23. Book of Quranic Exegesis (Tafsīr)
٢٣۔ كِتَابُ التَّفْسِيرِ
[Machine] Regarding Surah An-Nisa, I have indeed read the Quran while I was young.
عَنْ سُورَةِ النِّسَاءِ فَإِنَّى قَرَأْتُ الْقُرْآنَ وَأَنَا صَغِيرٌ»
[Machine] "Verily, ties of kinship are severed, and verily, blessings are denied, and verily, when Allah brings hearts closer, nothing can ever separate them." Then he recited: "If you were to spend all that is on Earth, you could not have brought their hearts together." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Family ties are a branch of mercy from the Most Merciful, and it will come on the Day of Resurrection speaking with a fluent tongue. Whoever maintains it, Allah will maintain him, and whoever severs it, Allah will sever him."
إِنَّ الرَّحِمَ لَتُقْطَعُ وَإِنَّ النِّعْمَةَ لَتُكْفَرُ وَإِنَّ اللَّهَ إِذَا قَارَبَ بَيْنَ الْقُلُوبِ لَمْ يُزَحْزِحْهَا شَيْءٌ أَبَدًا ثُمَّ قَرَأَ {لَوْ أَنْفَقْتَ مَا فِي الْأَرْضِ جَمِيعًا مَا أَلَّفْتَ بَيْنَ قُلُوبِهِمْ} [الأنفال 63] قَالَ وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «الرَّحِمُ شُجْنَةٌ مِنَ الرَّحْمَنِ وَإِنَّهَا تَجِيءُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ تَتَكَلَّمُ بِلِسَانٍ طَلْقٍ ذَلْقٍ فَمَنْ أَشَارَتْ إِلَيْهِ بِوَصْلٍ وَصَلَهُ اللَّهُ وَمَنْ أَشَارَتْ إِلَيْهِ بِقَطْعٍ قَطَعَهُ اللَّهُ»
[Machine] There was a conversation between Abu Talha and Umm Sulaim. Abu Talha intended to divorce Umm Sulaim. This matter reached the Prophet ﷺ , who said, "The divorce of Umm Sulaim is an act of disobedience."
كَانَ بَيْنَ أَبِي طَلْحَةَ وَبَيْنَ أُمِّ سُلَيْمٍ كَلَامٌ فَأَرَادَ أَبُو طَلْحَةَ أَنْ يُطَلِّقَ أُمَّ سُلَيْمٍ فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ «إِنَّ طَلَاقَ أُمِّ سُلَيْمٍ لَحَوْبٌ»
[Machine] On the authority of the Prophet ﷺ who said: "There are three people whose supplications are not answered by Allah: a man who has a wife with bad manners and does not divorce her, a man who possesses money owed to someone else and does not testify for him, and a person who gives his wealth to a fool, even though Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, said: 'And do not give the foolish your property.' [Quran 4:5]"
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ ثَلَاثَةٌ يَدْعُونَ اللَّهَ فَلَا يُسْتَجَابُ لَهُمْ رَجُلٌ كَانَتْ تَحْتَهُ امْرَأَةٌ سَيِّئَةَ الْخُلُقِ فَلَمْ يُطَلِّقْهَا وَرَجُلٌ كَانَ لَهُ عَلَى رَجُلٍ مَالٌ فَلَمْ يُشْهِدْ عَلَيْهِ وَرَجُلٌ آتَى سَفِيهًا مَالَهُ وَقَدْ قَالَ اللَّهُ ﷻ {وَلَا تُؤْتُوا السُّفَهَاءَ أَمْوَالَكُمْ} [النساء 5]
[Machine] To suffice until he does not need the wealth of the orphan.
فِي قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى {وَمَنْ كَانَ غَنِيًّا فَلْيَسْتَعْفِفْ} [النساء 6] فَلَا يَحْتَاجُ إِلَى مَالِ الْيَتِيمِ {وَمَنْ كَانَ فَقِيرًا فَلْيَأْكُلْ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ} [النساء 6] يَأْكُلُ مِنْ مَالِهِ مِثْلَ أَنْ يَقُوتَ حَتَّى لَا يَحْتَاجَ إِلَى مَالِ الْيَتِيمِ
[Machine] They are appeased by them, so if there is any shortfall in money, apologize to them.
