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The result of that true naseehah is the complete brotherhood feeling of Islam. • Naseehah is to be towards Allah, His book, His Messengers, the leaders of the Muslims and Muslim people in general. • Zamarli has an excellent passage at the end of his booklet on naseehah that is fitting as a summary here, I say to the one who is giving advice (naseehah): It is a must upon you that you abide by the conditions and manners of giving advice so that the one who is being given advice will accept it, tend to it and respect it. It is obligatory that your concerning and intention, first and last, be bringing about some good or betterment for your brother; and the driving force behind your act [of advising] must be love and brotherhood. You should never stray from that purpose such that your purpose becomes fame, being greater than another person, boasting or acting for show. It is also a must for the one being advised to accept the advice no matter what its source, since it 1 Quoted in ibn Rajab, al-Farq, p. 1 5. 2 Sultaan, p. 94. 3 Quoted in ibn Rajab, Jaami, vol. 1, p. 2 19. Hadith #7: The Religion is Naseehah is a cause of reform and good for him. He should be kind to the advisor and have respect and love for him. He should not be tough with him or harsh or reject his advice to his face. We must all bear with each other concerning our mistakes and excuse one another as long as our goal and purpose is goodness and reform. 1 1 Zamarli, pp. 67-68. 4 15 Commentary on the Forty Hadith of al-Nawawi W_JAI J,.1!1 0"\..l ऀ 1.:i)! l""' .. L..i Ɯ1_,..1 YJ ࣿ Hadith #8: "I hŵve been ordered to fight..." Hadith #8: "I have been ordered to fight. . . " ,, "' '° ' ,,.. '° .... "' ± .iil # .iil Jëj i ࢝ .iil VJ k J.1 d- ,, ,, ,, .... ,.,. 0 ,,.. ,,.. 'l 0 ,,, l '° Ҥ! . i IJJi-0.t j;- 89I Ұ\ii i :;I :J\i J ,,,. '° J g;I ,... '° '° I ࢖.J,, i I? J l}iJ l \9 i\S'yl ,, ,, J"w .J.!1 l࢞ 0 J \:.࢕-- @.I A .. -- ,, ઱લ ,, J  : ࢜ "J BJ5I CIJJ On the authority of ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with both of them), the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said, "I have been ordered to fight against the people until they testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, establish the prayer and give the zakah. Then, if they do that, their blood and wealth will be protected from meexcept in accordance with the right of Islam. And their reckoning will be with Allah, the Exalted." Recorded by al-Bukhari and Muslim. Selected Vocabulary - "I have been ordered" - ''to fight" - "the people" - "until" - this a compound word; the u means, "then," while 1.:ij means "if' - "their blood," the !""' stands for "their" - "their wealth" - "except" - this is a compound word; the Y means, "by, in accordance", '-'="' means "right" - "their reckoning" 4 1 7 Commentary on the Forty Hadith of al-Nawawi - "upon" literally this would mean that it is obligatory "upon" Allah, but its meaning here is "with" Allah. Takhreej Recorded by al-Bukhari, Muslim, al-Baihaqi, ibn Hibbaan, al­ Daaraqutni and others. The narration in Muslim from ibn Umar, though, does not mention the words, "except according to the right of Islam." Hadith with this or very similar meaning have also been transmitted from the Companions Abu Huraira, Jaabir ibn Abdullah, Anas ibn Malik, Jareer ibn Abdullah, Aus ibn Abu Aus, ibn Abbaas, Sahl ibn Saad, al-Numaan ibn Basheer, Taariq ibn Ashyam, Abu Bakrah, Muadh ibn Jabal and Samurah ibn Jundub.1 This large number of Companions and the transmission from them has led scholars of hadith to conclude that this hadith is mutawaatir.2 General Comments About the Hadith The importance of this hadith lies in the fact that it states the grounds and purposes of Islamic combat. It also declares when a person's blood and wealth are inviolable. It also implies that a Muslim's life may also be taken if he does an act that calls for the death penalty according to Islamic law. Different Narrations of This Hadith This mutawaatir hadith has been narrated with many different wordings. Most likely, the Prophet (peace be upon him) made the same or similar statement on more than one occasion. This is very likely given the overall importance of the teachings found in this particular hadith. A look at the different narrations of this hadith clarifies some misunderstandings that may arise from this particular narration. Some of the other narrations include the following: 1 See ibn Muhammad, pp. 79-91 .