He refused and was arrogant...
He refused and was arrogant, and he was from the unbelievers [2:34] أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الْأَشْعَرِيُّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ حَدِيدٍ عَنْ جَمِيلِ بْنِ دَرَّاجٍ قَالَ Abu Ali Al-Ashary, from Muhammad Bin Abdul Jabbaar, from Ali Bin Hadeed, from Jameel Bin Darraaj who said: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ (عليه السلام) عَنْ إِبْلِيسَ أَ كَانَ مِنَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ أَمْ كَانَ يَلِي شَيْئاً مِنْ أَمْرِ السَّمَاءِ فَقَالَ لَمْ يَكُنْ مِنَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ وَ لَمْ يَكُنْ يَلِي شَيْئاً مِنْ أَمْرِ السَّمَاءِ وَ لَا كَرَامَةَ I asked Abu Abdullah -asws about Iblees -la , ‘Was he -la from the Angels or was he -la in charge of something from the matters of the sky?’ So he -asws said: ‘He -la was neither from the Angels, nor was he -la in charge of anything from the matters of the sky, nor was he -la honourable’.
فَأَتَيْتُ الطَّيَّارَ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ بِمَا سَمِعْتُ فَأَنْكَرَهُ وَ قَالَ وَ كَيْفَ لَا يَكُونُ مِنَ الْمَلَائِكَةِ وَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ يَقُولُ وَ إِذْ قُلْنا لِلْمَلائِكَةِ اسْجُدُوا لِآدَمَ فَسَجَدُوا إِلَّا إِبْلِيسَ I came up to Al-Tayyaar, and I informed him of what I had heard. He denied it and said, ‘How can he -la not be from the Angels and Allah -azwj Mighty and Majestic is Saying: And when We Said to the Angels: Perform Sajdah to Adam!
So they (all) performed Sajdah except Iblees [2:34] فَدَخَلَ عَلَيْهِ الطَّيَّارُ فَسَأَلَهُ وَ أَنَا عِنْدَهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ رَأَيْتَ قَوْلَهُ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ يا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا فِي غَيْرِ مَكَانٍ مِنْ مُخَاطَبَةِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَ يَدْخُلُ فِي هَذَا الْمُنَافِقُونَ قَالَ نَعَمْ يَدْخُلُ فِي هَذَا الْمُنَافِقُونَ وَ الضُّلَّالُ وَ كُلُّ مَنْ أَقَرَّ بِالدَّعْوَةِ الظَّاهِرَةِ.
So, Al-Tayyaar went over to him -asws , and he asked him -asws while I was in his -asws presence, ‘May I be sacrificed for you -asws ! What is your -asws view of the Words of the Mighty and Majestic: O you those who believe [2:34] , and in other places where the Momineen are addressed, are the hypocrites included in this?’ He -asws said: ‘Yes, they are included in this, the hypocrites and the straying ones, and everyone who acknowledged with the call (to be a Muslim), apparently’’.
[3] Appendix: The Treaty of Hudaybiya We present Shia perspectives in the short article rebutting the general belief of Sunni Muslims who believe that all those who pledged allegiance under the tree remained, until death, loyal to Allah -azwj and to Islam.
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