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Revitalize your heart with the Quran so that your soul may find tranquility in faith. Recite it at all times and seek His bounty and the clouds of forgiveness with it.
Peace be upon you and the mercy of Allah. Brothers and sisters, sometimes when we talk about obeying Allah the Almighty, someone might say, "Take it easy, nothing comes all at once, it's like pressing a button." In reality, faith makes a person obey Allah the Almighty as if it were pressing a button.
In the previous two episodes, we saw examples of this:
Today, we have another example with a situation more difficult than anger and more difficult than intoxication. A man stabs the daughter of a companion, and yet when the command of Allah to forgive and pardon came, the companion responded as if it were pressing a button. It is faith that works miracles.
Abu Bakr Al-Siddiq, may Allah be pleased with him, had a poor relative named Mistah. Abu Bakr would support him, spending from his wealth and showing him mercy. When the hypocrites slandered our mother Aisha, may Allah be pleased with her, and accused her of immorality, what was expected of Mistah? To defend the daughter of his relative who had been kind to him out of righteousness and loyalty.
But Mistah was among those who participated in the slander, so what was Abu Bakr's reaction? He said, "By Allah, I will never spend anything on Mistah ever again after what he said about Aisha." Of course, this was a completely expected reaction.
But Allah the Almighty wants for His servants a higher character, so He revealed: "Nor should they [the blessed and the wealthy among you] reproach their slaves for their obedience [to Allah], and let them pardon and overlook. Do you not wish that Allah may forgive you? And Allah is Forgiving and Merciful."
What was Abu Bakr's reaction, may Allah be pleased with him? He said, "Yes, by Allah, I do wish that Allah may forgive me." So he resumed spending on Mistah and said, "By Allah, I will never withdraw it from him ever." And this narration was reported by Bukhari. It was like pressing a button, a 180-degree turn from: "By Allah, I will never spend anything on Mistah ever again" to: "By Allah, I will never withdraw it from him ever."
Ibn Kathir commented on this situation: "This is why Al-Siddiq was Al-Siddiq, may Allah be pleased with him and his daughter."
Did the respect of Abu Bakr decrease among Muslims after he responded to Allah's command to forgive? No, by Allah, rather, hundreds of millions of people will be pleased with him and love him until the Day of Judgment.
Therefore, my brother, when someone tells you: Forgive your brother who wronged you, forgive your friend who abandoned you, do not say: "No, he wronged me in a way that I cannot forget." It will not be greater than the wrong Mistah did to Abu Bakr, and yet: "And let them pardon and overlook. Do you not wish that Allah may forgive you? And Allah is Forgiving and Merciful."
Peace be upon you and the mercy of Allah.