ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ الْمُتَأَوِّلَ لِلْآيِ قَدْ يُخْطِئُ فِي تَأْوِيلِهِ لَهَا، وَإِنْ كَانَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْفَضْلِ وَالْعِلْمِ
0 people, you recite this verse but you quote it inappropriately: “O you who believe! Take care of your own selves. If you follow the (right) guidance [and enjoin what is right (Islamic Monotheism and all that Islam orders one to do) and forbid what is wrong (polytheism, disbelief and all that Islam has forbidden)] no hurt can come to you from those who are in errorʿ (al-Ma'idah 5:105]. I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: ʿIf the people see evil and do not denounce it, soon Allah will send His punishment upon them ali.” (Using translation from Aḥmad 53)
عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقِ ؓ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّكُمْ تَقْرَؤُونَ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ وَتَضَعُونَهَا عَلَى غَيْرِ مَا وَضَعَهَا اللَّهُ {يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا عَلَيْكُمْ أَنْفُسَكُمْ لَا يَضُرُّكُمْ مَنْ ضَلَّ إِذَا اهْتَدَيْتُمْ} إِنَّ النَّاسَ إِذَا رَأَوَا الْمُنْكَرَ فَلَمْ يُغَيِّرُوهُ يُوشِكُ أَنْ يَعُمَّهُمُ اللَّهُ بِعِقَابٍ»