AL-HUJURAAT | Hubeali en-US AL-HUJURAAT | Hubeali 32 32 AL-HUJURAAT (Chapter 49) Sura Al-Hujuraat (18 verses) was revealed in Medinah.[1] ‘A man stood up to Amir Al-Momineen-asws and asked him-asws about Words of Allah-azwj: O you those who believe! Do not precede in front of Allah and His Rasool, and fear Allah, surely He is Hearing, Knowing [49:1], regarding who was it Revealed?’ He-asws said: ‘Regarding two men from Quraysh (Abu Bakr and Umar)’’.[2] Tafseer Al-Qummi - O you who believe! If a transgressor comes to you with news, then investigate, lest you harm a people in ignorance, and you would become remorseful upon what you have done [49:6] – It was Revealed regarding Mariah the Coptic, mother of Ibrahim-as, and the reason for that is that Ayesha said to Rasool-Allah-saww, ‘Ibrahim-as isn’t from you-saww and rather he-as is from Jareeh the Coptic, for he tends to go to her every day’. Rasool-Allah-saww was angered and said to Amir Al-Momineen-asws: ‘Take this sword and bring me the head of Jareeh’. Amir Al-Momineen-asws took the sword, then said: ‘May my-asws father-as and my-asws mother-as be (sacrificed) for you-saww, O Rasool-Allah-saww! You-saww, whenever you-saww sent regarding any matter I-asws become in it like the protective blade in the fur, so how come you-saww are instructing me-asws to prove it, or shall I-asws accomplish upon that?’ Rasool-Allah-saww said to him-asws: ‘But prove (it first)’. So, Amir Al-Momineen-asws came to the drinking place of Umm Ibrahim and climbed upon it. When Jareeh looked at him-asws, he fled from him-asws and climbed the palm tree. Amir Al-Momineen-asws went near him and said to him: ‘Descend!’ He said to him-asws, ‘O Ali-asws! Fear Allah-azwj, there is no problem over here. I am a eunuch’. Then he uncovered from his nakedness, and there he was, a eunuch. He-asws came with him to Rasool-Allah-saww. Rasool-Allah-saww said to him: ‘What is your occupation, O Jareeh?’ He said, ‘O Rasool-Allah-saww! The Coptics tend to castrate their servants and the ones who tent to enter to their wives, and the Coptics are not comforted except from (their fellow) Coptics. So, her father sent me to enter to her and serve her and comfort her’. So, Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic Revealed: O you who believe! If a transgressor comes to you with news, [49:6] – the Verse’’.[3] ‘From Abu Abdullah-asws regarding His-azwj Words: Endeared the Eman to you and Adorned it in your hearts [49:7]: ‘It means Amir Al-Momineen-asws’; and Caused you to dislike the Kufr, and the transgression, and the disobedience [49:7] – the first (Abu Bakr), and the second (Umar) and the third (Usman)’’.[4] Tafseer Al-Qummi - O you those who believe! A people should not mock a people, perhaps they happen to be better than them, nor should women mock women, perhaps they happen to be better than them, [49:11] - It was Revealed regarding Safiyya Bint Hayy, and she was a wife of Rasool-Allah-saww, and that Ayesha and Hafsa used to hurt her and insult her, and say to her, ‘O daughter of the Jew!’ She complained about that to Rasool-Allah-saww, and he-asws said to her; ‘Did you not answer back to them?’ She said, ‘With what, O Rasool-Allah-saww?’ He-saww said: ‘My-saww words - my father is Haroun-as the Prophet of Allah-azwj, and my uncle is Musa-as the speaker with Allah-azwj, and my husband is Muhammad-saww, Rasool-Allah-saww, so what makes you two to deny me?’ She said it to both of them. They said, ‘This is what Rasool-Allah-saww taught you. Therefore Allah-azwj Revealed regarding that: O you those who believe! A people should not mock a people [49:11] - up to His-azwj Words - nor should you insult each other, nor call each other with nicknames. Evil is the false name after the Eman; [49:11]’’.