Hadith - Bukhari's Book of Manners #313, Ahmad, Ibn Hibban, and Hakim
... 'Abd Allah reported that the Prophet of Allah, upon him be peace, said, "A believer is not a fault-finder and is not abusive, obscene, or course."
Hadith - Bukhari's Book of Manners #329
... Ibn 'Abbas said, "If you wish to mention the faults of your friend, mention your own faults first."
Hadith - Bukhari's Book of Manners #330
... Ibn 'Abbas said on the following verse of the Qur'an, "Nor defame one another" (49:11), "Do not spend your time finding fault with one another."
Hadith - Bukhari's Book of Manners #545
Jubayr ibn Nufayr reported that Mu'adh ibn Jabal said, "If you love someone, do not quarrel with him and do not annoy him. Do not ask others about him, for the one you ask might be his enemy and thus tell you things about him that are not true and thus break you apart."
Hadith - Bukhari's Book of Manners #889 and Ibn Hibban
'Amr ibn al 'As said, "...I am amazed at one who spots an impurity in the eye of another but is unable to detect it in his/her own eye, or who attempts to remove a grudge from another's heart while making no attempt to remove grduges from his/her own heart. I have never blamed anyone for the confidences of mine that they have betrayed. How could I, when already they have given me reason for pause?"
Hadith - Bukhari's Book of Manners #1295
Bilal ibn Sa'd al Ash'ari reported that Mu'awiyah wrote to Abu Darda' "Write to the wrongdoers of Damascus." So he asked, "What do I have to do with the wrongdoers of Damascus? How will I know them?" Abu Darda's son, Bilal said, "I will write to them," which he did. Then Abu Darda' said [to Bilal], "How did you know to whom to write? You could not have known they were wrongdoers unless you were one of them. Begin with yourself!" So he did not address the letter in anyone's name.*
*i.e. he didn't single out a specific person as a wrongdoer, but spoke about wrongdoings in general, to come as a reminder (of Quran and Sunnah) to the people.
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Thursday, October 19, 2006
British general faults U.S. for Taliban resurgence
By Rowan Scarborough
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
October 18, 2006
The British commander of the allied forces in Afghanistan said yesterday that his U.S. predecessors moved too quickly from the 2001 invasion to a "peacetime approach," allowing the ousted Taliban to regroup and stage a counteroffensive this year in the southern provinces.
Gen. David Richards, whose NATO command this month took control of the 31,000 allied troops in Afghanistan, said that in 2001, "the Taliban were defeated, weren't they? You know, wonderful work by a lot of people, mainly American and Afghan, and it looked pretty hunky-dory."
But the general told reporters at the Pentagon that the Taliban was able to regroup because American forces remained somewhat isolated. The Afghan army was not established to the point that it could fill security roles in Kandahar, the Taliban's birthplace, and other southern towns.
"The benefit of hindsight, you know, we thought it was all done, success was there and we could adopt a sort of peacetime approach to it and didn't treat it as aggressively as a problem," he said. "Your forces were doing a great work, but they were almost in isolation because the Afghan army and police weren't there to help at that stage."
He said there also was a "disconnect" in what the U.S.-led humanitarian and reconstruction effort could provide and what the Afghan people expected.
"The Taliban exploited it," Gen. Richards said. "They exploited this sense of frustration amongst the people who just didn't see all the good things that have been talked about."
Asked about Gen. Richard's remarks, Lt. Col. Todd Vician, a Pentagon spokesman, told the Associated Press, "It will take years of hard work by the Afghan people and the international community to reverse the effects of decades of occupation and civil war. Nonetheless, there has been significant economic growth and donor efforts to improve living conditions across the country."
Gen. Richards said the new tactic has been to retake control of Taliban areas, move in reconstruction programs and maintain a security presence. He is giving the allies six months to start showing the Afghans that they can expect better services and security. If not, the alliance risks losing the populace to the insurgents.