فِي قَوْلِهِ ﷻ {وَإِذَا حَضَرَ الْقِسْمَةَ أُولُو الْقُرْبَى وَالْيَتَامَى وَالْمَسَاكِينُ فَارْزُقُوهُمْ مِنْهُ وَقُولُوا لَهُمْ قَوْلًا مَعْرُوفًا} قَالَ يُرْضَخُ لَهُمْ فَإِنْ كَانَ فِي الْمَالِ تَقْصِيرٌ اعْتُذِرَ إِلَيْهِمْ
When Allah, Most High, revealed the verses: "Come not nigh to the orphan's property except to improve it". And "Those who unjustly eat up the property of orphans", everyone who had an orphan with him went and separated his food from his (orphan's) food, and his drink from his drink, and began to detain the remaining food which he (the orphan) himself ate or spoiled. This fell heavy on them, and they mentioned this to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. So Allah, Most High, revealed the verse: "They ask thee concerning orphans. Say: The best thing to do is what is for their good; if ye mix their affairs with yours, they are your brethren." Then they mixed their food with his food and their drink with his drink. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2871)
لَمَّا أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ {وَلَا تَقْرَبُوا مَالَ الْيَتِيمِ إِلَّا بِالَّتِي هِيَ أَحْسَنُ} [الأنعام 152] {إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يَأْكُلُونَ أَمْوَالَ الْيَتَامَى ظُلْمًا إِنَّمَا يَأْكُلُونَ فِي بُطُونِهِمْ نَارًا وَسَيَصْلَوْنَ سَعِيرًا} [النساء 10] قَالَ انْطَلَقَ مَنْ كَانَ عِنْدَهُ يَتِيمٌ فَعَزَلَ طَعَامَهُ مِنْ طَعَامِهِ وَشَرَابَهُ مِنْ شَرَابِهِ فَجَعَلَ يَفْضُلُ الشَّيْءُ مِنْ طَعَامِهِ وَشَرَابِهِ فَيُحْبَسُ حَتَّى يَأْكُلَهُ أَوْ يَفْسَدَ فَاشْتَدَّ ذَلِكَ عَلَيْهِمْ فَذَكَرُوا ذَلِكَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ {وَيَسْأَلُونَكَ عَنِ الْيَتَامَى قُلْ إِصْلَاحٌ لَهُمْ خَيْرٌ وَإِنْ تُخَالِطُوهُمْ فَإِخْوَانُكُمْ} [البقرة 220] فَخَلَطُوا طَعَامَهُمْ بِطَعَامِهِمْ وَشَرَابَهُمْ بِشَرَابِهِمْ
[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to visit me when I was sick in Bani Salamah, so I said, "O Messenger of Allah, how should I distribute my wealth among my children?" He did not respond to me, and then the verse was revealed: "Allah instructs you concerning your children" [Quran 4:11]. The two great scholars, Ash-Shafi'i and Malik, agreed on the authenticity of the narration of Shu'bah from Muhammad ibn Al-Munkadir on this matter, with different wording. And this is a reliable chain of narration, and they did not exclude it from its origin.
كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَعُودُنِي وَأَنَا مَرِيضٌ فِي بَنِي سَلَمَةَ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ كَيْفَ أَقْسِمُ مَالِي بَيْنَ وَلَدِي؟ فَلَمْ يَرُدَّ عَلَيَّ شَيْئًا فَنَزَلَتْ {يُوصِيكُمُ اللَّهُ فِي أَوْلَادِكُمْ} [النساء 11] «قَدِ اتَّفَقَ الشَّيْخَانِ عَلَى إِخْرَاجِ حَدِيثِ شُعْبَةَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْمُنْكَدِرِ فِي هَذَا الْبَابِ بِأَلْفَاظٍ غَيْرِ هَذِهِ» وَهَذَا إِسْنَادٌ صَحِيحٌ وَلَمْ يُخْرِجَاهُ قد أخرجا أصله
[Machine] "Because I asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about three things that are dearer to me than red camels: who will be the caliph after him, and people who say that we do not have to pay zakat on our wealth and we will not give it to you, is it permissible to fight them? And about keffiyeh."
لَأَنْ أَكُونَ سَأَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنْ «ثَلَاثٍ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنْ حُمْرِ النَّعَمِ مَنِ الْخَلِيفَةُ بَعْدَهُ وَعَنْ قَوْمٍ قَالُوا أَنُقِرُّ بِالزَّكَاةِ فِي أَمْوَالِنَا وَلَا نُؤَدِّيهَا إِلَيْكَ أَيَحِلُّ قِتَالُهُمْ؟ وَعَنِ الْكَلَالَةِ»
[Machine] I was the last person to make a deal with Omar, so I heard him saying: "The saying is what I said, and what did you say?" He replied, "I said, 'A barren woman is one who has no children.'" This is a sound Hadith according to the conditions of the two Sheikhs (referring to Imam Bukhari and Imam Muslim), but they did not include it in their collections.
