Combining a Verse and a Hadith

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Meaning of the Hadith: Indeed, Allah the Exalted has servants

Question: What is the meaning of the noble hadith, if it is authentic,The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:

Indeed, Allah the Exalted has servants whom He has singled out for the needs of people; people turn to them in their needs. Those are the ones who are safe from the punishment of Allah.

إن لله تعالى عبادًا اختصهم بحوائج الناس، يفزع الناس إليهم في حوائجهم، أولئك الآمنون من عذاب الله

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Answer: Al-Suyuti indicated in al-Jami' al-Saghir that this hadith is hasan (good).

And its meaning is clear: That Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, has singled out some people for fulfilling the needs of those in need, and He has enabled them to fulfill the needs of people through their wealth, their status, and their knowledge. This is the favor of Allah, which He grants to whom He wills among His servants. These are the servants whom Allah has singled out with this characteristic, and the intended meaning is their existence in this worldly life and among people, not after their death, as the foolish people who cling to the dead imagine. And Allah knows best.
[Combining a Verse and a Hadith]

Question: How do we combine His saying, Glorified and Exalted is He:

O you who have believed, upon you is [responsibility for] yourselves. Those who have gone astray will not harm you when you have been guided

يَاأَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا عَلَيْكُمْ أَنْفُسَكُمْ لَا يَضُرُّكُمْ مَنْ ضَلَّ إِذَا اهْتَدَيْتُمْ

[Al-Ma'idah: 105] ,And the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):

He who amongst you sees something abominable should modify it with the help of his hand; and if he has not strength enough to do it, then he should do it with his tongue, and if he has not strength enough to do it, (even) then he should (abhor it) from his heart, and that is the least of faith.

من رأى منكم منكرًا فليغيره بيده، فإن لم يستطع فبلسانه، فإن لم يستطع فبقلبه، وذلك أضعف الإيمان

Sahih Muslim 49a

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Answer: Indeed, Allah the Exalted says:

O you who have believed, upon you is [responsibility for] yourselves. Those who have gone astray will not harm you when you have been guided

يَاأَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا عَلَيْكُمْ أَنْفُسَكُمْ لَا يَضُرُّكُمْ مَنْ ضَلَّ إِذَا اهْتَدَيْتُمْ

[Al-Ma'idah 5:105]

,And the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) says:

He who amongst you sees something abominable should modify it with the help of his hand

من رأى منكم منكرًا فليغيره بيده

Sahih Muslim 49a

the hadith, and the questioner is asking for the answer, meaning the combination of the verse and the hadith,So we say: There is no contradiction between the verse and the hadith; because Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, has commanded us to take ourselves to the path of truth, to adhere to it, and not to look at the actions of others or the deviation of others, nor to be with people such that if they do evil we do evil, and if they do good we do good. Rather, we must adhere to the path of excellence (ihsan) always and forever, even though we affirm enjoining good and forbidding evil, according to our ability, as in the hadith of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):

من رأى منكم منكرًا فليغيره بيده، فإن لم يستطع فبلسانه، فإن لم يستطع فبقلبه، وذلك أضعف الإيمان

Sahih Muslim 49a

, and this is what the noble verse points to, where He, Glorified and Exalted is He, said:

Those who have gone astray will not harm you when you have been guided

لَا يَضُرُّكُمْ مَنْ ضَلَّ إِذَا اهْتَدَيْتُمْ

[Al-Ma'idah: 105] , and among the ways of guidance is that we enjoin good and forbid evil, according to our ability, after reforming ourselves and taking hold of ourselves toward good, and being the first to comply with good and avoid evil.
And the sincere friend of this Ummah and the best of them after their Prophet, Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him),
Glorified and Exalted is He, became aware of this,And he said: O people, you are reading this verse:

O you who have believed, upon you is [responsibility for] yourselves. Those who have gone astray will not harm you when you have been guided

يَاأَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا عَلَيْكُمْ أَنْفُسَكُمْ لَا يَضُرُّكُمْ مَنْ ضَلَّ إِذَا اهْتَدَيْتُمْ

[Al-Ma'idah: 105] ,And I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say:

When the people see the wrongdoer and they do not take him by the hand, then soon Allah shall envelope you in a punishment from him.

إن الناس إذا رأوا الظالم فلم يأخذوا على يديه أوشك أن يعمهم الله بعقاب منه

Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2168Sahih (Darussalam)

, so he made it clear by this that there is no contradiction between the verse and the hadith, and that whoever thinks that the meaning of the verse is to abandon enjoining good and forbidding evil has erred in his understanding of the verse, and Allah the Exalted knows best.

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