Sayyiduna Abu ‘Ubaidah b. Jarrah Radhiyallahu ‘Anhu narrated:
“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:
إِنَّ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ لَمَّا وَقَعَ فِيهِمُ النَّقْصُ
‘When the Children of Isra’il fell into decline,
كَانَ الرَّجُلُ فِيهِمْ يَرَى أَخَاهُ عَلَى الذَّنْبِ
a man among them would see his brother committing a sin
فَيَنْهَاهُ عَنْهُ
, and prohibit them from it
فَإِذَا كَانَ الْغَدُ لَمْ يَمْنَعْهُ مَا رَأَى مِنْهُ أَنْ يَكُونَ أَكِيلَهُ وَشَرِيبَهُ وَخَلِيطَهُ
The next day, what he saw him doing would not prevent him from eating with him, drinking with him, and associating with him.
فَضَرَبَ اللَّهُ قُلُوبَ بَعْضِهِمْ بِبَعْضٍ
So Allah pitted their hearts against each other,
وَنَزَلَ فِيهِمُ الْقُرْآنُ
and He revealed about them in the Qur’an,
فَقَالَ : لُعِِنَ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا مِنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ عَلَى لِسَانِ دَاوُدَ وَعِيسَى ابْنِ مَرْيَمَ ذَلِكَ بِمَا عَصَوْا وَكَانُوا يَعْتَدُونَ ”
He said: Those among the Children of Isra’il who disbelieved were cursed by the tongue of Dawud and ‘Eisa, son of Mariam. That was because they disobeyed and were ever transgressing.’
فَقَرَأَ حَتَّى بَلَغَ
And he recited until he reached:
: (وَلَوْ كَانُوا يُؤْمِنُونَ بِاللَّهِ وَالنَّبِيِّ وَمَا أُنْزِلَ إِلَيْهِ مَا اتَّخَذُوهُمْ أَوْلِيَاءَ وَلَكِنَّ كَثِيرًا مِنْهُمْ فَاسِقُونَ )
‘And had they believed in Allah, and in the Prophet, and in what has been revealed to him, never would they have taken them as friends; but many of them are rebellious (5:78-81)
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قَالَ وَكَانَ نَبِيُّ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم مُتَّكِئًا فَجَلَسَ فَقَالَ
‘ He said: “And Allah’s Prophet (ﷺ) was reclining, so he sat up and said:
” لاَ حَتَّى تَأْخُذُوا عَلَى يَدَىِ الظَّالِمِ فَتَأْطِرُوهُ عَلَى الْحَقِّ أَطْرًا
‘No! Not until you take the hand of the wrong-doer and incline him toward the truth.’
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3048
