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after them. This is the day over which they differed, and Allah guided us to it. In this matter, the people follow us: today is ours, tomorrow belongs to the Jews, and the day after tomorrow to the Christians.”(1)

This hadith accords with the words of Allah Most High:

“So Allah guided those who believed to the truth concerning that over which they had differed, by His permission.”

[Surah al-Baqarah: 203]

In Sahih Muslim, Aisha—may Allah be pleased with her—reported that the Prophet—may Allah bless him and grant him peace—“would say when he rose at night to pray:

‘O Allah, Lord of Gabriel, Michael, and Isrāfīl, Originator of the heavens and the earth, Knower of the unseen and the seen, You judge between Your servants concerning that over which they differed. Guide me, by Your permission, to the truth concerning that over which they differed. Indeed, You guide whomever You will to a straight path.’”(2)

The first hadith shows that Allah—Exalted is He—guided the believers to a position other than either of those adopted by the disputing parties: they sided with neither group. This demonstrates that all disagreement is blameworthy.

The second type is the direction of prayer. Some of them pray toward the east, while others pray toward the west. Both practices are blameworthy; Allah prescribed neither of them.

The third is Abraham. The Jews said that he was a Jew, while the Christians said that he was

(1) This hadith is narrated from Abū Hurayra—may Allah be pleased with him—and some versions contain this addition: “Every Muslim is duty-bound to bathe once every seven days, washing his head and body.” The hadith is found in al-Bukhārī, 2:2, 6, Book of Friday Prayer, chapters “The Obligation of Friday Prayer” and “Must Women, Children, and Others Who Do Not Attend Friday Prayer Perform Ghusl (Ritual Bath)?,” and 4:177, Book of the Prophets, chapter “Abū al-Yamān Narrated to Us: Shu'ayb Informed Us”; Muslim, 2:585–586, Book of Friday Prayer, chapter “The Guidance of This Community to Friday”; and al-Musnad, al-Ma'ārif edition, nos. 7213, 7308, 7395, 8484, and 10537. The hadith is also recorded in Sunan al-Nasā'ī. (2) This hadith was cited previously at 1:19.

بَعْدِهِمْ، فَهَذَا الْيَوْمُ الَّذِي اخْتَلَفُوا فِيهِ فَهَدَانَا اللَّهُ لَهُ، النَّاسُ لَنَا فِيهِ تَبَعٌ، الْيَوْمَ لَنَا، وَغَدًا لِلْيَهُودِ، وَبَعْدَ غَدٍ لِلنَّصَارَى» " (١) . وَهَذَا الْحَدِيثُ يُطَابِقُ قَوْلَهُ تَعَالَى: {فَهَدَى اللَّهُ الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لِمَا اخْتَلَفُوا فِيهِ مِنَ الْحَقِّ بِإِذْنِهِ} [سُورَةُ الْبَقَرَةِ: ٢٠٣] . وَفِي صَحِيحِ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ - رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا - أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - «كَانَ إِذَا قَامَ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ يُصَلِّي يَقُولُ: " اللَّهُمَّ رَبَّ جِبْرِيلَ وَمِيكَائِيلَ وَإِسْرَافِيلَ، فَاطِرَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ، عَالِمَ الْغَيْبِ وَالشَّهَادَةِ، أَنْتَ تَحْكُمُ بَيْنَ عِبَادِكَ فِيمَا كَانُوا فِيهِ يَخْتَلِفُونَ، اهْدِنِي لِمَا اخْتَلَفُوا فِيهِ مِنَ الْحَقِّ بِإِذْنِكَ، إِنَّكَ تَهْدِي مَنْ تَشَاءُ إِلَى صِرَاطٍ مُسْتَقِيمٍ» " (٢) وَالْحَدِيثُ الْأَوَّلُ يُبَيِّنُ أَنَّ اللَّهَ - تَعَالَى - هَدَى الْمُؤْمِنِينَ لِغَيْرِ مَا كَانَ فِيهِ الْمُخْتَلِفُونَ ; فَلَا كَانُوا مَعَ هَؤُلَاءِ وَلَا مَعَ هَؤُلَاءِ، وَهُوَ مِمَّا يُبَيِّنُ أَنَّ الِاخْتِلَافَ كُلَّهُ مَذْمُومٌ. وَالنَّوْعُ الثَّانِي: الْقِبْلَةُ. فَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ يُصَلِّي إِلَى الْمَشْرِقِ، وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ يُصَلِّي إِلَى الْمَغْرِبِ. وَكِلَاهُمَا مَذْمُومٌ لَمْ يُشَرِّعْهُ اللَّهُ. وَالثَّالِثُ: إِبْرَاهِيمُ. قَالَتِ الْيَهُودُ كَانَ يَهُودِيًّا، وَقَالَتِ النَّصَارَى كَانَ

(١) جَاءَ هَذَا الْحَدِيثُ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ - رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ -، وَفِي بَعْضِ رِوَايَاتِهِ هَذِهِ الزِّيَادَةُ: " حَقٌّ عَلَى كُلِّ مُسْلِمٍ أَنْ يَغْتَسِلَ فِي كُلِّ سَبْعَةِ أَيَّامٍ يَوْمًا يَغْسِلُ فِيهِ رَأْسَهُ وَجَسَدَهُ " الْحَدِيثَ وَهُوَ فِي: الْبُخَارِيِّ ٢/٢، ٦ كِتَابُ الْجُمُعَةِ، بَابُ فَرْضِ الْجُمُعَةِ، بَابُ هَلْ عَلَى مَنْ لَمْ يَشْهَدِ الْجُمُعَةَ غُسْلٌ مِنَ النِّسَاءِ وَالصِّبْيَانِ وَغَيْرِهِمْ، ٤/١٧٧ كِتَابُ الْأَنْبِيَاءِ، بَابُ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْيَمَانِ، أَخْبَرَنَا شُعَيْبٌ، مُسْلِمٍ ٢/٥٨٥ - ٥٨٦ كِتَابُ الْجُمُعَةِ، بَابُ هِدَايَةِ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةِ لِيَوْمِ الْجُمُعَةِ، الْمُسْنَدِ ط. الْمَعَارِفِ الْأَرْقَامُ ٧٢١٣، ٧٣٠٨، ٧٣٩٥، ٨٤٨٤، ١٠٥٣٧ وَجَاءَ الْحَدِيثُ فِي سُنَنِ النَّسَائِيِّ أَيْضًا. (٢) سَبَقَ هَذَا الْحَدِيث فِيمَا مَضَى ١/١٩