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quran:2:190 –

Fight in the way of Allah those who fight you but do not transgress. Indeed. Allah does not like transgressors.  

After the Prophet (s) was prevented from ˹visiting˺ the House in the year of the battle of Hudaybiyya, he made a pact with the disbelievers that he would be allowed to return the following year, at which time they would vacate Mecca for three days. Having prepared to depart for the Visitation ˹‘umra˺, ˹he and˺ the believers were concerned that Quraysh would not keep to the agreement and instigate fighting. The Muslims were averse to becoming engaged in fighting while in a state of pilgrimage inviolability in the Sacred Enclosure ˹al-haram˺ and during the sacred months, and so the following was revealed: And fight in the way of God, to elevate His religion, with those who fight against you, the disbelievers, but aggress not, against them by initiating the fighting; God loves not the aggressors, the ones that overstep the bounds which God has set for them: this stipulation was abrogated by the verse of barā’a, ‘immunity’ ˹Q. 9:1˺, or by His saying ˹below˺:
القرآن:٢:١٩٠ –

وَقَاتِلُوا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ الَّذِينَ يُقَاتِلُونَكُمْ وَلَا تَعْتَدُوا ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يُحِبُّ الْمُعْتَدِينَ  

ولما صُدَّ محمد ﷺ عن البيت عام الحديبية وصالح الكفار على أن يعود العام القابل ويُخلوا له مكة ثلاثة أيام وتجهز لعمرة القضاء وخافوا أن لا تفي قريش ويقاتلوهم وكره المسلمون قتالهم في الحرم والإحرام والشهر الحرام نزل {وقاتلوا في سبيل الله} أي لإعلاء دينه {الذين يقاتلونكم} الكفار {ولا تعتدوا} عليهم بالابتداء بالقتال {إن الله لا يحب المعتدين} المتجاوزين ما حد لهم وهذا منسوخ بآية براءة أو بقوله.

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quran:5:87 –

O you who have believed, do not prohibit the good things which Allah has made lawful to you and do not transgress. Indeed, Allah does not like transgressors.  

When a number of Companions resolved to practise fasting and night vigil continuously, and to abstain from women, perfume, consumption of meat, and sleeping on beds, the following was revealed: O you who believe, do not forbid the good things that God has made lawful for you and do not transgress, do ˹not˺ exceed God’s command; God does not love transgressors.
القرآن:٥:٨٧ –

يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا تُحَرِّمُوا طَيِّبَاتِ مَا أَحَلَّ اللَّهُ لَكُمْ وَلَا تَعْتَدُوا ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يُحِبُّ الْمُعْتَدِينَ  

ونزل لما همَّ قوم من الصحابة أن يلازموا الصوم والقيام ولا يقربوا النساء والطيب ولا يأكلوا اللحم ولا يناموا على الفراش {يا أيها الذين آمنوا لا تحرموا طيبات ما أحل الله لكم ولا تعتدوا} تتجاوزوا أمر الله {إن الله لا يحب المعتدين}.