كُنْتُ آخِرَ النَّاسِ عَهْدًا بِعُمَرَ فَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ الْقَوْلُ مَا قُلْتُ قُلْتُ وَمَا قُلْتَ؟ قَالَ قُلْتُ «الْكَلَالَةُ مَنْ لَا وَلَدَ لَهُ» هَذَا إِسْنَادٌ صَحِيحٌ عَلَى شَرْطِ الشَّيْخَيْنِ وَلَمْ يُخْرِجَاهُعلى شرط البخاري ومسلم
“There are three things, if the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had clarified them, that would have been dearer to me than the world and everything in it: a person who leaves behind no heir, usury, and the caliphate.” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 2727)
لَأَنْ يَكُونَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بَيَّنَهُمْ لَنَا أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا وَمَا فِيهَا الْخِلَافَةُ وَالْكَلَالَةُ وَالرِّبَا
[Machine] "Seven types of close relatives are prohibited in marriage: your mothers, daughters, sisters, aunts, nieces, daughters of brothers, and daughters of sisters. This is regarding lineage. And your nursing mothers, sisters through nursing, mothers of your wives, and stepdaughters who are fostered with you – but if you have not fostered them – there is no harm in marrying them. And also prohibited are the wives of your sons who are from your own loins, and to marry two sisters at the same time, except what has already occurred. And it is also forbidden to marry the wives of your fathers from among women." (Quran, Surah An-Nisa 4:23)
حَرُمَ مِنَ النَّسَبِ سَبْعٌ وَمِنَ الصِّهْرِ سَبْعٌ ثُمَّ قَرَأَ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ {حُرِّمَتْ عَلَيْكُمْ أُمَّهَاتُكُمْ وَبَنَاتُكُمْ وَأَخَوَاتُكُمْ وَعَمَّاتُكُمْ وَخَالَاتُكُمْ وَبَنَاتُ الْأَخِ وَبَنَاتُ الْأُخْتِ} [النساء 23] هَذَا مِنَ النَّسَبِ {وَأُمَّهَاتُكُمُ اللَّاتِي أَرْضَعْنَكُمْ وَأَخَوَاتُكُمْ مِنَ الرَّضَاعَةِ وَأُمَّهَاتُ نِسَائِكُمْ وَرَبَائِبُكُمُ اللَّاتِي فِي حُجُورِكُمْ مِنْ نِسَائِكُمُ اللَّاتِي دَخَلْتُمْ بِهِنَّ فَإِنْ لَمْ تَكُونُوا دَخَلْتُمْ بِهِنَّ فَلَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْكُمْ وَحَلَائِلُ أَبْنَائِكُمُ الَّذِينَ مِنْ أَصْلَابِكُمْ وَأَنْ تَجْمَعُوا بَيْنَ الْأُخْتَيْنِ إِلَّا مَا قَدْ سَلَفَ وَلَا تَنْكِحُوا مَا نَكَحَ آبَاؤُكُمْ مِنَ النِّسَاءِ}
[Machine] "Seven lineages are prohibited from marrying, and seven are prohibited from marrying into." Al-Dhahabi remained silent about it in his summary.
«حَرُمَ سَبْعٌ مِنَ النَّسَبِ وَسَبْعٌ مِنَ الصِّهْرِ» سكت عنه الذهبي في التلخيص
[Machine] He said, "This verse {And [also prohibited to you are all] married women except those your right hands possess} [Quran 4:24], he said: 'Every married woman who commits adultery, except those taken as captives.'"
أَنَّهُ قَالَ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ {وَالْمُحْصَنَاتُ مِنَ النِّسَاءِ إِلَّا مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُكُمْ} [النساء 24] قَالَ «كُلُّ ذَاتِ زَوْجٍ إِتْيَانُهَا زِنًا إِلَّا مَا سُبِيَتْ»
[Machine] Abu Nadrah said, so I said, "We do not recite it like that." Then Ibn Abbas said, "By Allah, Allah revealed it like that."
أَبُو نَضْرَةَ فَقُلْتُ مَا نَقْرَؤُهَا كَذَلِكَ فَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ «وَاللَّهِ لَأَنْزَلَهَا اللَّهُ كَذَلِكَ»
[Machine] And she read this verse, "And those who guard their private parts, except from their spouses or those their right hands possess, for indeed, they are not to be blamed - But whoever seeks beyond that" [Surah Al-Mu'minun 5]. Allah has not made them lawful for him.
وَقَرَأَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ {وَالَّذِينَ هُمْ لِفُرُوجِهِمْ حَافِظُونَ إِلَّا عَلَى أَزْوَاجِهِمْ أَوْ مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُهُمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ غَيْرُ مَلُومِينَ فَمَنِ ابْتَغَى وَرَاءَ} [المؤمنون 5] مَا زَوَّجَهُ اللَّهُ أَوْ مَلَّكَهُ فَقَدْ عَدَا
