thirty-five. In that year, the Muslims faced the siege of their leader and his withdrawal from what he governed over them, despite his great status, for he was one of the rightly guided caliphs. This led to the shedding of his blood (may Allāh be pleased with him) and resulted in differing opinions. It was such that if they had perished because of it, it would have been the way of those who perished due to its magnitude and what Islam suffered from it. However, Allāh concealed and remedied the situation, and He left among his nation those who would preserve their religion for them.

"The most that enters people into Paradise is the fear of Allāh and good character, and the most that enters people into the Fire is the mouth and the private parts." It was recorded by al-Tirmidhī (1/361), Ibn Mājah (4246), and Aḥmad (2/291, 392, 442) through two chains from Yazīd ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān al-Awdī from Abū Hurayrah who said: "The Messenger of Allāh (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) was asked about what most enters people into Paradise, and he said," and he mentioned it. Al-Tirmidhī said, "This is a ṣaḥīḥ gharīb ḥadīth." I said, its isnād is good, for Yazīd was deemed trustworthy by Ibn Ḥibbān and al-ʿAjlī, and a group narrated from him.

"There is nothing in which Allāh is obeyed that brings a quicker reward than maintaining family ties, and there is nothing that brings a quicker punishment than oppression and severing family ties, and a false oath leaves homes desolate." It was recorded by al-Bayhaqī in "al-Sunan al-Kubrā" (10/35) through al-Muqriʾ from Abū Ḥanīfah from Yaḥyá ibn Abī Kathīr from Mujāhid and ʿIkrimah from Abū Hurayrah (raḍiya Allāhu ʿanhu) who said: The Messenger of Allāh (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) said, and he mentioned it. He said: "This is how ʿAbd Allāh ibn Yazīd al-Muqriʾ narrated it from Abū Ḥanīfah, but Ibrāhīm ibn Ṭahmān, ʿAlī ibn Ẓabiyān, and al-Qāsim ibn al-Ḥakam differed, narrating it from Abū Ḥanīfah from Nāṣiḥ ibn ʿAbd Allāh from Yaḥyá ibn Abī Kathīr from Abū..