Aid your brother whether he is the oppressor or the one being oppressed

On the authority of Anas ibn Maalik (may Allaah be pleased with him), the Messenger of Allaah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) said:
 

"Aid your brother whether he is the oppressor or the one being oppressed."

 

A man stated: "Oh Messenger of Allaah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam), I will help him when he is being oppressed, but how do I help him when he is the oppressor?"

 

The Messenger of Allaah (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) said:

 

"Prevent him from oppression and that's helping him."

(Bukhaaree #2444)

 

The noble Shaykh Al Allaamah Muhammad ibn Saalih Al 'Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy upon him) stated about this narration in his explanation of Riyaadus Saaliheen #237:

 

"The helping (of your brother who is being oppressed) means to defend him from others. Meaning repelling that which harms him. Help your brother, meaning: repel from him that which harms him. This is the case whether he is an oppressor or one being oppressed. A man  said: "Oh Messenger of Allaah, how do I help him when he is an oppressor?", he didn't say -I will not help him- rather he said: How do I help him?. He meant by his statement -I will help him, however inform me how am I to help him. The Prophet (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam) said: "Prevent him and that is (considered) helping him." Therefore, if you see that this individual wants to transgress against the people, stop him and this is (considered) helping him. As for when the person is being oppressed, helping him is by way of repelling the oppressor away from him. In this narration there is evidence for the obligation of aiding the one who is oppressed and there is evidence for aiding the oppressor in the manner that has been mentioned by the Prophet (sallallaahu alayhi wa sallam)." 

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The religion has come for the happiness of mankind and to remove evil

Al Imaam Muhammad ibn Saalih Al 'Uthaymeen (may Allaah have mercy upon him) said:

 

"The religion has come for the happiness of mankind /And for the purpose of removing evil from them and the harm."

 

The Shaykh commented on these two lines of poetry:

 

"This is the principle regarding the Islaamic legislation and that it has come for the happiness of mankind and the removal of the evil and that which is harmful for them in the life of this world and in the hereafter. These two matters, which the legislation of the Prophet (sallallaau alayhi wa sallam) revolve around, are that which the benefit can be attained completely or by the majority of. Likewise, the decrease in the evil or the full eradication of it can be attained. Meaning by this: the repelling of that which is harmful and the bringing about that which is good. This is the general applied principle in the religion of Allaah."

 

Source:  Manthoomah Usool Al Fiqh wa Qawaaidih pg. 49

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