[Machine] In Surah An-Nisa, there are five verses that please me, as they grant me the world and everything in it. "Indeed, Allah does not wrong [anyone] even the weight of an atom, and if there is a good deed, He multiplies it and gives from Himself a great reward." (4:40) "If you avoid the major sins which you have been forbidden, We will remove from you your lesser sins and admit you to a noble entrance [into Paradise]." (4:31) "Indeed, Allah does not forgive association with Him, but He forgives what is less than that for whom He wills." (4:48) "And if, when they wronged themselves, they had come to you, [O Muhammad], and asked forgiveness of Allah and the Messenger had asked forgiveness for them, they would have found Allah Accepting of repentance and Merciful." "And whoever does a wrong or wrongs himself but then seeks forgiveness of Allah will find Allah Forgiving and Merciful." (4:110) Abdullah said, "It pleases me that I receive the world and everything in it through these verses." It is an authentic chain, but if Abdullah heard it from his father, then there is some disagreement on that. (Sahih)
إِنَّ فِي سُورَةِ النِّسَاءِ لِخَمْسَ آيَاتٍ مَا يَسُرُّنِي أَنَّ لِيَ بِهَا الدُّنْيَا وَمَا فِيهَا {إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَظْلِمُ مِثْقَالَ ذَرَّةٍ وَإِنْ تَكُ حَسَنَةً يُضَاعِفْهَا وَيُؤْتِ مِنْ لَدُنْهُ أَجْرًا عَظِيمًا} [النساء 40] {إِنْ تَجْتَنِبُوا كَبَائِرَ مَا تُنْهَوْنَ عَنْهُ نُكَفِّرْ عَنْكُمْ سَيِّئَاتِكُمْ وَنُدْخِلْكُمْ مُدْخَلًا كَرِيمًا} [النساء 31] {إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَغْفِرُ أَنْ يُشْرَكَ بِهِ وَيَغْفِرُ مَا دُونَ ذَلِكَ لِمَنْ يَشَاءُ} [النساء 48] {وَلَوْ أَنَّهُمْ إِذْ ظَلَمُوا أَنْفُسَهُمْ جَاءُوكَ فَاسْتَغْفَرُوا اللَّهَ وَاسْتَغْفَرَ لَهُمُ الرَّسُولُ لَوَجَدُوا اللَّهَ تَوَّابًا رَحِيمًا} {وَمَنْ يَعْمَلْ سُوءًا أَوْ يَظْلِمْ نَفْسَهُ ثُمَّ يَسْتَغْفِرِ اللَّهَ يَجِدِ اللَّهَ غَفُورًا رَحِيمًا} [النساء 110] قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ مَا يَسُرُّنِي أَنَّ لِيَ بِهَا الدُّنْيَا وَمَا فِيهَا «هَذَا إِسْنَادٌ صَحِيحٌ إِنْ كَانَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ سَمِعَ مِنَ أَبِيهِ فَقَدِ اخْتُلِفَ فِي ذَلِكَ» صحيح
[Machine] She said, "O Messenger of Allah, do men go to war while we do not go, fight nor martyr ourselves, although we receive only half of the inheritance? Allah revealed, "And do not wish for that by which Allah has made some of you exceed others. For men is a share of what they have earned, and for women is a share of what they have earned" (Surah An-Nisa 4:32).
أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَيَغْزُو الرِّجَالُ وَلَا نَغْزُو وَلَا نُقَاتِلُ فَنُسْتَشْهَدُ وَإِنَّمَا لَنَا نِصْفُ الْمِيرَاثِ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ {وَلَا تَتَمَنَّوْا مَا فَضَّلَ اللَّهُ بِهِ بَعْضَكُمْ عَلَى بَعْضٍ} [النساء 32]
"To those also, to whom your right hand was pledged, give your portion." When the Emigrants came to Medina. they inherited from the Helpers without any blood-relationship with them for the brotherhood which the Messenger of Allah ﷺ established between them. When the following verse was revealed: "To (benefit) everyone we have appointed shares and heirs to property left by parent and relatives." it abrogated the verse: "To those also, to whom your right hand was pledged, give their due portion." This alliance was made for help, well wishing and cooperation. Now a legacy can be made for him. (The right to)inheritance was abolished. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 2922)
فِي قَوْلِهِ ﷻ {وَالَّذِينَ عَقَدَتْ أَيْمَانُكُمْ فَآتُوهُمْ نَصِيبَهُمْ} [النساء 33] قَالَ كَانَ الْمُهَاجِرُونَ حِينَ قَدِمُوا الْمَدِينَةَ يُوَرِّثُونَ الْأَنْصَارَ دُونَ ذَوِي الْقُرْبَى رَحْمَةً لِلْأُخُوَّةِ الَّتِي آخَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بَيْنَهُمْ فَلَمَّا نَزَلَتْ {وَلِكُلٍّ جَعَلْنَا مَوَالِيَ مِمَّا تَرَكَ الْوَالِدَانِ وَالْأَقْرَبُونَ} [النساء 33] قَالَ فَنَسَخَتْهَا ثُمَّ قَالَ {وَالَّذِينَ عَقَدْتُ أَيْمَانُكُمْ فَآتُوهُمْ نَصِيبَهُمْ} [النساء 33] مِنَ النَّصْرِ وَالنَّصِيحَةِ
[Machine] Allah brought forth one of His servants whom He bestowed with wealth, and He asked him, "What have you done in the world?" The servant replied, "I did nothing, O Lord, except that You have provided me with wealth, so I used to engage in business transactions with people. It is part of my nature to be easy on those in debt and to show patience towards those in hardship." Allah, the Almighty, said, "I deserve that more than you. Forgive my servant." Ubay bin 'Amir al-Juhani and Abu Mas'ud al-Ansari reported that they heard this from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and his family.
