Surah HujuratDwellings

The Surah was revealed in the 9th year

of theHijrah, after the fall of Mecca.
Islam became a great political power
and large masses of people entered its
fold. It was the need of hour that the
newly converted Muslims should be
taught good manners and morals.
The Surah teaches Muslims those good
manners and morals. It also deals with
some social evils which find their way
into a materially-advanced and wealthy
society

PRIORITY OFALLAHS COMMAND AND WILL

This is the foremost and basic demand of faith.

If the person who regards Allah as Lord and
accepts Allahs messenger as his guide and
leader, can never have the attitude of giving his
own opinion and viewing precedence over the
decision of Allah and His messenger.
That is why it has been said, O believers do
not
go in advance of Allah and His Messenger.
That is to say, do not go ahead of them or do
not precede them
.

MANNERS TO INTERACT WITH PROPHET

Holy Quran teaches etiquettes to the

people who sat among the audience of
the Holy Prophet or came to visit him.
Its intention was that the believers
should treat the Holy Prophet with the
highest respect and reverence when
visiting him and talking to him.
Nobody should raise his voice louder
than his: the people should not be
unmindful of the fact that they are

PENALITY OFDISRESPECT TO PROPHET

Person committing this act deserves the

same punishment in the sight of Allah,
which is in fact the punishment of
disbelief.
In the case of ordinary people, it is at the
most a rude act or an uncivilized
conduct, but in respect of Holy Prophet a
little lackof reverence is such a grave sin
that can destroy all the services of ones
lifetime.

REWARDS PROMISED BY ALLAH ALMIGHTY

Only those people give due reverence to

the Messenger of Allah who have passed
successfully through the tests and trials
set by Allah and proved to possess
Those who lower their voices and speak
TAQWA
softly in the presence of Allahs Rasool
are the ones whose hearts Allah has
tested for piety; they shall have
forgiveness and a great reward.[3]
In this verse God says that people, who
will respect my messenger, will be
bestowed with three things
Firstly we will fill their hearts with piety.
Secondly will forgive their past sins.

Verification of a certain news or report

O believers, if an evildoer comes to you with
some news, verify it (investigate to ascertain
the truth), lest you should harm others
unwittingly and then regret what you have
done.[6]
It is not right to believe in every news blindly and
to act according to it, without due thought. If
information is received about a person, a group
or a community, it should be seen carefully
whether the means of the information is reliable
or not. If the means is not reliable, it shouldbe
tested and examined to see whether the news is
authentic or not before taking any action on it.

CHALLENGING PROPHETS DECISION AND LEADERSHIP

This is evident from the context that Holy

Prophet was hesitant to take any military
action against the Bani al-Mustaliq on the
report given by Walid bin Uqbah in their case,
but some of the people insisted that they
At this, those people were warned that they
should be attacked at once.
should not forget that the holy Prophet was
present among them, who understood them
better than they did. Therefore, their thinking
that the prophet should act according to their
counsel
important
matters
was to
undue
For if hein
started
acting
according
what they
boldness
counseled, it would generally lead to blunders
for which they themselves would have to
suffer.

Peace and Equity

If two parties among the believers fall into
mutual fighting, make peace between them.
Then if one of them transgresses against the
other, fight the one who has transgressed until
he returns to the commands of Allah. Then, if
he returns, make peace between them with
justice and be fair; for Allah loves those who
are fair and just.[9] The believers are brothers
to one another, therefore, make reconciliation
This verse tells, how we should act if a violent
between your brothers and fear Allah, so that
fight occurs between groups of Muslims.
you may be shown mercy.[10]
Weshould do our best to bring peace between
the two groups, regardless of blame, and if
there isa peace, to negotiate fairly between
them, without blaming either of the two parties.
If,however, one of them continues to fight, we
should fight the warring party until it

The Prophet (pbuh) said:

:O ye, Shall I not tell you of something that is better
than fasting, prayer and charity?
They said: Yes.
He said: That is Reconciling between two people,
for the corruption of thatwhich is between the
hearts is the shaver (destroyer). It is the shaver, and
Ido not say that it shaves hair; rather that it shaves
religious commitment.
Unity and Brotherhood:
The importance of brotherhood in Islam cannot be
over stressed. There are many hadiths relating to
the fact the Muslims are a single united body, each
part responsible for the other. Accordingly if one of
the parts is injured or hurt then the rest of the body
immediately feels that pain and is certainly
uncomfortable at the situation until it is rectified
without delay. The brotherhood of Muslims is a very
deep and wide concept that guarantees the safety

