the commander of the army has the authority to deal with them in one of four ways: either he releases them and frees them and shows them favor, or he ransoms them with Muslim prisoners who fell into the hands of the disbelievers, exchanging prisoners as is said in the present age, or he enslaves them and makes them slaves, and that is by presenting these prisoners to the Muslim army, or finally he kills the prisoners if he sees in that the benefit of the Muslims. This last category occurred in the history of the Messenger (peace be upon him) and his biography regarding some individuals, until he said: . The most common of the four matters is either ransoming or enslaving. When the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) asked Abu al-Tayhan if he had a servant and he said: No, he said to him (peace be upon him): meaning: prisoners, we have made a decision to enslave them, so come to us. So the prisoners came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and as the Messenger requested of Abu al-Tayhan to come to him, he came. There was not with the Messenger (peace be upon him) from the captives what was suitable to be a servant except two heads, meaning two persons. So the Messenger (peace be upon him) presented them to Abu al-Tayhan and said to him: Choose whichever you wish. So Abu al-Taytham returned to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) seeking his advice and saying to him: Choose for me, you are more knowledgeable than me. So he said to him (peace and blessings be upon him): meaning: since you have entrusted the matter to me to choose one of them for you and the best for your service, I advise you to take this one. Since you have consulted me, I must fulfill the trust and give you sincere advice, so I advise you to take this one. Why did the Messenger (peace be upon him) advise him with him? He said: .