أَتَى اللَّهُ بِعَبْدٍ مِنْ عِبَادِهِ آتَاهُ اللَّهُ مَالًا فَقَالَ لَهُ مَاذَا عَمِلْتَ فِي الدُّنْيَا؟ قَالَ {وَلَا يَكْتُمُونَ اللَّهَ حَدِيثًا} [النساء 42] قَالَ مَا عَمِلْتُ مِنْ شَيْءٍ يَا رَبِّ إِلَّا أَنَّكَ آتَيْتَنِي مَالًا فَكُنْتُ أُبَايعُ النَّاسَ وَكَانَ مِنْ خُلُقِي أَنْ أُيَسِّرَ عَلَى الْمُوسِرِ وَأُنْظِرَ الْمُعْسِرَ قَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى أَنَا أَحَقُّ بِذَلِكَ مِنْكَ تَجَاوَزُوا عَنْ عَبْدِي فَقَالَ عُقْبَةُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ الْجُهَنِيُّ وَأَبُو مَسْعُودٍ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ هَكَذَا سَمِعْنَا مِنْ فِي رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ
[Machine] "Concerning this verse, 'And Allah is our Lord, we were not of those who associate others with Him.' [Al-An'am 23] And He said in another verse, 'And they do not conceal from Allah [anything] of speech.' [An-Nisa' 42] Ibn Abbas said about His statement, 'And Allah is our Lord, we were not of those who associate others with Him.' [Al-An'am 23] that when they saw on the Day of Resurrection that no one enters Paradise except the Muslims, they said, 'Come, let's deny it.' So Allah sealed their mouths and their hands and feet spoke, 'And they do not conceal from Allah [anything] of speech.' [An-Nisa' 42]"
عَنْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةِ {وَاللَّهِ رَبِّنَا مَا كُنَّا مُشْرِكِينَ} [الأنعام 23] وَقَالَ فِي آيَةٍ أُخْرَى {وَلَا يَكْتُمُونَ اللَّهَ حَدِيثًا} [النساء 42] فَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ أَمَّا قَوْلُهُ {وَاللَّهِ رَبِّنَا مَا كُنَّا مُشْرِكِينَ} [الأنعام 23] فَإِنَّهُمْ لَمَّا رَأَوْا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ أَنَّهُ لَا يَدْخُلُ الْجَنَّةَ إِلَّا أَهْلُ الْإِسْلَامِ قَالُوا تَعَالَوْا فَلْنَجْحَدْ فَخَتَمَ اللَّهُ عَلَى أَفْوَاهِهِمْ فَتَكَلَّمَتْ أَيْدِيهِمْ وَأَرْجُلُهُمْ {وَلَا يَكْتُمُونَ اللَّهَ حَدِيثًا} [النساء 42]
[Machine] A man from the Ansar invited us before the prohibition of alcohol, so we attended the Maghrib prayer. A man came forward and recited the verse, "Say, O disbelievers" [Quran 109:1], but he got confused. Then the verse was revealed, "Do not approach prayer while you are intoxicated until you know what you are saying" [Quran 4:43].
دَعَانَا رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ قَبْلَ تَحْرِيمِ الْخَمْرِ فَحَضَرَتْ صَلَاةُ الْمَغْرِبِ فَتَقَدَّمَ رَجُلٌ فَقَرَأَ قُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ فَالْتَبَسَ عَلَيْهِ فَنَزَلَتْ {لَا تَقْرَبُوا الصَّلَاةَ وَأَنْتُمْ سُكَارَى حَتَّى تَعْلَمُوا مَا تَقُولُونَ} [النساء 43] الْآيَةُ
that Abdur-Rahman bin Awf and some of his companions came to the Prophet in Makkah and said: “O Messenger of Allah! We were respected when we were idolaters and when we believed, we were humiliated.” He said: “I have been commanded to pardon, so do not fight.” Then, when Allah caused us to move to Al-Madinah, He commanded us to fight, but they refrained. Then Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, revealed: Have you not seen those who were told to hold back their hands (from fighting) and perform As-Salah” (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3086)
أَنَّ عَبْدَ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنَ عَوْفٍ وَأَصْحَابًا لَهُ أَتَوُا النَّبِيَّ ﷺ بِمَكَّةَ فَقَالُوا يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ كُنَّا فِي عِزٍّ وَنَحْنُ مُشْرِكُونَ فَلَمَّا آمَنَّا صِرْنَا أَذِلَّةً قَالَ «إِنِّي أُمِرْتُ بِالْعَفْوِ فَلَا تُقَاتِلُوا فَكُفُّوا» فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى {أَلَمْ تَرَ إِلَى الَّذِينَ قِيلَ لَهُمْ كُفُّوا أَيْدِيَكُمْ وَأَقِيمُوا الصَّلَاةَ وَآتُوا الزَّكَاةَ فَلَمَّا كُتِبَ عَلَيْهِمُ الْقِتَالُ إِذَا فَرِيقٌ مِنْهُمْ يَخْشَوْنَ النَّاسَ} [النساء 77]
[Machine] The man used to come to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and greet him, then he would return to his people who were polytheists. If the Muslims made a mistake in a secret mission or in a battle, the man would set a slave free as an atonement. If the man had a contract with a group between themselves, he would pay the blood money to them and set free the slave who was taken as a captive. (Surah An-Nisa 92) The Prophet ﷺ said: "The man should fulfill his covenant and his people should fulfill theirs, and he should set free the captive slave who has been taken by his people."
