عَن مُعاذِ بنِ جبلٍ رضى الله عنه قال:كنتُ رَدِيفَ النبيِّ ﷺ على حمارٍ، فقال: «يا معاذُ!، أتدري ما حقُّ اللهِ على العبادِ؟ وما حقُّ العبادِ على اللهِ؟» قلتُ: اللهُ ورسولُه أعلمُ. قال: «فإنَّ حقَّ الله على العبادِ أن يعبدوه ولا يُشركوا به شيئًا.وحقَّ العباد على الله أن لا يُعذِّب مَن لا يُشرك به شيئًا».قلتُ: يا رسول الله، أفلا أُبشِّر الناس؟ قال: «لا تُبَشِّرْهم فيتَّكلوا» متفق عليه.
Mu‘ādh ibn Jabal narrated:
1. I was behind the Prophet riding a donkey. 2. He said to me: “Mu‘ādh, do you know what people owe to God by right, and what right is due to them from God?” 3. I said: “God and His Messenger know best”. 4. He said: “The right people owe to God is that they must worship Him associating no partners with Him, 5. and the right due to people from God is that He shall not punish whoever does not associate partners with Him”. 6. I said: “Messenger of God, may I tell people so that they will rejoice”. He said: “Do not tell them, for then they will slacken”.
The Prophet (peace be upon him) tells us that all people have a duty which they owe to God by right, namely, to worship Him alone, associating no partners with Him. He further tells us that God, Mighty and Exalted, has promised that He will not punish anyone who does not associate partners with Him. The Prophet (peace be upon him) told Mu‘ādh not to spread this information so that people would not rely on it and stop doing good work.
