Reconciliation and unity efforts
Family: Unity, division and dissent · 13 entries
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Event
The Prophet's address to the Ansar at al-Ji'rana
February 630 CE · Dhu al-Qa'da 8 AHWhen the Ansar received nothing of the lavish Hunayn grants and grumbled that 'the Prophet has rejoined his own people', Sa'd ibn Ubada conveyed their hurt and gathered them in an enclosure; the Prophet reminded them they had been astray and God guided them, destitute and God enriched them, enemies and God reconciled their hearts — then asked whether they were not content that people return with sheep and camels while they return to their homes with the Messenger of God; the Ansar wept until their beards were wet and declared themselves content with the Messenger of God as their share.Fatima's claim to the Prophet's inheritance and Fadak
between 632 and 634 CE · 11 AHAfter the Prophet's death Fatima and al-Abbas asked Abu Bakr for their share of the Prophet's estate, the land of Fadak and his share of Khaybar. Abu Bakr answered with the report that prophets leave no inheritance, and said he would keep the Prophet's practice. Sallabi records the Sunni reply to the Imami claims and reports that Fatima was pleased with Abu Bakr before her death.Ali's pledge of allegiance to Abu Bakr
June 632 CE · Rabi' I 11 AHSallabi holds that Ali and al-Zubayr pledged allegiance to Abu Bakr early, on the day of the Prophet's death, citing an authentic report of Abu Sa'id al-Khudri; he treats the reports of a long delay as unsound, and records a renewal of the pledge after Fatima's death in Ibn Kathir's view.Letters between Ali and Muawiya after the Camel
36 AHAfter the Camel, Ali wrote to Muawiya urging him to enter the community's allegiance, noting that the consultation belonged to the Emigrants and Helpers and that Talha and Zubayr had broken their pledge. Muawiya replied that he would not pledge until Uthman's killers were handed over, and disputed that the Medinan pledge bound the people of Syria. Al-Aqqad sees each closed door opening onto another, so that the letters ended without an agreement.
Concept
The division of the community (al-iftiraq al-ummah)
The division of the community into sects as Sheikh Omar Abdelkafy raises it: a caller's question on the hadith of the seventy-three groups, his distinction between community and sect, and his call to unity and charitable judgement, with the figures and some sayings not sourced in the recording.General kinship among peoples
Muhammad Farid Wajdi's reading of the Qur'anic principle that God made people into peoples and tribes so that they might know one another, and that honour before God lies in taqwa rather than lineage. He holds that this principle struck tribal pride at its root and that Islam founded a universal kinship. The book calls the pre-Islamic world a time of constant conflict. The view is the author's and is attributed as such, and its comparisons are his own assertions.The covenant of the prophets (confirming and supporting each messenger)
Sha'rawi holds that God took a covenant from the prophets to believe in and support any messenger who comes confirming what they have, and that this prevents zealotry among the followers of messengers and keeps the succession of messages united. He holds that acknowledgement and testimony require a witness, a witnessed party and a matter witnessed, and that turning away after this is a departure from the whole community of faith.Umma
Umma.Unity of the Muslim community
Ahmad Umar Hashim holds that unity is the basis of every good in this world and the next, and division the gravest affliction. He draws on the Qur'anic call to hold fast to God's rope and on a hadith in Sahih Muslim, presents the Aws and Khazraj reconciliation as a narrated episode, and treats congregational worship and pilgrimage as practical unity. His view that divide-and-rule weakened the Muslim nations is the author's own (pp. 114-119).Common origin of the message of the prophets
Wajdi holds that Islam, in its social and creedal foundations, is not a new religion but the one revealed to Noah and the prophets after him, and that differences among religions come from the distortion of what was sent down. He also reads the trust of God's vicegerency on earth as open to any people who command right and forbid wrong, not limited to one race. This is the author's view and is attributed to him.
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