فِي قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى {فَإِنْ كَانَ مِنْ قَوْمٍ عَدُوٍّ لَكُمْ وَهُوَ مُؤْمِنٌ فَتَحْرِيرُ رَقَبَةٍ مُؤْمِنَةٍ} [النساء 92] قَالَ كَانَ الرَّجُلُ يَأْتِي رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَيُسْلِمُ ثُمَّ يَرْجِعُ إِلَى قَوْمِهِ فَيَكُونُ فِيهِمْ مُشْرِكُونَ فَيُصِيبُهُ الْمُسْلِمُونَ خَطَأً فِي سَرِيَّةٍ أَوْ غَزَاةٍ فَيُعْتِقُ الرَّجُلُ رَقَبَةً {وَإِنْ كَانَ مِنْ قَوْمٍ بَيْنَكُمْ وَبَيْنَهُمْ مِيثَاقٌ فِدْيَةٌ مُسَلَّمَةٌ إِلَى أَهْلِهِ وَتَحْرِيرُ رَقَبَةٍ مُؤْمِنَةٍ} [النساء 92] قَالَ يَكُونُ الرَّجُلُ مُعَاهَدًا وَقَوْمُهُ أَهْلُ عَهْدٍ فَيُسْلِمْ إِلَيْهِمْ دِيَتَهُ وَيَعْتِقُ الَّذِي أَصَابَهُ رَقَبَةً
[Machine] "It descended upon Abdullah bin Awf, who was wounded."
نَزَلَتْ فِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَوْفٍ كَانَ جَرِيحًا
[Machine] I went to Aisha and asked her about this verse: "It is not in accordance with your desires, nor the desires of the People of the Scripture (Jews and Christians); whoever does evil will have the recompense thereof" [Quran 4:123]. She said: It means that whatever harm befalls you in this world, it is in accordance with the narration of Bukhari and Muslim.
رَحَلْتُ إِلَى عَائِشَةَ فِي هَذِهِ الْآيَةِ {لَيْسَ بِأَمَانِيِّكُمْ وَلَا أَمَانِيِّ أَهْلِ الْكِتَابِ مَنْ يَعْمَلْ سُوءًا يُجْزَ بِهِ} [النساء 123] قَالَتْ هُوَ مَا يُصِيبُكُمْ فِي الدُّنْيَا على شرط البخاري ومسلم
[Machine] About Ibn Abbas in his saying, may He be glorified and exalted, "And whatever is recited to you in the Book concerning the orphans of women" [Surah An-Nisa' 127] in the beginning of the Surah of inheritance, they used to not give inheritance to a boy until he reaches the age of puberty.
عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ فِي قَوْلِهِ ﷻ {وَمَا يُتْلَى عَلَيْكُمْ فِي الْكِتَابِ فِي يَتَامَى النِّسَاءِ} [النساء 127] فِي أَوَّلِ السُّورَةِ مِنَ الْمَوَارِيثِ كَانُوا لَا يُوَرِّثُونَ صَبِيًّا حَتَّى يَحْتَلِمَ
[Machine] "He was married to a woman who was older than him, but he married a younger woman and favored her over the first wife. The first wife refused to accept this and so he divorced her temporarily until a short period remained. He said, 'If you wish, I will return to you and be patient on the harm, and if you wish, I will leave you until your waiting period is completed.' She said, 'No, reconcile with me and I will be patient on the harm.' So he reconciled with her, but then favored the younger wife over her again. She was unable to bear the harm, so he divorced her and favored the younger wife. He said, 'This is the reconciliation that we have been informed that Allah has revealed in the verse: 'And if a woman fears from her husband contempt or evasion, there is no sin upon them if they make terms of settlement between them - and settlement is best.' (Surah An-Nisa, 4:128)."
أَنَّهُ كَانَتْ تَحْتَهُ امْرَأَةٌ قَدْ خَلَا مِنْ سِنِّهَا فَتَزَوَّجَ عَلَيْهَا شَابَّةً فَآثَرَ الْبِكْرَ عَلَيْهَا فَأَبَتِ امْرَأَتُهُ الْأُولَى أَنْ تَقَرَّ عَلَى ذَلِكَ فَطَلَّقَهَا تَطْلِيقَةً حَتَّى إِذَا بَقِيَ مِنْ أَجَلِهَا يَسِيرٌ قَالَ إِنْ شِئْتِ رَاجَعْتُكِ وَصَبَرْتِ عَلَى الْأَثَرَةِ وَإِنْ شِئْتِ تَرَكْتُكِ حَتَّى يَخْلُوَ أَجَلُكِ قَالَتْ بَلْ رَاجِعْنِي أَصْبِرْ عَلَى الْأَثَرَةِ فَرَاجَعَهَا ثُمَّ آثَرَ عَلَيْهَا فَلَمْ تَصْبِرْ عَلَى الْأَثَرَةِ فَطَلَّقَهَا الْأُخْرَى وَآثَرَ عَلَيْهَا الشَّابَّةَ قَالَ فَذَلِكَ الصُّلْحُ الَّذِي بَلَغَنَا أَنَّ اللَّهَ قَدْ أَنْزَلَ فِيهِ {وَإِنِ امْرَأَةٌ خَافَتْ مِنْ بَعْلِهَا نُشُوزًا أَوْ إِعْرَاضًا فَلَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْهِمَا أَنْ يُصْلِحَا بَيْنَهُمَا صُلْحًا} [النساء 128]
[Machine] "O Amir al-Mu'minin, what do you think about the saying of Allah the Exalted, 'Allah will judge between you on the Day of Resurrection, and Allah will never give the disbelievers over the believers a way [to overcome them]'" (Quran 4:141). And yet they fight and appear and kill them?" Ali said, "Lower your voice, lower your voice," then he said, "'Allah will judge between you on the Day of Resurrection, and Allah will never give the disbelievers over the believers a way [to overcome them]'" (Quran 4:141).