"I think that's why I'm optimistic that we have understood the issue broader, the way I've just analyzed, learned our lessons and now can take this forward aggressively to deliver on the promise," said Gen. Richards, who led British troops in strife-torn Northern Ireland. "I will now construct a security operation that allows that work to start and then will ensure a continuing level of security, so that it can go on."
The allies seemed caught off guard this spring, when the Taliban began surprise attacks on southern Afghan towns.
The coalition eventually poured more troops into the south and mounted major air and ground operations, routing the Taliban, whose spokesman conceded they had to retreat.
"We had to fight and fight we have," Gen. Richards said. "There is no doubt anymore that NATO can fight if and when it's required to do so, and it inflicted the biggest single defeat on the Taliban that had occurred since 2001."
NATO's new tactics played out this week in the Musa Qala district of Helmand province. Allied forces left the area after weeks of bloody fighting. Security will be handled by tribal chiefs and Afghan forces, with NATO on an emergency recall status.
Gen. Richards commands a force that includes troops from Britain, the United States, Canada, the Netherlands and Denmark.
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
October 18, 2006
The British commander of the allied forces in Afghanistan said yesterday that his U.S. predecessors moved too quickly from the 2001 invasion to a "peacetime approach," allowing the ousted Taliban to regroup and stage a counteroffensive this year in the southern provinces.
Gen. David Richards, whose NATO command this month took control of the 31,000 allied troops in Afghanistan, said that in 2001, "the Taliban were defeated, weren't they? You know, wonderful work by a lot of people, mainly American and Afghan, and it looked pretty hunky-dory."
But the general told reporters at the Pentagon that the Taliban was able to regroup because American forces remained somewhat isolated. The Afghan army was not established to the point that it could fill security roles in Kandahar, the Taliban's birthplace, and other southern towns.
"The benefit of hindsight, you know, we thought it was all done, success was there and we could adopt a sort of peacetime approach to it and didn't treat it as aggressively as a problem," he said. "Your forces were doing a great work, but they were almost in isolation because the Afghan army and police weren't there to help at that stage."
He said there also was a "disconnect" in what the U.S.-led humanitarian and reconstruction effort could provide and what the Afghan people expected.
"The Taliban exploited it," Gen. Richards said. "They exploited this sense of frustration amongst the people who just didn't see all the good things that have been talked about."
Asked about Gen. Richard's remarks, Lt. Col. Todd Vician, a Pentagon spokesman, told the Associated Press, "It will take years of hard work by the Afghan people and the international community to reverse the effects of decades of occupation and civil war. Nonetheless, there has been significant economic growth and donor efforts to improve living conditions across the country."
Gen. Richards said the new tactic has been to retake control of Taliban areas, move in reconstruction programs and maintain a security presence. He is giving the allies six months to start showing the Afghans that they can expect better services and security. If not, the alliance risks losing the populace to the insurgents.
"I think that's why I'm optimistic that we have understood the issue broader, the way I've just analyzed, learned our lessons and now can take this forward aggressively to deliver on the promise," said Gen. Richards, who led British troops in strife-torn Northern Ireland. "I will now construct a security operation that allows that work to start and then will ensure a continuing level of security, so that it can go on."
The allies seemed caught off guard this spring, when the Taliban began surprise attacks on southern Afghan towns.
The coalition eventually poured more troops into the south and mounted major air and ground operations, routing the Taliban, whose spokesman conceded they had to retreat.
"We had to fight and fight we have," Gen. Richards said. "There is no doubt anymore that NATO can fight if and when it's required to do so, and it inflicted the biggest single defeat on the Taliban that had occurred since 2001."
NATO's new tactics played out this week in the Musa Qala district of Helmand province. Allied forces left the area after weeks of bloody fighting. Security will be handled by tribal chiefs and Afghan forces, with NATO on an emergency recall status.
Gen. Richards commands a force that includes troops from Britain, the United States, Canada, the Netherlands and Denmark.
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