wronged against the wrongdoer, guides people to the means of happiness, enjoins justice, forbids oppression, binds them with the bond of religious brotherhood, and orders them to cooperate on righteousness and pity, recommend one another to follow AlHaqq patiently
and give advice to each other. It delivers them from injustice, oppression, lies, and other forms of corruption in order to be brothers loving each other for the Sake of Allah, cooperating in righteousness and piety, recommending each other to render back trusts, not to cheat, betray, belie, disdain, or backbiting each other. Each one should love for his brother all that is good and hate for him all that is evil.
The believers are nothing else than brothers (in Islâmic religion). So make reconciliation between your brothers
None of you will believe until he loves for his brother what he loves for himself.
I gave the pledge of allegiance to the Prophet (peace be upon him) for the following: to offer Salah (Prayer) perfectly, to pay the Zakah (obligatory charity), and to give sincere advice to every Muslim.
Religion is sincerity (Nasyhah)
Say (O Muhammad ﺻﻠﻰ ﺍﷲ ﻋﻠﻴﻪ ﻭﺳﻠﻢ): "O mankind! Verily, I am sent to you all as the Messenger of Allâh to Whom belongs the dominion of the heavens and the earth. Lâ ilâha illa Huwa (none has the right to be worshipped but He). It is He Who gives life and causes death. So believe in Allâh and His Messenger (Muhammad ﺻﻠﻰ ﺍﷲ ﻋﻠﻴﻪ ﻭﺳﻠﻢ), the Prophet who can neither read nor write (i.e. Muhammad ﺻﻠﻰ ﺍﷲ ﻋﻠﻴﻪ ﻭﺳﻠﻢ), who believes in Allâh and His Words [(this Qur'ân), the Taurât (Torah) and the Injeel (Gospel) and also Allâh's Word: "Be!" and he was, i.e. 'Isâ (Jesus) son of Maryam (Mary), ﻋﻠﻴﻬﻤﺎ ﺍﻟﺴﻼﻡ], and follow him so that you may be guided."
Indeed Allâh conferred a great favour on the believers when He sent among them a Messenger (Muhammad ﺻﻠﻰ ﺍﷲ ﻋﻠﻴﻪ ﻭﺳﻠﻢ) from among themselves, reciting unto them His Verses (the Qur'ân), and purifying them (from sins by their following him), and instructing them (in) the Book (the Qur'ân) and AlHikmah [the wisdom and the Sunnah of the Prophet ﺻﻠﻰ ﺍﷲ ﻋﻠﻴﻪ ﻭﺳﻠﻢ (i.e. his legal ways, statements, acts of worship)], while before that they had been in manifest error.
Verily, there has come unto you a Messenger (Muhammad ﺻﻠﻰ ﺍﷲ ﻋﻠﻴﻪ ﻭﺳﻠﻢ) from amongst yourselves (i.e. whom you know well). It grieves him that you should receive any injury or difficulty. He (Muhammad ﺻﻠﻰ ﺍﷲ ﻋﻠﻴﻪ ﻭﺳﻠﻢ) is anxious over you (to be rightly guided, to repent to Allâh, and beg Him to pardon and forgive your sins in order that you may enter Paradise and be saved from the punishment of the Hellfire); for the believers (he ﺻﻠﻰ ﺍﷲ ﻋﻠﻴﻪ ﻭﺳﻠﻢ is) full of pity, kind, and merciful.
There are so many Ayahs (Qur'anic verses) indicating the advising role of the Prophet (peace be upon him); Allah (Glorified and Exalted be He) sent him to instruct, guide and purify people, by bringing them out of the darkness of ignorance, Kufr, and illfavored behaviors to the light of Iman, Tawhid, noble morals, justice, righteousness, and reformation. Since the earth before the mission of the Prophet (peace be upon him) was replete with injustice, ignorance, and Kufr; Shirk and corruption prevailed everywhere except for what Allah wills; only a few of the People of the Book were truthful but they, or most of them died before his mission, Allah out of His Mercy and Compassion on the people of earth sent the great Messenger Muhmmad (peace be upon him). They were in dire need for his mission and message. Allah (Exalted be He) sent him with the most honorable Book and message to save the Ummah, bring them out of darkness to the light, out of misguidance to guidance, and out of injustice and oppression to justice and full liberty restricted by the Shari`ah.
Upon sending him, Allah (Glorified and Exalted be He) ordered him to call and guide people to Allah and to establish arguments for the true Din (religion) of Islam and AlSiratulMustaqim (the Straight Path) which Allah sent him with. He (peace be upon him) kept on calling for and guiding toward Allah in Makkah, so did the people of Makkah who embraced Islam according to their respective circumstances; sometimes, they call for Allah in secret and other times in public. He (peace be upon him) stayed in Makkah for thirteen years, calling for Allah, admonishing, and guiding his people for all goodness, reciting over them Ayahs from the Book of Allah and preaching good morals and righteous deeds. Allah did not order him to fight them; it is just a Da`wah with no fight, but with
guidance, instruction, and pointing out the truth and the noble morals and warning against the opposite by means of good word, tolerance, and kind argument.
Invite (mankind, O Muhammad ﺻﻠﻰ ﺍﷲ ﻋﻠﻴﻪ ﻭ ﺳﻠﻢ) to the Way of your Lord (i.e. Islâm) with wisdom (i.e. with the Divine Revelation and the Qur'ân) and fair preaching, and argue with them in a way that is better.
so overlook (O Muhammad ﺻﻠﻰ ﺍﷲ ﻋﻠﻴﻪ ﻭ ﺳﻠﻢ) their faults with gracious forgiveness. [This was before the ordainment of Jihâd holy fighting in Allâh's cause].
And be patient (O Muhammad ﺻﻠﻰ ﺍﷲ ﻋﻠﻴﻪ ﻭﺳﻠﻢ) with what they say, and keep away from them in a good way.
Therefore proclaim openly (Allâh's Message Islâmic Monotheism) that which you are commanded, and turn away from AlMushrikûn (polytheists, idolaters, and disbelievers See V.2:105).
The EverGlorious Qur'an is full of such Ayahs commanding forgiveness, forbearance, and kind argument. In these Ayahs, there is no order to fight, for it is improper when the Muslims were few and their enemies were numerous, mighty, and powerful. It is Allah's Wisdom to prevent His Messenger (peace be upon him) and Muslims from practicing Jihad by the hand and ordered them to suffice with Jihad with the tongue i.e. Da`wah, and ordered them to hold back their hands from fighting. By this way, Allah guided the early Muslims such as Abu Bakr AlSiddiq (may Allah be pleased with him), AlFaruq `Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), `Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him), `Aly (may Allah be pleased
with him), AlZubayr ibn Al`Awwam, Sa`d ibn Abu Waqqas, `Abdullah ibn Mas`ud, `AbdulRahman ibn `Awf, Sa`id ibn Zayd and
a large group of the Sahabah (Companions of the Prophet) (may Allah be pleased with them).