رَجُلٌ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَرَأَيْتَ قَوْلَ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى {فَاللَّهُ يَحْكُمُ بَيْنَكُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَلَنْ يَجْعَلَ اللَّهُ لِلْكَافِرِينَ عَلَى الْمُؤْمِنِينَ سَبِيلًا} [النساء 141] وَهُمْ يُقَاتِلُونَهُمْ فَيَظْهَرُونَ وَيَقْتُلُونَ؟ فَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ ادْنُهْ ادْنُهْ ثُمَّ قَالَ {فَاللَّهُ يَحْكُمُ بَيْنَكُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَلَنْ يَجْعَلَ اللَّهُ لِلْكَافِرِينَ عَلَى الْمُؤْمِنِينَ سَبِيلًا} [النساء 141]
[Machine] The departure of Jesus, son of Mary, may the blessings of Allah be upon him.
خُرُوجُ عِيسَى ابْنِ مَرْيَمَ صَلَوَاتُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ
[Machine] The messenger of Allah (pbuh) ordered us to depart to the land of the Negus, so the Quraysh found out about it and they sent Amr ibn al-Aas and Ammarah ibn al-Waleed and they gathered gifts for the Negus. We arrived before them to the Negus and they came to him with gifts, and he accepted them and prostrated to Allah. Then Amr ibn al-Aas told him that there are people among us who have deviated from our religion while they are in your land. The Negus asked, "In my land?" Amr replied, "Yes." The Negus then sent for us, and Ja'far, may Allah be pleased with him, said, "No one among us will speak today, I will be your spokesperson." So we went to the Negus, while he was sitting in his council with Amr ibn al-Aas on his right and Ammarah on his left, and the priests were sitting, wearing white garments. Amr said to him, "They don't prostrate to you." So when we reached the Negus, we exposed those who were with him from the priests and monks, and they prostrated to the king. Ja'far said, "We only prostrate to Allah." The Negus asked, "And what is this?" Ja'far replied, "Indeed, Allah has sent among us His Messenger, who is the one Jesus foretold. He comes after him, and his name is Ahmad. He has commanded us to worship Allah alone, not associating anything with Him, to establish prayer, pay Zakat, and commanded us to do good and forbid evil." The people were amazed by his words. When Amr saw that, he said to the Negus, "May Allah rectify the king, for they differ with you regarding Jesus, the son of Mary." The Negus asked Ja'far, "What does your companion say about Jesus, the son of Mary?" He replied, "He says about him what is stated in the word of Allah, that he is the Spirit from Allah and His word that He sent down to the Virgin Mary, untouched by any man." The Negus picked up a stick from the ground and said, "O priests and monks, does what he says increase upon what you say about Jesus?" They replied, "This does not weigh as much as a goodbye from you. Welcome to you and to those who have come to you from him. I bear witness that he is the messenger of Allah and the one Jesus foretold. If it weren't for the fact that I am in his place of authority, I would go to him, even if that meant I had to crawl to him. Stay in my land as long as you wish, and I will provide you with food and clothing." Then he said, "Give them back their gifts."
أَمَرَنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنْ نَنْطَلِقَ إِلَى أَرْضِ النَّجَاشِيِّ فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ قُرَيْشًا فَبَعَثُوا إِلَى عَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِ وَعُمَارَةَ بْنِ الْوَلِيدِ وَجَمَعُوا لِلنَّجَاشِيِّ هَدَايَا فَقَدِمْنَا وَقَدِمُوا عَلَى النَّجَاشِيِّ فَأَتَوْهُ بِهَدِيَّةٍ فَقَبِلَهَا وَسَجَدُوا لَهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ عَمْرُو بْنُ الْعَاصِ إِنَّ قَوْمًا مِنَّا رَغِبُوا عَنْ دِينِنَا وَهُمْ فِي أَرْضِكَ فَقَالَ لَهُمُ النَّجَاشِيُّ فِي