Imam Muqbil: By Allaah, what we fear is that this Hizbeeyah will end up as a Taghoot for some of the Hizbees

[Maher.ibn.Ahmad.Attiyeh]

Bismillaah Al-Hamdulillaah wa salatu wa salaamu 'ala rasulullaah
Amma-ba'd

The Prophet's Remedy for Hizbeeyah

Student Abul-Hasan Malik (hafidhahullaah Ta'aala) relayed the following benefit:

The Prophet (salallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam) gave us a remedy for this Hizbeeyah via his statement, in an authentic hadeeth:

AHbib Habeebaka hawnin ma`
'Asa an yakoona Bagheedhaka yawmin ma`
Wa Abghidh Bagheedhaka hawnin ma`
'Asa an yakoona Habeebaka yawmin ma`

Love the one whom you love in moderation, for the day may come when you have to hate that one (for the sake of Allaah).
And hate the one whom you hate in moderation, for the day may come when you have to love that one (for the sake of Allaah). [1]

Al-Manaawee, the great scholar of hadeeth (rahimahullaah), explained this hadeeth:

Do not love a person so much that no matter what he calls you to - whether it is from the truth or falsehood - that you are with him in that matter. But rather love him in moderation. Because if you have loved him (beyond moderation), then when the time comes for you to dislike him - because he has become a deviant or a disbeliever or a man of evil, wicked sin - you will not have the ability to hate him for the sake of Allaah, Subhanahu wa Ta'aala...

And do not hate one too much that it causes you to (slander) him or spread nameema.[2] As Imam Al-Manaawee mentioned that if he becomes a man of nobility, a man of the Sunnah, a man of honor and righteousness, then you would be too shy to be around him after that which you have done towards him.

Source: Tape: Sharh 40 Hadeeth Imam An-Nawawee, part 43 (second side).
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[1] Student Aboo Suhailah 'Umar Quinn (hafidhahullaah Ta'aala) said about this hadeeth:

"In Al-Adab Al-Mufrad, Shaikh Al-Albaanee said this is Hasan li ghairihi in its mawquf form (from 'Alee, radiallaahu 'anhu) and Saheeh in its marfu' form [meaning from the Prophet, salallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam].

In Sahih Al Jami' (#178 in my copy), Shaikh Al-Albaanee says it is reported by at-Tirmidhi and al-Bayhaqi in Ash-Shu'ab on the authority of Abu Hurairah, radiallaahu 'anhu (marfu'), At-Tabaraani from Ibn 'Amr, radiallaahu 'anhu (marfu'), Ad-Daraqutni in Al-Afraad and others from 'Alee (marfu'), and Bukhari in Al-Adab Al-Mufrad and Al-Bayhaqi from 'Alee mawquf.

He said in Ghayatul Maraam:
الحديث من طريق ابن سيرين صحيح مرفوعا بلا ريب والله أعلم

The hadeeth by way of Ibn Sireen (meaning the narration of At-Tirmidhee and others from Abu Hurairah) is authentic in marfu' form without a doubt. And Allaah knows best." [May Allaah have mercy on all those great scholars]


[2] Of course, refuting his falsehood and warning against him while he is upon bid'ah or kufr does not contradict not slandering him or spreading false tales about him. In-sha`Allaah, this is clear.