Library Ethics Greater Sins Chapter 24 The Twenty-Second Greater Sin:Khayanat Informing disbelievers about the military secrets of the Muslims
Informing disbelievers about the military secrets of the Muslims
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Informing disbelievers about the military secrets of the Muslims
Khayanat can be with Allah (S.w.T.) , the Holy Prophet (S) and Muslims. One can also commit Khayanat with ones own self. When a person reveals the political secrets or the military stategies of the Muslims to the disbelieving opponents, he commits Khayanat which includes all the above. He is the cause of strengthening the enemy and responsible for the defeat of the Muslims. Perhaps it is this type of Khayanat that is alluded too in the following ayat:
“O you who believe! Be not unfaithful to Allah and the Apostle, nor be unfaithful to your trusts while you know.”
(Surah al-AnfÄl 8:27)
In the ShÄne NuzUsÅ«l al-KÄfil (circumstances of revelation) of this verse Jabir Ibn Abdullah Ansari says: One day JibrÄ«l (a.s.) informed the Holy Prophet (S) of the fact that Abu Sufyan was camping at a particular place with an army of polytheists. The Prophet (S) made preparation to fight with him and kept this secret so that the enemies would be taken by surprise. However, one of the hypocrites wrote to Abu Sufyan and informed him of the Muslim plan. The explanation of the verse (8:27) mentions the Khayanat of Abu Lababa and his subsequent repenting.
