He -asws said...

He -asws said: ‘The believers were happy with this and accepted it, but the hypocrites were enraged with this and some of them said to some, among themselves, ‘Did you see how Muhammad -saww has not diminished the virtues of the son of his uncle and left us out with nothing? By Allah -azwj ! If we were to obey him during his -saww lifetime, then we will turn against him after his -saww death.

Abdullah Bin Abi used to listen to their conversations and used to get angry and would control his anger sometimes and used to say to them: ‘Surely, Muhammad -saww is an obedient worshipper, so beware of opposing him! For whoever opposes an obedient worshipper, his heart would be frustrated and life would become a plague for him. The man of intellect is the one who swallows his anger and waits for the opportunity. A man from the believers, Zayd Bin Arqam said to them: ‘O servants of Allah -azwj !

Are you falsifying Allah -azwj , and accusing His Messenger -saww and sitting back from His religion? By Allah -azwj ! I shall inform the Messenger of Allah -saww about your state’.

Abdullah Bin Abi and his group answered back: ‘If you were to do that (to tell it to Prophet -saww ) then we will deny you and falsify you in such a way that he -saww will agree with us and you will probably end up with an order of execution against you or for the cutting off your limbs or other capital punishment.’ ـ قال (عليه السلام): ـ فأتى زيد رسول الله (صلى الله عليه وآله) فأسر إليه ما كان من عبدالله بن أبي وأصحابه فأنزل الله عزوجل: (ولا تطع الكافرين) المجاهرين لك يا محمد فيما دعوتهم إليه من الايمان بالله، والموالاة لك ولاوليائك والمعاداة لاعدائك.

Immediately, Allah -azwj sent down the Verse ( Do not follow the disbelievers ). You have spoken O Muhammad -saww , and invited them to faith in Allah -azwj and befriend you -saww and your friends and be inimical to your enemies.