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The ḥajj-performing ḥadith authority, Abū Muḥammad Abū Bakr ibn Muḥammad ibn Abī Bakr ibn ʿAbd al-Wāsiʿ al-Harawī, related to us in Rabīʿ al-Awwal of the year 668 AH; and those just mentioned conveyed—through their chain back to al-Anṣārī—that he said:
Humayd narrated to me from Anas, who said:
The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Support your brother whether he is the wrong-doer or the one wronged.”
I said, “O Messenger of Allah, I will support him when he is wronged, but how do I support him when he is the wrong-doer?”
He replied, “Prevent him from committing injustice; that is your support for him.”
أَخْبَرَنَا الْحَاجُّ الْمُسْنَدُ أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْوَاسِعِ الْهَرَوِيُّ فِي رَبِيعٍ الْأَوَّلِ سَنَةَ ٦٦٨، وَالْمَذْكُرُونَ بِسَنَدِهِمْ إِلَى الْأَنْصَارِيِّ،
قَالَ:
حَدَّثَنِي حُمَيْدٌ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ،
قَالَ:
قَالَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ:
" انْصُرْ أَخَاكَ ظَالِمًا أَوْ مَظْلُومًا،
قَالَ:
قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، أَنْصُرُهُ مَظْلُومًا، فَكَيْفَ أَنْصُرُهُ ظَالِمًا؟
قَالَ:
تَمْنَعْهُ مِنَ الظُّلْمِ، فَذَاكَ نَصْرُكَ إِيَّاهُ "