أَرْضِي؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَبَعَثَ إِلَيْنَا فَقَالَ لَنَا جَعْفَرٌ لَا يَتَكَلَّمْ مِنْكُمْ أَحَدٌ أَنَا خَطِيبُكُمُ الْيَوْمَ فَانْتَهَيْنَا إِلَى النَّجَاشِيِّ وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ فِي مَجْلِسِهِ وَعَمْرُو بْنُ الْعَاصِ عَنْ يَمِينِهِ وَعُمَارَةُ عَنْ يَسَارِهِ وَالْقِسِّيسُونَ مِنَ الرُّهْبَانِ جُلُوسٌ سِمَاطَيْنِ فَقَالَ لَهُ عَمْرٌو وَعُمَارَةُ إِنَّهُمْ لَا يَسْجُدُونَ لَكَ فَلَمَّا انْتَهَيْنَا إِلَيْهِ زَبَرَنَا مَنْ عِنْدَهُ مِنَ الْقِسِّيسِينَ وَالرُّهْبَانِ اسْجُدُوا لِلْمَلِكِ فَقَالَ جَعْفَرٌ لَا نَسْجُدُ إِلَّا لِلَّهِ فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّجَاشِيُّ وَمَا ذَاكَ؟ قَالَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ بَعَثَ فِينَا رَسُولَهُ وَهُوَ الرَّسُولُ الَّذِي بَشَّرَ بِهِ عِيسَى بِرَسُولٍ يَأْتِي مِنْ بَعْدِهِ اسْمُهُ أَحْمَدُ فَأَمَرَنَا أَنْ نَعْبُدَ اللَّهَ وَلَا نُشْرِكَ بِهِ شَيْئًا وَنُقِيمَ الصَّلَاةَ وَنُؤْتِي الزَّكَاةَ وَأَمَرَنَا بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَنَهَانَا عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ قَالَ فَأَعْجَبَ النَّاسَ قَوْلُهُ فَلَمَّا رَأَى ذَلِكَ عَمْرٌو قَالَ لَهُ أَصْلَحَ اللَّهُ الْمَلِكَ إِنَّهُمْ يُخَالِفُونَكَ فِي عِيسَى ابْنِ مَرْيَمَ فَقَالَ النَّجَاشِيُّ لِجَعْفَرٍ مَا يَقُولُ صَاحِبُكَ فِي ابْنِ مَرْيَمَ؟ قَالَ يَقُولُ فِيهِ قَوْلَ اللَّهِ هُوَ رُوحُ اللَّهِ وَكَلِمَتُهُ أَخْرَجَهُ مِنَ الْبَتُولِ الْعَذْرَاءِ لَمْ يَقْرَبْهَا بَشَرٌ قَالَ فَتَنَاوَلَ النَّجَاشِيُّ عُودًا مِنَ الْأَرْضِ فَرَفَعَهُ فَقَالَ يَا مَعْشَرَ الْقِسِّيسِينَ وَالرُّهْبَانِ مَا يَزِيدُ هَؤُلَاءِ عَلَى مَا تَقُولُونَ فِي ابْنِ مَرْيَمَ مَا يَزِنُ هَذِهِ مَرْحَبًا بِكُمْ وَبِمَنْ جِئْتُمْ مِنْ عِنْدِهِ فَأَنَا أَشْهَدُ أَنَّهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ وَأَنَّهُ الَّذِي بَشَّرَ بِهِ عِيسَى ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ وَلَوْلَا مَا أَنَا فِيهِ مِنَ الْمُلْكِ لَأَتَيْتُهُ حَتَّى أَحْمِلَ نَعْلَيْهِ امْكُثُوا فِي أَرْضِي مَا شِئْتُمْ وَأَمَرَ لَهُمْ بِطَعَامٍ وَكِسْوَةٍ وَقَالَ رُدُّوا عَلَى هَذَيْنِ هَدِيَّتَهُمْ
[Machine] A man died and left behind a daughter and a sister from his father and mother. He said to his daughter, "Half is for you and there is nothing for the sister, whatever is left will be for his cousins." A man said to him, "Indeed, Umar ibn Al-Khattab ruled otherwise, and he gave half to the daughter and half to the sister." Ibn Abbas said, "Are you more knowledgeable or Allah?" Ma'mar said, "I did not know the reason for that until I met Ibn Tawus, and I mentioned to him the narration of Az-Zuhri. He said, 'My father informed me that he heard Ibn Abbas saying that Allah Almighty said, "If a man dies and has no child but has a sister, then she shall have half of what he left."' Ibn Abbas said, 'So you said that she will have half, even if he had children.'"
رَجُلٌ تُوُفِّيَ وَتَرَكَ ابْنَةً وَأُخْتًا لِأَبِيهِ وَأُمِّهِ فَقَالَ لِلِابْنَةِ النِّصْفُ وَلَيْسَ لِلْأُخْتِ شَيْءٌ مَا بَقِيَ فَهُوَ لِعَصَبَتِهِ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَجُلٌ فَإِنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ قَدْ قَضَى بِغَيْرِ ذَلِكَ جَعَلَ لِلِابْنَةِ النِّصْفَ وَلِلْأُخْتِ النِّصْفَ فَقَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ أَنْتُمْ أَعْلَمُ أَمِ اللَّهُ؟ قَالَ مَعْمَرٌ فَلَمْ أَدْرِ مَا وَجْهُ ذَلِكَ حَتَّى لَقِيتُ ابْنَ طَاوُسٍ فَذَكَرْتُ لَهُ حَدِيثَ الزُّهْرِيِّ فَقَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبِي أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ يَقُولُ قَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى {إِنِ امْرُؤٌ هَلَكَ لَيْسَ لَهُ وَلَدٌ وَلَهُ أُخْتٌ فَلَهَا نِصْفُ مَا تَرَكَ} [النساء 176] قَالَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ فَقُلْتُمْ أَنْتُمْ لَهَا النِّصْفُ وَإِنْ كَانَ لَهُ وَلَدٌ