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Lesson: 51 Hatred and Animosity
Hiqd (hatred)
and Keeneh (animosity) are two sins of the soul which sprout from envy and anger.
They have been censured in verses and narrations. Man, sometimes, cultivates
hatred and animosity toward the Lord and sometimes toward His creation. Regarding
the first kind the Holy Quran says: And they denied them unjustly and proudly
while their soul had been convinced of them; consider, then how was the end
of the mischief-makers.
And when
Allah alone is mentioned, the hearts of those who do not believe in the hereafter
shrink, and when those besides Him are mentioned, lo! they are joyful.
That is
the reward of the enemies of Allah - the fire; for them therein shall be the
house of long abiding; a reward for their denying Our communications.
Whoever
thinks that Allah will not assist him in this life and the hereafter, let him
stretch a rope to the ceiling, then let him cut it off, then let him see if
his struggle will take away that at which he is enraged.
And in the
matter of Hiqd and Keenah for the servants of God, the author of Majmaul Bayan
says: Doubtlessly, anyone who considers a faithful his enemy because of the
latters faith and who desires to harm him is a Al Kafir But if he has animosity
for him due to something else then he is a Sinner.
In this connection
the Holy Quran says: And those who come after them say: Our Lord! forgive
us and those of our brethren who had precedence of us in faith, and do not allow
any spite to remain in our hearts towards those who believe, our Lord! Surely
Thou art Kind, Merciful.
Narrations
in Connection with Hiqd and Keenah
The Holy Prophet
(s.a.w.s.) said: A believer is never hateful.
Imam Sadiq
(a.s.) is recorded to have said: A faithful's animosity or hatred is merely
at the time of embroilment and when they get separated nothing remains in his
heart but the hatred and animosity of an unbeliever is permanent.
Imam Sadiq
(a.s.) has said: Keep away from animosity for others because enmity results
in loneliness and in the exposition of man's defects.
Amirul Momineen
(a.s.) has said: Root out the evil from others heart by digging out the will
from your own heart. That is, if you do not antagonise others will not antagonise
you.
Islam has strongly
recommended that if someone hurts you forgive him so that is this way animosity
and hatred with be removed and difficulties coming in the way of the Islamic
society will be rooted out and Muslims may be able to live peacefully and at
ease with one another continuously. Of course it is necessary to remind that
this recommendation is regarding the Muslims. Otherwise, in case of the disbelievers
whose hearts are full of hatred and enmity for Muslims and who are always in
await for a chance to hit the Muslims it is not practicable.
As the Holy
Quran says: O you who believe! do not take for intimate friends from among
others than your own people; they do not fall short of inflicting loss upon
you; they love what distresses you; vehement hatred has already appeared from
out of their mouths, and what their breasts conceal is greater still; indeed,
We have made the communications clear to you, if you will understand. Lo! you
are they who will love them while they do not love you, and you believe in the
Book in the whole of it; and when they meet you they say: We believe, and when
they are alone, they bite the ends of their fingers in rage against you. Say:
Die in your rage; surely Allah knows what is in the breasts. If good befalls
you, it grieves them, and if an evil afflicts you, they rejoice at it; and if
you are patient and guard yourselves, their scheme will not injure you in any
way; surely Allah comprehends what they do.
A warning
to the faithful
Almighty Allah
cautions the believers in this verse that they should recognise their enemies
and should not tell them their secrets. but, alas, many believers in the Quran
have neglected this Quranic warning and consequently are suffering all these
calamities. Now what troubles the Muslims societies are now facing is only the
result of neglecting the Divine commandments. Until the Muslim states and rulers
do not come to their senses and do not obey the Quranic commandments bad days
will always await them.
As we see today,
it is only the consequence of this disregard for the Divine orders and due to
distancing themselves from the Quranic directives, that they have thrown themselves
in the laps of world imperialism and Zionism. So they have been deprived of
their natural resources. Let us hope that the day will soon arrive when they
will come to their senses and will know their real enemies, who are the very
enemies of Allah. Then only they will get up to retrieve their rights.
