Shaykh Saalih bin Fawzaan bin ‘Abdullaah
al-Fawzaan (may Allaah preserve him) said:
“… Do not let the hatred of a
people prevent you from being just with respect to them even if they are your
enemies. Justice is desirable with friends and with enemies. Allaah the most
High said: “And when you speak, be just, even if [it concerns] a near
relative.” [Al-An’aam: 152]
Therefore, do not allow kinship
make you unjustly take side with your relative. Rather, if he is mistaken,
correct his mistake. Do not follow him in it. In fact, advise him. “And when
you speak, be just, even if [it concerns] a near relative.” [Al-An’aam: 152].
Allaah the most High said: “O
you who believe! Stand out firmly for justice, as witnesses to Allâh, even
though it be against yourselves, or your parents, or your kin, be he rich or
poor, Allâh is a Better Protector to both (than you). So follow not the
lusts (of your hearts), lest you may avoid justice, and if you distort your
witness or refuse to give it, verily, Allâh is Ever Well-Acquainted with what
you do.” [An-Nisaa: 135]
Hence, what is obligatory upon an individual is to be just to
himself, his relative, his friends and his enemy. He should not allow the
enmity he has for anyone to make him unjust to him or oppress him. This should
be the attitude of a Muslim; and he should not allow the love he has for anyone
make him side with him unjustly.
As for the people of Jaahiliyyah, they were partisan to their
people even if their people were the oppressors. So, Allaah the Mighty and
Majestic commanded us to oppose them and say the truth even if it is against
ourselves or against our relatives or against our friends or against our
enemies.
The Prophet (sallallaahu alayhi wasallam) said: “Help
your brother, whether he is an oppressor or he is an oppressed one.” They
asked, ‘O Messenger of Allaah, it is all right to help him if he is oppressed,
but how should we help him if he is an oppressor?’ He said, “By preventing him
from oppressing others.”[1]
Helping him is to prevent him from oppression and not to aid him upon oppression.
Source: Sharh Masaa’il
al-Jaahiliyyah, p. 249-250 by Shaykh bin Saalih Fawzaan bin Abdullaah
al-Fawzaan; translated by Abdus-Samee’ Abdus-Salaam.
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