Saheeh Seerah Al Albaanee English

Chapter 34: The migration of some of the Companions of the Prophet
(Abyssinia/Ethiopia), from Makkah to the land of al-Ḥabashah ‏,ﷺ
so as to flee with their religion from afflictions 230
230 [TN: Some afflictions are more severe and worse than the others. The afflictions could be in a person’s Deen
(religion) or his Dunya (worldly life) through loss of wealth, the death of someone, illness, or harm done by
others. But the most severe ones are those in the Deen, as Allaah تعاىل says:
‏﴿وَال فِت نَةُُأَشَدُُّمِنَُال قَت لِ‏ ﴾
{…and Al-Fitnah is worse than killing} [Surah al-Baqarah (2): 191]
These trials of the Deen are through Shirk, Kufr, Hypocrisy, facing the enemy on the battlefield etc.
‏:رحمه اهلل From the Tafseer of Imaam Ibn Katheer
ت says: عاىل Allaah
‏﴿وَال فِت نَة ‏ُأَشَدُُّمِنَُال قَت لِ‏ ﴾
{…and Al-Fitnah is worse than killing} [Surah al-Baqarah (2): 191]
Since Jihaad involves killing and shedding the blood of men, Allaah تعاىل indicated that these men (the Mushriks of
Makkah) are committing disbelief in Allaah, associating with Him (in the worship) and hindering from His path,
and this is more severe and much greater evil and more disastrous than killing.
Abu Maalik commented about what Allaah تعاىل said:
‏﴿وَال فِت نَة ‏ُأَشَدُُّمِنَُالُقَت لِ‏ ﴾
{And Al-Fitnah is worse than killing}, meaning: “what you (disbelievers) are committing is much worse than
killing.”
Abu Al-`Aaliyah, Mujaahid, Sa`eed Ibn Jubair, `Ikrimah, Al-Ḥasan, Qataadah, al-Ḍhahhaak and al-Rabee` Ibn Anas
‏:تعاىل said about the saying of Allaah
‏﴿وَال فِت نَة ‏ُأَشَدُُّمِنَُال قَت لِ‏ ﴾
{And Al-Fitnah is worse than killing}, they said: “Shirk (polytheism) is worse than killing.”
And Imaam Ibn Katheer continues:
‏﴿وَال فِت نَة ‏ُأَك بَر ‏ُمِنَُال قَت لِ‏ ﴾
{...and Al-Fitnah is greater than killing} means, trying to force the Muslims to revert from their religion and reembrace
Kufr after they had believed, is worse with Allaah than killing. --end of quote
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