The Book of Jihad, Expeditions, and Authority-06a
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The reciter: And Ibrahim ibn Sa'id al-Jawhari narrated to me, and Abu Usamah narrated to us, from Malik ibn Mighwal, from Abu Husayn, from Abu Wa'il, who said: I heard Sahl ibn Hunayf at Siffin saying: Sahih Muslim 1785d.
The Shaykh : He is referring to the settlement, and that the settlement should be carried out even if a person feels resentment in his heart. It is well known that in a settlement between two disputing parties, there must be some resentment on both sides, because each of them will have to give up something he holds dear. If each of them remained attached to what is in his heart, there would be no settlement. This applies to every settlement that takes place among people; each party must necessarily concede something, otherwise there would be no settlement.
Al-Nawawi's explanation of the hadith.
Blame (the hollowness) of your views about your religion. I thought to myself on the day of Abu Jandal that if I could turn down the order of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), I would. The situation was so difficult that if we mended it at one place, it was rent at another.
اتَّهِمُوا رَأْيَكُمْ عَلَى دِينِكُمْ، فَلَقَدْ رَأَيْتُنِي يَوْمَ أَبِي جَنْدَلٍ وَلَوْ أَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ أَرُدَّ أَمْرَ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَا فَتَحْنَا مِنْهُ فِي خُصْمٍ، إِلَّا انْفَجَرَ عَلَيْنَا مِنْهُ خُصْمٌThe Shaykh : He is referring to the settlement, and that the settlement should be carried out even if a person feels resentment in his heart. It is well known that in a settlement between two disputing parties, there must be some resentment on both sides, because each of them will have to give up something he holds dear. If each of them remained attached to what is in his heart, there would be no settlement. This applies to every settlement that takes place among people; each party must necessarily concede something, otherwise there would be no settlement.
Al-Nawawi's explanation of the hadith.