You are the best of peoples ever raised up for (the benefit of) mankind
رياض الصالحين بالعربية والإنجليزية - (ج 1 / ص 2407)
1839 - وعنه رضي الله عنه { كنتم خير أمة أخرجت للناس } قال : خير الناس للناس يأتون بهم في السلاسل في أعناقهم حتى يدخلوا في الإسلام . رواه البخاري
1839 - وعنه رضي الله عنه { كنتم خير أمة أخرجت للناس } قال : خير الناس للناس يأتون بهم في السلاسل في أعناقهم حتى يدخلوا في الإسلام . رواه البخاري
[Al-Bukhari].Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) said in the interpretation of the Ayah reported: "You are the best of peoples ever raised up for (the benefit of) mankind...'' (3:110): The best for mankind are those who bring them with chains round their necks till they embrace Islam (and thereby save them from the eternal punishment in the Hell-fire, and make them enter Jannah in the Hereafter).''
Commentary:
This is in a way the explanation of the concerned Verse of the Qur'an. Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) says: In this Verse those fighters have been named as the best of the Ummah who fight with the infidels whom they take prisoners and they ultimately accept Islam. Hence, they become a means of acceptance of Faith to them, and are entitled to more rewards from Allah.