[5] ‘From Abu Ja’far-asws (5th Imam) having said: ‘‘Salman-ra was seated with a number of people from Quraysh in the Masjid. They started priding over their lineages and ancestry until they reached Salman-ra. Umar Bin Al-Khattab said to him-ra, ‘Inform me, who you-ra are, and who your-ra father is, and what is your-ra origin’. So he-ra said: ‘I-ra am Salman-ra son of a servant of Allah-azwj. I-ra had strayed, so Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic Guided me-ra by Muhammad-saww, and I-asws was needy, so Allah-azwj Made me-ra to be self-sufficient by Muhammad-saww, and I-ra was a slave, so Allah-azwj Freed me-ra by Muhammad-saww. This is my-ra lineage, and this is my-asws affiliation’. He-asws said: ‘Rasool-Allah-saww came out and Salman-ra spoke to him-saww. Salman-ra said to him-saww, ‘O Rasool-Allah-saww, what has been meted out to me-ra from those when I-ra was seated with them. They took to priding themselves over their lineages and ancestry to the extent that they reached me-ra. Umar Bin Al-Khattab said to me, ‘Who are you-ra, and what is your-ra origin, and what is your-ra status?’ The Prophet-saww said: ‘So what did you-ra say to him, O Salman-ra?’ He-ra said, ‘I-ra said, ‘‘I-ra am Salman-ra son of a servant of Allah-azwj. I-ra had strayed, so Allah-azwj Guided me-ra through Muhammad-saww, and I-asws was needy, so Allah-azwj Made me-ra to be self-sufficient through Muhammad-saww, and I-ra was a slave, so Allah-azwj Freed me-ra through Muhammad-saww. This is my-ra lineage, and this is my-asws affiliation’. Rasool-Allah-saww said: ‘O group of Quraysh, the nobility of a man is his Religion, and his chivalry in his manners, and his origin is his intellect. And Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic has Said: O you people! We Created you from a male and a female and Made you as nations and tribes in order to recognise each other. Surely, the most honourable of you in the Presence of Allah is the most pious of you. Surely Allah is Knowing, Aware [49:13]. Then the Prophet-saww said to Salman-ra: ‘There is no merit over you-ra from any of these ones except by fear of Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic, and if there is piety for you-ra over them, then you-ra are more meritorious’’.[6] In a lengthy Hadeeth, Rasool Allah-saww said: And as for the restrained sword, it is a sword against the people of rebellion and the interpretation. Allah-azwj Said: And if two parties from the Momineen fight, then reconcile between them. But, if one of them were to oppress the other, then fight the one which oppresses until it returns to the Command of Allah. [49:9]. When this Verse was Revealed, Rasool-Allah-saww said: ‘From you all there is one who will be fight after me-saww based upon the interpretation just as I-saww have fought based upon the Revelation’. The Prophet-saww was asked, ‘Who is he?’ He-saww said: ‘Repairer of the slipper’ – meaning Amir Al-Momineen-asws (an extract).[7] Tafseer Al-Qummi - They think they are conferring a favour upon you if they become Muslims. [49:17]. It was Revealed regarding Usman on the day of (battle of) Khandaq, and that I passed by Ammar Bin Yasser digging the ditch, and the dust had raised from the pit, so Usman placed his cuff upon his nose and passed by. Amaar said (in prose), ‘Not equal is the one who settles in the Masjid performing Rukus and Sajdahs, to the one who passes by the dust deviating, turning away from it, struggling obstinately’. Usman turned towards him and said, ‘O son of the black (slave), is it me that you mean?’ Then he came up to Rasool-Allah-saww and said to him-saww, ‘We did not enter (the fold of Al-Islam) to you-saww in order to be reviled (insulted)’. So Rasool-Allah-saww said to him: ‘You have removed your Islam, so go away’. Therefore, Allah-azwj the Exalted Revealed: They think they are conferring a favour upon you if they become Muslims. Say, ‘You professing Islam does not confer a favour upon me, but Allah Confers a Favour upon you if He Guides you to the Eman, if you were truthful [49:17] Surely Allah knows the unseen matters of the skies and the earth; and Allah Sees what you do [49:18]’’ The post AL-HUJURAAT (Chapter 49) first appeared on Hubeali.]]>