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2437. It was narrated that Ibn 'Abbâs said: "The Messenger of Allâh ﷺ said to Mu'âdh when he sent him to Yemen: 'You are going to some of the People of the Book. When you come to them, call them to testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allâh and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ. If they obey you in that, then tell them that Allâh, the Mighty and Sublime, has enjoined upon them five prayers every day and night. If they obey you in that, then tell them that Allâh, the Mighty and Sublime, has enjoined on them a charity (Zakâh) to be taken from their rich and given to their poor. If they obey you in that, then beware of the supplication of the oppressed person.'" (Ṣaḥīḥ)
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1. The going forth of Mu'âdh to Yemen took place in the year 9 or 10 of the Hijrah. He stayed there only until the period of the Abû Bakr.
2. "Beware of the supplication of the one who is oppressed" means do not wrong or tyrannize anyone, because the oppressed person would supplicate against the wrongdoer, and his supplication is always accepted, even he is himself a wrongdoer. So to say, the Zulm, wrongdoing or tyranny is an enormity - a major sin, and it defeats or outstrips other sins.
