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348 One reading, rejected by the majority of Commentators, but accepted by Mujahid and others, would not make a break<br />

at the point here marked Waq Lazim, but would run the two sentences together. In that case the construction would<br />

run: "No one knows its hidden meanings except Allah and those who are firm in knowledge. They say", etc. (3.7)<br />

6:65 - Say: He is able to send punishment upon you from above you or from beneath your feet, or<br />

to bewilder you with dissension and make you taste the tyranny one of another. See how We<br />

display the revelations so that they may understand.<br />

17:53 - Say to My servants that they should (only) say those things that are best: for Satan doth<br />

sow dissensions among them: for Satan is to man an avowed enemy. 2238<br />

2238 This command refers to two situations. (1) Even to your enemies and the enemies of Allah you should speak fair: who<br />

are you to judge others? Judgment belongs to Allah alone, for He knows you (i.e., all mankind) best, and your<br />

personal knowledge is at best imperfect. And Satan is always trying to divide mankind. (2) Amongst yourselves, also<br />

you should not entertain suspicions, but speak politely according to the best standards of human speech. A false or<br />

unkind word may destroy all your efforts at building up unity, because the forces of disruption are more numerous than<br />

the forces of unity. (17.53)<br />

Al-Muwatta Hadith<br />

Hadith 54.29<br />

Concerning the East<br />

Malik related to me from Abdullah ibn Dinar that Abdullah ibn Umar said, "I saw the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him<br />

and grant him peace, pointing at the east and saying, 'The cause of dissension is here. The cause of dissension is here, from<br />

where the helpers of shaytan arise.' "<br />

Sahih Muslim Hadith<br />

Hadith 868<br />

Narrated by<br />

AbuMas'ud al-Ansari<br />

The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) used to touch our shoulders in prayer and say: Keep straight, don't be irregular,<br />

for there would be dissension in your hearts. Let those of you who are sedate and prudent be near me, then those who are<br />

next to them, then those who are next to them. AbuMas'ud said: Now-a-days there is much dissension amongst you.<br />

Sunan of Abu-Dawood<br />

Hadith 4747 Narrated by<br />

AbuSa'id al-Khudri ; Anas ibn Malik<br />

The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: Soon there will appear disagreement and dissension in my<br />

people; there will be people who will be good in speech and bad in work. They recite the Qur'an, but it<br />

does not pass their collar-bones. They will swerve from the religion as an animal goes through the<br />

animal shot at. They will not return to it till the arrow comes back to its notch. They are worst of the<br />

people and animals. Happy is the one who kills them and they kill him. They call to the book of Allah,<br />

but they have nothing to do with it. He who fights against them will be nearer to Allah than them (the<br />

rest of the people). The people asked: What is their sign? He replied: They shave the head.<br />

Al-Tirmidhi Hadith<br />

Hadith 2138 Narrated by<br />

Ali ibn AbuTalib<br />

Al-Harith al-A'war said: While passing through the mosque I found the people engrossed in (prohibited) talk, so I went to Ali<br />

and told him. He asked if that was really so, and when I assured him that it was, he said: I heard Allah's Messenger (peace<br />

be upon him) say, "Dissension will certainly come." I asked him what is the way out of it, to which he replied, "Allah's Book is<br />

the way (out), for it contains information of what has happened before you, news of what will happen after you, and a decision<br />

regarding matters which occur among you. It is the distinguisher and is not jesting. If any overweening person abandons it<br />

Allah will break him, and if anyone seeks guidance elsewhere Allah will lead him astray. It is Allah's strong cord, it is the wise<br />

reminder, it is the straight path, it is that by which the desires do not swerve nor the tongues become confused, and the<br />

learned cannot grasp it completely. It does not become worn out by repetition and its wonders do not come to an end. It is<br />

that of which the jinn did not hesitate to say when they heard it, 'We have heard a wonderful recital which guides to what is<br />

right, and we believe in it.' He who utters it speaks the truth, he who acts according to it is rewarded, he who pronounces<br />

judgment according to it is just, and he who invites people to it guides to a straight path."<br />

Tirmidhi and Darimi transmitted it, Tirmidhi saying this is a tradition whose isnad is unknown, and al-Harith is adversely<br />

criticised.<br />

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