Abu Hazim: Abu Huraira, may Allah be pleased with him, stated in regards to His words, “You are the best nation ever raised for humanity—you enjoin good, forbid evil, and have faith in Allah,” (3:110) saying, “You are the best of people for the people. You bring them with chains on their neck until they embrace Islam.”
Source: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 4557
Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Al-Bukhari
Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah commented, “He informed us that this nation is the best of nations for the children of Adam, for they may punish them through fighting and imprisonment, yet their intention in doing so is to show beneficence to them and to lead them toward the honor of Allah, His pleasure, and entrance into Paradise. Likewise, refuting the people of heretical innovations such as the Rafidah and others—if one does not intend by it to clarify the truth, guide the creation, show mercy to them, and show beneficence to them, then his deed is not righteous. If he speaks harshly in condemning an heresy or sin, his intention should be to clarify the corruption within it so that people may beware of it, just as occurs in the divine texts of warning and others. A person may even be boycotted as a punishment and disciplinary measure, but the purpose of that is to deter him and deter others like him, out of mercy and beneficence, not out of spite and revenge.”
Source: Minhāj al-Sunnah 5/238-239
عَنْ أَبِي حَازِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ أَنَّهُ قَالَ فِي قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى كُنتُمْ خَيْرَ أُمَّةٍ أُخْرِجَتْ لِلنَّاسِ تَأْمُرُونَ بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ وَتَنْهَوْنَ عَنِ ٱلْمُنكَرِ وَتُؤْمِنُونَ بِٱللَّهِ قَالَ خَيْرَ النَّاسِ لِلنَّاسِ تَأتُونَ بِهِمْ فِي السَّلَاسِلِ فِي أَعْنَاقِهِمْ حَتَّى يَدْخُلُوا فِي الْإِسْلَامِ
4557 صحيح البخاري كتاب تفسير القرآن سورة آل عمران باب كنتم خير أمة أخرجت للناس
قال ابن تيمية أَخْبَرَ أَنَّ هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةَ خَيْرُ الْأُمَمِ لِبَنِي آدَمَ فَإِنَّهُمْ يُعَاقِبُونَهُمْ بِالْقَتْلِ وَالْأَسْرِ وَمَقْصُودُهُمْ بِذَلِكَ الْإِحْسَانُ إِلَيْهِمْ وَسَوْقُهُمْ إِلَى كَرَامَةِ اللَّهِ وَرِضْوَانِهِ وَإِلَى دُخُولِ الْجَنَّةِ وَهَكَذَا الرَّدُّ عَلَى أَهْلِ الْبِدَعِ مِنَ الرَّافِضَةِ وَغَيْرِهِمْ إِنْ لَمْ يَقْصِدْ فِيهِ بَيَانَ الْحَقِّ وَهُدَى الْخَلْقِ وَرَحْمَتَهُمْ وَالْإِحْسَانَ إِلَيْهِمْ لَمْ يَكُنْ عَمَلُهُ صَالِحًا وَإِذَا غَلَّظَ فِي ذَمِّ بِدْعَةٍ وَمَعْصِيَةٍ كَانَ قَصْدُهُ بَيَانَ مَا فِيهَا مِنَ الْفَسَادِ لِيَحْذَرَهَا الْعِبَادُ كَمَا فِي نُصُوصِ الْوَعِيدِ وَغَيْرِهَا وَقَدْ يُهْجَرُ الرَّجُلُ عُقُوبَةً وَتَعْزِيرًا وَالْمَقْصُودُ بِذَلِكَ رَدَعُهُ وَرَدَعُ أَمْثَالِهِ لِلرَّحْمَةِ وَالْإِحْسَانِ لَا لِلتَّشَفِّي وَالِانْتِقَامِ
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