Islam: The Moderate Religion

Islam: The Moderate Religion
Ibn Abi Hatim recorded that Zayd bin Aslam
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said, "The Messenger of Allah
and his Companions were in the area of Al-Hudaybiyyah when the idolators
prevented them from visiting the House (Ka'bah), and that was especially hard
on them. Later on, some idolators passed by them from the east intending to
perform `Umrah. So the Companions of the Prophet said, `Let us prevent
those (from `Umrah) just as their fellow idolators prevented us.' Thereafter,
Allah sent down this Verse.'' Ibn Abbas
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and others said that "Shana'an'' refers
to enmity and hate. Allah said also,
} ِنا َو ْﺪُﻌْﻟا َو  ِﻢْﺛِﻹا  َﲆَﻋ ْاﻮُﻧ َوﺎَﻌَﺗ َﻻ َو ى َﻮْﻘﱠﺘﻟا َو ﱢﱪْﻟا  َﲆَﻋ ْاﻮُﻧ َوﺎَﻌَﺗ َو {
Help one another in Al-Birr and At-Taqwa; but do not help one another in
sin and transgression. (al Ma’idah 5:2)
Allah  commands His  believing  servants  to  help  one  another  by  performing
righteous,  good  deeds,  which  is  the  meaning  of  `Al-Birr',  and  to  avoid  sins,
which is the meaning of `At-Taqwa'. Allah forbids His servants from helping
one  another  in  sin,  `Ithm'  and  committing  the prohibitions.  Ibn  Jarir  said
that,  "Sin  means  abandoning  what  Allah  has  ordained,  while  transgression
means  overstepping  the  limits  that  Allah  set  in  your  religion,  along  with
overstepping what Allah has ordered concerning yourselves and others.'' It has
been recorded that Anas bin Malik
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said that the Messenger of Allah said:
“Support your brother whether he was unjust or the victim of injustice.” He
was  asked,  "O  Messenger  of  Allah !  We  know  about  helping  him  when  he
suffers  injustice,  so  what  about  helping  him  when  he  commits  injustice''  He
said:  “Prevent  and  stop  him  from  committing  injustice,  and  this  represents
giving support to him.”
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And Allah The Most Magnificent says:
} َذِإ َو ﺎ َﻬِﻠْﻫَأ  َﱃِإ  ِتﺎَﻧﺎَﻣَ ْﻷا اوﱡد َﺆُﺗ  ْنَأ  ْﻢُﻛ ُﺮ ُﻣْﺄَﻳ َﱠﷲا  ﱠنِإ  ِل ْﺪَﻌْﻟﺎِﺑ اﻮ ُﻤُﻜْ َﲢ  ْنَأ  ِسﺎﱠﻨﻟا  َ ْﲔَﺑ  ْﻢُﺘ ْﻤَﻜ َﺣ ا
ا ًﲑ ِﺼَﺑ ﺎًﻌﻴِﻤ َﺳ  َنﺎَﻛ َﱠﷲا  ﱠنِإ ِﻪِﺑ  ْﻢُﻜُﻈِﻌَﻳ  ﱠﲈِﻌِﻧ َﱠﷲا  ﱠنِإ {
Verily! Allâh commands that you should render back the trusts to those,
to whom they are due; and that when you judge between men, you judge