وَ  اذْكُرُوْا  نِعْمَتَ  اللّٰهِ  عَلَیْكُمْ  اِذْ  كُنْتُمْ  اَعْدَآءً  فَاَلَّفَ  بَیْنَ  قُلُوْبِكُمْ  فَاَصْبَحْتُمْ  بِنِعْمَتِهٖۤ  اِخْوَانًاۚ

-And remember Allah’s favour upon you; when there was enmity between you, He brought your hearts together (in love), so, due to His Grace, you became brothers with one another.

[Kanz-ul-Iman (translation of Quran)] (Part 4, Surah Aal-e-Imraan, Verse 103)

It is stated in Tafseer Siraat-ul-Jinan: And remember the favours of Allah Almighty, out of which, one favour is that, O Muslims! Remember! When you were enemies of one another and you were fighting for a long time, to such an extent that one war between the Aws and Khazraj continued for 120 years, and as a result of this, killing and bloodshed would occur day and night. But through the blessings of Islam, animosity and enmity was removed and mutual love took its place. Allah Almighty removed your animosities through the Beloved Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم, extinguished the fire of war and created feelings of love and affection among the warring tribes.

The Beloved Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم made them brothers of each other, otherwise, these people, due to their disbelief, had reached the edge of the pit of Hell, and if they would have died in that state, then they would have gone to Hell, but Allah Almighty granted them the treasure of Iman through the means of the Beloved Prophet صَلَّى الـلّٰـهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم, thereby saving them from that destruction. (Tafseer Siraat-ul-Jinaan, vol. 2, p. 23, summarised)

O devotees of the Sahabah and Ahl-e-Bayt! The aforementioned accounts contain guidance for all of us, for we also claim to love the Sahabahرَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُم. Thus, it should be the case that we follow in the footsteps of those noble personalities, and while staying within the boundaries of Shari’ah, we ought to leave our personal grudges and conflicts, and live with each other with love and while looking after each other. But alas! Every house is like a battlefield today; brothers are not willing to even look at each other; years-old friendships fall prey to personal disagreements; those in one office, one department, one house, even one room, do not show consideration for the pain of the other.

Some people’s hearts are full of hatred, animosity and malice for Muslims,