Book Name:The Incident of the People of the Trench
“Whoever possesses three qualities will taste the sweetness of faith.”
One of the three is:
“After accepting faith, he dislikes returning to disbelief just as he dislikes being thrown into fire.”[1]
It is evident from this that, in order to remain a believer, enter the grave with faith intact, and thereby become deserving of Paradise, it is necessary to constantly maintain hatred for disbelief.
صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد
Dear Islamic brothers, after listening to the incident of the People of the Ditch, there is another important lesson we learn from this Quranic account. Allah Almighty mentions it in the noble Quran:
اِنَّ الَّذِیْنَ فَتَنُوا الْمُؤْمِنِیْنَ وَ الْمُؤْمِنٰتِ ثُمَّ لَمْ یَتُوْبُوْا فَلَهُمْ عَذَابُ جَهَنَّمَ وَ لَهُمْ عَذَابُ الْحَرِیْقِؕ(۱۰)
Surely, those who persecuted the believing men and the believing women, then they did not repent, there is the punishment of Hell for them and there is the punishment of fire for them.[2]
From this we learn that causing harm to a Muslim is a grave sin and a terrible crime, and its punishment is severe. The king who claimed divinity inflicted unjust torment upon the Muslims and burnt them in fire. What was the outcome? The wrath and anger of Allah Almighty overtook them, and the king and his soldiers were burned to ashes in the very fire they had lit.
اَلْاَمَان وَالْحَفِیظ! May Allah Almighty protect us from such dreadful crimes and