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==Different Views about the Pledgers== | ==Different Views about the Pledgers== | ||
Some [[Sunni]] scholars have appealed to some unreliable [[hadiths]] to show that the divine satisfaction in this [[Quran]]ic verses is unqualified and eternal. For example, according to one such hadith attributed to [[ | Some [[Sunni]] scholars have appealed to some unreliable [[hadiths]] to show that the divine satisfaction in this [[Quran]]ic verses is unqualified and eternal. For example, according to one such hadith attributed to the [[Prophet (s)]], they are the best people on the Earth,<ref>Bukhārī, ''Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī'', vol. 5, p. 75.</ref> and according to another, these pledgers will never enter the [[Hell]].<ref>Ibn Ḥajar, ''Fath al-bari'', vol. 7, p. 562; Suyūṭī, ''al-Durr al-manthūr'', vol. 7, p. 523.</ref> | ||
According to [[Shi'as]], given the verse itself and some Sunni sources, the divine satisfaction in this verse ("[[Allah]] was satisfied with the believers") is because of the pledgers' sacrifice and pledge on that day, which was immediately followed by divine satisfaction ("when they swore allegiance to you under the tree"), and the satisfaction is conditional upon the pledgers continuing to follow the Prophet (s). However, some of the pledgers deviated from the Prophet's (s) path. | According to [[Shi'as]], given the verse itself and some Sunni sources, the divine satisfaction in this verse ("[[Allah]] was satisfied with the believers") is because of the pledgers' sacrifice and pledge on that day, which was immediately followed by divine satisfaction ("when they swore allegiance to you under the tree"), and the satisfaction is conditional upon the pledgers continuing to follow the Prophet (s). However, some of the pledgers deviated from the Prophet's (s) path. | ||
According to [[al-Shaykh al-Tusi]], God was satisfied with people who pledged their allegiance to the Prophet (s) and were | According to [[al-Shaykh al-Tusi]], God was satisfied with people who pledged their allegiance to the Prophet (s) and were [[believer]]s at the time,<ref>Ṭūsī, ''al-Tibyān fī tafsīr al-Qurʾān'', vol. 9, p. 328.</ref> but some of them who broke their pledge and went astray were no longer subject to divine satisfaction.<ref>Majlisī, ''Biḥār al-anwār'', vol. 38, p. 218, 220.</ref> | ||
According to the [[Quran 48]]:10, to pledge one's allegiance to the Prophet (s) is to pledge one's allegiance to God. However, this verse mentions the great loss for people who break their pledges, and takes the biggest rewards to belong to people who remain allegiant to the Prophet (s). | According to the [[Quran 48]]:10, to pledge one's allegiance to the Prophet (s) is to pledge one's allegiance to God. However, this verse mentions the great loss for people who break their pledges, and takes the biggest rewards to belong to people who remain allegiant to the Prophet (s). | ||
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Indeed those who swear allegiance to you, swear allegiance only to Allah: the hand of Allah is above their hands. So whosoever breaks his oath, breaks it only to his own detriment, and whoever fulfills the covenant he has made with Allah, He will give him a great reward. | Indeed those who swear allegiance to you, swear allegiance only to Allah: the hand of Allah is above their hands. So whosoever breaks his oath, breaks it only to his own detriment, and whoever fulfills the covenant he has made with Allah, He will give him a great reward. | ||
|source=Quran 48:10}} | |source=[[Quran 48]]:10}} | ||
Ibn Hajar al-'Asqalani (a prominent Sunni scholar) quotes 'Ala' b. Musayyib quoting his father as saying that he met [[Bara' b. 'Azib]] and told him: "Good for you! You were with the Prophet (s) and pledged your allegiance to him under the tree." But he said: "O the son of my brother! You do not know what [wrong] we did after that." | Ibn Hajar al-'Asqalani (a prominent Sunni scholar) quotes 'Ala' b. Musayyib quoting his father as saying that he met [[Bara' b. 'Azib]] and told him: "Good for you! You were with the Prophet (s) and pledged your allegiance to him under the tree." But he said: "O the son of my brother! You do not know what [wrong] we did after that."<ref>Ibn Ḥajar, ''Fath al-bari'', vol. 7, p. 571.</ref> | ||
==Construction of a Mosque== | ==Construction of a Mosque== | ||