The Prophet realized that it is never possible to have the situation 100% in your favour. It will only be partially in your favour. You have to prove yourself to be master of situation management. You have to understand the situation and avail of it. The Prophet said: وَإِنَّ اللَّهَ لَيُؤَيِّدُ هَذَا الدِّينَ بِالرَّجُلِ الفَاجِرِ (Sahih al-Bukhari 3062) This is a reality which no one has discovered throughout history. This is from a famous chapter of Sahih al-Bukhari. The hadith says: God helps this religion, even through a non-believer. If you take this hadith in the literal sense, you will not understand it. Even if you understand Arabic or know the translation, you will not understand the meaning of this hadith.

This is why, commentators couldn’t understand its meaning. If you see any commentary, you will not understand the deeper meaning of this hadith. The deeper meaning of this hadith is that a non-believer creates a situation for his own interest, but you have to avail of it for yourself. وَإِنَّ اللَّهَ لَيُؤَيِّدُ هَذَا الدِّينَ بِالرَّجُلِ الفَاجِرِ This hadith tells us the role of a believer. No commentary will explain the meaning of this hadith. People only know the words and take things at their face value.

The hadith tells us that in this world a non-believer may create a situation, which a believer can avail for his benefit. This is a great piece of wisdom which even Plato and Aristotle were unaware of. Every person has some interest. No person in this world is without interests. Without any exception, a person does something only to serve his interests. Your work is to avail in your favour the situation which someone else has created for his own self. You have to become the master of situation, or master of situation management. The greatest test of a person in social, political and national life is to know the art of situation management.