Hadith 149

he causes of those situations. And do not cut out for anyone from your hangers-on and your intimate ones, any piece (of land), nor will they wish from you any clause in the agreement which would harm the ones who are adjacent to it from the people, regarding drinking, or common works making its supplies upon others, so that benefit would be for them besides you, and its fault would be upon you in the world and the Hereafter. And necessitate the truth for the ones it necessitates, from the near one and the far one, and during that be patient, anticipating the occurrence of that from your relatives and your special ones when it occurs, and see its end-result with what is burdensome upon you from him, for the outcome of that is praise-worthy. And if the citizens think of you as being heavy handed, then be open with them with your excuse and straighten their thoughts about you with your openness, for it that you would be a training from your for yourself, and a friendliness with your citizens, and the excusing would make your needs to be reached, from their standing upon the truth. And do not reject a reconciliation your enemy calls you to wherein is Pleasure of Allah-azwj, for in the reconciliation is rest for your army and relief from your worries, and security for your country, but the caution of all cautions from your enemy after his reconciliation, for the enemy sometimes reconciles to take advantage of your inattentiveness, therefore take with the firmness and storm into that with good thoughts. And if you tie (an agreement) between you and an enemy of yours a knot, or taken a responsibility from you, then fulfil your agreement with the loyalty, and take care of your responsibility with the entrustment, and make yourself to be a shield besides what you give, for there isn’t any Obligation of Allah-azwj the Glorious, anything the people are more intensely united upon, despite their separate desires and scattered views, than respect for the loyalty with the pact. And that was necessitated by the Polytheists regarding what was between them besides the Muslims, due to what they had acknowledged from the consequences of the betrayal, so do not be treacherous with your responsibilities, and do not underestimate your pact nor cheat your enemy for no one would be audacious upon Allah-azwj except the ignorant, wretched. And Allah-azwj had Made His-azwj Pact and its responsibility as an entrustment to be fulfilled between the servants by His-azwj Mercy, and a sanctuary to dwell in to His-azwj Protection and moving to His-azwj vicinity, and there should neither be any defrauding nor any deceiving in it. And do not tie any agreement allowing the reasons (different interpretations) in it, nor interpret upon the tone of the word after the conclusion and the affirmation, nor should the narrowness of the matter call you to necessitate a Pact of Allah-azwj in it, to seek spoiling it without right. If you are patient upon narrowness, wishing upon its relief, and grace of its consequent, it would be better than betrayal of a pursuance you fear, and there will be an encompassing with you a Demand from Allah-azwj regarding it, neither your world nor your Hereafter would be pleasant during it. Beware of the blood and shedding it without its Permissibility, for there isn’t anything calling to a Punishment, nor greater in evil consequence, nor more effective in declining the bounties, and termination the term (life), than shedding