Islam is against mockery and calling out of

names.
Ooffensive
believers!
Let no men laugh at other men who
may perhaps be better than themselves; and let
no woman laugh at another woman, who may
perhaps be better than herself. Do not defame
through sarcastic remarks about one another, nor
call one another by offensive nicknames. It is an
evil thing to be called by a bad name after being a
believer,
and those
whoQuran
do notthat
repent
are the
Allah mentioned
in the
mockery
is an
ones
whomorality
are the wrongdoers.[11]
indecent
and a sin and thus, believers
should avoid such depravity. It is forbidden to
accuse someone who is innocent; to utter lies; to
slander and backbite; to call people by offensive
nicknames; to spread gossip and malicious
slander; to make fun ofthe Muslims; to boast
about ones status; to shed doubts on a persons
lineage; to utterslander, insults and obscenities;

Mocking does not only imply mocking with the

tongue but it also includes mimicking
somebody, making pointed references to him,
laughing at his words, or his works, or his
appearance, or his dress, or calling the
people's attention to some defect or blemish
in him sothat others also may laugh at him.
There are different reasons why a person would
want to insult, make fun of and ridicule other
community members:
Firstly= they have weakIman(faith) and their
fear of Allah is poor. This is one of the major
reasons.
Secondly- they spend a lot of their time in
gatherings that bring no benefit.
Thirdly= they themselves may want others to
praise them.

SPYING AND BACKBITING TERMED AS A GREAT SIN IN

ISLAM

O believers! Avoid immoderate suspicion, for in

some cases suspicion is a sin. Do not spy on
one another, nor backbite one another (to say
something about another behind ones back
that if one hears it, dislikes it). Would any of
you like to eat the flesh of his dead brother?
Surely
you
abhor
it. Fearfrom
Allah;
for Allah
We
need
to would
distance
ourselves
spying
is thepeoples
Accepter faults
of repentance,
Merciful.[12]
other
and exposing
them to
others.
Rasulullah (saw) said:
Beware of suspicion, for suspicion is the worst
of false tails; dont spy on one another; do not
look for others faults; dont be jealous of one
another; dont envy one another; dont hate one
another; and do not shun one another. And O

Abu musa al ashari(R.A)reported:

I asked the messenger of Allah: who is most
excellent
Among the Muslims?
he said, one from whose tongue and hands
the
other Muslims are secure.
Backbiting
Reported by abu dawud , Abu Hurayra said:
it was asked O Allahs messenger!What is
backbiting? He said Mentioning your brother
in a manner that he dislikes.
He said, what if my brother was as I
mentioned?
He said If he was as you mentioned, you will
have committed back biting. But if he was not
asyou say about him, you will have falsely
accused him-Slander.

Repentance from backbiting

As for the backbiter, as soon as he realizes that
he is committing this sin, or has committed it,
his first duty is to offer repentance before Allah
and restrain himself from this forbidden act.
His second duty is that he should compensate
for it as far as possible. If he has backbitten a
dead person, he should ask Allah's forgiveness
for the person as often as he can. If he has
backbitten a living person, and what he said
was also false, he should refute it before the
people before whom he had made the calumny.
And if what he said was true, he should never
speak ill of him in future, and should ask

Show off faith

This does not apply on all the deserts Arab but
to only a few groups who had become Muslims,
seeing the increasing power of Muslims that in
this way they will be protected and also gain
materially from the Muslims. These people had
not embraced Islam heartily but had embraced
Islam for only to be counted in Muslims. Their
inner state became exposed when they come
to Prophet (PBUH) with different source of
demands and mention their rights as ifthey
had done Him (PBUH) a great favor.

True believers
The true believers are those who believe in
Allah and His Rasool, then never doubt; and
make Jihd (exert their efforts) with their
wealth and their persons in the cause of Allah.
Such are the ones who are truthful in their
claim to be the believers.[15]

In this verse definition of believers is

interpreted. According to Allah only those
areMominwho are true in their faith. Believers
are those who believe in God in His messenger,
and have not doubted. They are not uncertain
of their faith. They strive with their wealth and
their souls for the cause of Allah and they are
true Muslims

Moral Instructions
Surah A- Hujurat

Allah commanded lowering ones voice in the presence of

the Prophet.

Do not spread rumors with out confirming

Make peace between the believers if they fight among

themselves.

Fight the transgressors untill they comply with Allahs

Commands

True believer is he who believes in Allah, His Rasool and

makes Jihd with his wealth and person in the Way of Allah.

Islamic etiquettes of moral behavior:

-Do not laugh at another to down degrade him.
- Do not defame another through sarcastic remarks.
-Do not call another by offensive nicknames.
- Avoid immoderate suspicions, for in some cases it is a sin.
- Do not spy on one another.

-Do not backbite one another.

- All mankind is created from one man and one woman,

therefore, no one has superiority over another and noblest is
he who is the most righteous.