Reconciling Allah’s saying: “Indeed, they were before that doers of good” with the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): “The Muslim is the one from whose tongue and hand the Muslims are safe”
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[Reconciling Allah’s saying: “Indeed, they were before that doers of good” and the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): “The Muslim is the one from whose tongue and hand the Muslims are safe”]
Some of them interpreted the saying of Allah the Exalted in Surat al-Dhariyat: [al-Dhariyat: 16] They said: The doers of good are those who did good to Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, and did good to people. How do we reconcile the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) in the hadith of Abdullah ibn Umar: “The Muslim is the one from whose tongue and hand the Muslims are safe” with the verse? And is this definition in the hadith for specific Islam?The Shaykh: I did not understand the point of difficulty! The questioner: O Shaykh! Does the one who does good to the servants and does good to the Lord of the servants apply this previous hadith, and is his Islam only specific Islam?The Shaykh: His saying, Blessed and Exalted is He: [al-Dhariyat: 16] Ihsan in this verse is either in worshipping Allah or in dealing with the servants of Allah.
Ihsan in worshipping Allah: The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) clarified it,And he said: “That you worship Allah as if you see Him, and if you do not see Him, then He sees you.”
And ihsan in dealing with creation: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) also interpreted it by saying: “None of you truly believes until he loves for his brother what he loves for himself.”
And his saying, peace and blessings be upon him: “Whoever loves to be pushed away from the Fire and admitted to Paradise, let his death come to him while he believes in Allah and the Last Day, and let him offer to people what he loves to be offered to him.” This is ihsan in dealing with creation.
And ihsan in the noble verse: Allah the Exalted mentioned a type and a kind of it in His saying: [al-Dhariyat: 17-18] to the end of the verses. So the important point is that ihsan is in worshipping Allah and in dealing with the servants of Allah.
As for his saying, peace and blessings be upon him and his family: “The Muslim is the one from whose tongue and hand the Muslims are safe” This is ihsan in dealing with people.
Some of them interpreted the saying of Allah the Exalted in Surat al-Dhariyat:
Indeed, they were before that doers of good.
إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ مُحْسِنِينَIndeed, they were before that doers of good.
إِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ مُحْسِنِينَIhsan in worshipping Allah: The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) clarified it,And he said: “That you worship Allah as if you see Him, and if you do not see Him, then He sees you.”
And ihsan in dealing with creation: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) also interpreted it by saying: “None of you truly believes until he loves for his brother what he loves for himself.”
And his saying, peace and blessings be upon him: “Whoever loves to be pushed away from the Fire and admitted to Paradise, let his death come to him while he believes in Allah and the Last Day, and let him offer to people what he loves to be offered to him.” This is ihsan in dealing with creation.
And ihsan in the noble verse: Allah the Exalted mentioned a type and a kind of it in His saying:
(17) They used to sleep but little of the night, (18) And in the hours before dawn they would ask forgiveness,
كَانُوا قَلِيلاً مِنَ اللَّيْلِ مَا يَهْجَعُونَ * وَبِالْأَسْحَارِ هُمْ يَسْتَغْفِرُونَAs for his saying, peace and blessings be upon him and his family: “The Muslim is the one from whose tongue and hand the Muslims are safe” This is ihsan in dealing with people.