Tawba 101
101- AND OF THOSE AROUND YOU OF THE BEDOUINS, THERE ARE HYPOCRITES AND OF THE PEOPLE OF MEDINA SOME WHO ARE ACCUSTOMED TO HYPOCRISY, YOU DO NOT KNOW THEM BUT WE KNOW THEM, WE WILL PUNISH THEM TWICE, THEN THEY WILL BE TAKEN FOR A GREAT PUNISHMENT.
Allah the Highest is telling the Muslims that there were hypocrites of the Bedouins living around Medina and of the inhabitants of Medina. They stood to gain from pretending to be believers, and that happened when the Muslims became the greater power in Medina. Although they did not believe in their hearts, they stood to gain from being seen as believers.
Allah the Highest reassures the Muslims that they are known to Him, and therefore, their plotting and plans will not be hidden from Him. Allah’s messenger prayer and peace upon him named some of them, and ordered some out of the Mosque.
Allah the Highest is promising to punish them in this life before they have their great punishment in the Hereafter. In this life, Allah the Highest punishes them through what they hold dear, like their money and children, making them the source of suffering rather than joy. The second punishment is the greater punishment however, it is in the Hereafter, and it is more severe as well as eternal.
Allah’s messenger prayer and peace upon him prayed for them as he did to Abd Allah Ibn Obi. Al-Tabrani (Hadith book) reported that a man went to Allah’s messenger prayer and peace upon him and said: “Belief is here – pointing to his tongue – and hypocrisy is here – pointing to his heart – and that he remembers Allah only a little. Allah’s messenger prayer and peace upon him said: “Allah, I beg you to let his tongue often remember you, and to let him have a thankful heart, and let him have the bounty of loving me and those who love me, and let his destiny be good”. The man said: “I had hypocrite friends, and I was their head, shall I bring them to you?” He said: “Whoever comes to us, we will ask Allah to forgive them, but whoever persists, Allah will deal with him, and do not uncover any of them”.
This Hadith shows us that hypocrites repent and are forgiven, and may say that they were hypocrites. It is forbidden however to say that any Muslim is a hypocrite, even if we know that they really are.
Tawba 102-104
102- AND OTHERS CONFESSED TO THEIR SINS, THEIR DEEDS ARE A MIXTURE OF GOOD DEEDS AND BAD DEEDS, ALLAH PARDONS THEM, FOR ALLAH IS MOST FORGIVING AND MOST COMPASSIONATE.
103- TAKE FROM THEIR MONEY SADAQAH (CHARITY) TO CLEAN AND PURIFY THEM, AND PRAY FOR THEM, FOR YOUR PRAYERS GIVES THEM PEACE AND SERENITY, AND ALLAH HEARS AND KNOWS ALL THINGS,
104- DO THEY NOT KNOW THAT ALLAH IS HE WHO ACCEPTS THE REPENTANCE OF HIS SLAVES AND TAKES THE SADAQAH, AND THAT ALLAH IS THE HE WHO OFTEN PARDONS AND IS THE MOST COMPASSIONATE.
A group of men from the Ansar, reports vary their numbers from 6-10, did not go with Allah’s messenger, prayer and peace upon him, and the Muslim army to Tabok. They admitted to the wrong they did, and when the Muslim army returned to Medina, they tied themselves to pillars in the mosque, and swore that they would not be let free except by Allah’s messenger, prayer and peace upon him, himself. Allah the Highest sent these Ayahs down and he pardoned and released them.
These men were good Muslims, not hypocrites. They realised that they did wrong and they repented, and in fact were prepared to take any punishment for what they did.
Allah’s messenger, prayer and peace upon him, said: “Last night two came to me and took me to a city, the buildings of which were a brick of gold and a brick of silver. We were met by men, half of whom were the best you can see, and the other half the ugliest you can see. My companions said to them: Go and dip yourselves in this river. They did, and when they returned, the ugliness had gone and they became all in the best form. Then the two said: This is the Garden of Eden, and these are your homes. The two said: As for those who were half good and half ugly, they mixed good deeds with bad deeds, and Allah pardoned them”. (B: Tafseer; Baraa)
Allah the Highest commanded his messenger, prayer and peace upon him, to:
- Take Sadaqah (charity) from them to clear their sins and purify them. Allah’s messenger, prayer and peace upon him, said: “The Sadaqah puts sin out just as water puts fire out”. (T:Eman;8 & B:Zakah;23 & Ma:Fetan;12 & A:3;321)
- To pray for them, as Allah’s messenger’s prayers for us brings us forgiveness, peace and serenity from Allah the Highest.
Imam Ahmed reported that whenever Allah’s messenger, prayer and peace upon him, prayer for a person, his prayers were answered and this went for the person, his children and his grandchildren. (A: 5; 400)
Allah forgives those who repent their sins, and accepts our sincere charity given for His sake, not for reputation, or showing off, or any secondary gain.
Allah the Highest accepts the repentance of His slaves, and no one should ever make anyone despair of repentance and Allah’s forgiveness.
At the time of Moawya Ibn Abi Sofian, the Muslim army was fighting under the leadership of Abd El-Rahman Ibn Khalid Ibn El-Waleed. One of the soldiers did not reveal a bounty, of a hundred Roman Dinars, and kept it all, for himself. Later, he felt that he had done wrong and repented. He went to the army leader, who refused to accept the bounty from him. Then he went to Damascus to see Moawya, who also refused.
He left crying and on the way back he met one of the scholars called Abd Allah Ibn El-Shaer who said to the soldier: “Go to Moawya and give him twenty dinars, and tell him to accept his fifth, the remaining eighty give as charity on behalf of the army soldiers, Allah knows them best, for Allah accepts the repentance of his slaves”.
The soldier did what he was told, and Moawya accepted the twenty dinars, and said: “The man is right; I would have liked to have given this fatwa, than to have all my possessions”.
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