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Chapter 5: Surah <strong>al</strong>-Ma’idah<br />
Abu’l-Rabi‘ and by Bukhari from Abu Nu‘man and both Abu’l-Rabi‘ and Abu Nu‘man narrated it from<br />
Hammad.<br />
Abu ‘Abd <strong>Al</strong>lah Muhammad ibn Ibrahim <strong>al</strong>-Muzakki informed us> Abu ‘Amr ibn Matar> Abu Kh<strong>al</strong>ifah><br />
Abu’l-W<strong>al</strong>id Shu‘bah> Abu Ishaq> <strong>al</strong>-Bara’ ibn ‘Azib who said: “A group of Companions of the Prophet,<br />
<strong>Al</strong>lah bless him and give him peace, died while still drinking wine. When intoxicants were made unlawful,<br />
some said: ‘What will happen to our companions <strong>The</strong>y have died while still drinking wine’. And so<br />
this verse was reve<strong>al</strong>ed: (<strong>The</strong>re sh<strong>al</strong>l be no sin (imputed) unto those who believe and do good works for what<br />
they may have eaten (in the past))”. 35<br />
(Say: <strong>The</strong> evil and the good are not <strong>al</strong>ike…) [5:100].<br />
<strong>Al</strong>-Hakim Abu ‘Abd <strong>al</strong>-Rahman <strong>al</strong>-Shadhyakhi informed us> <strong>al</strong>-Hakim Abu ‘Abd <strong>Al</strong>lah Muhammad ibn<br />
‘Ubayd <strong>Al</strong>lah <strong>al</strong>-Bayyi‘> Muhammad ibn <strong>al</strong>-Qasim <strong>al</strong>-Mu’addib> Muhammad ibn Ya‘qub <strong>al</strong>-Razi> Idris<br />
ibn ‘<strong>Al</strong>i <strong>al</strong>-Razi> Yahya ibn <strong>al</strong>-Durays> Sufyan> Muhammad ibn Suqah> Muhammad ibn <strong>al</strong>-Munkadir><br />
Jabir who reported that the Prophet, <strong>Al</strong>lah bless him and give him peace, said: “<strong>Al</strong>lah, glorious and<br />
majestic is He, has made unlawful for you the worship of idols, the consumption of intoxicants and the<br />
slandering of lineages. Indeed, cursed is the one who drinks wine, and cursed is the one who presses the<br />
grapes from which it is made, cursed is the one who serves it and cursed is the one who uses the money<br />
gotten from selling it”. A Bedouin stood up and said: “O Messenger of <strong>Al</strong>lah, trading in wine used to be<br />
my job and I made some money from it, will that money be of any benefit to me if I used it in <strong>Al</strong>lah’s<br />
obedience” <strong>The</strong> Prophet, <strong>Al</strong>lah bless him and give him peace, answered him: “It would not benefit you<br />
a bit if you were to spend it on pilgrimage, Jihad or charity, for <strong>Al</strong>lah does not accept except that which is<br />
wholesome”. Confirming the words of His Messenger, <strong>Al</strong>lah bless him and give him peace, <strong>Al</strong>lah, ex<strong>al</strong>ted<br />
is He, reve<strong>al</strong>ed (Say: <strong>The</strong> evil and the good are not <strong>al</strong>ike even though the plenty of the evil attrac thee).<br />
(O ye who believe! Ask not of things which, if they were made unto you, would trouble<br />
you…) [5:101].<br />
‘Amr ibn ‘Amr <strong>al</strong>-Muzakki informed us> Muhammad ibn Makki> Muhammad ibn Yusuf> Muhammad<br />
ibn Isma‘il Bukhari> <strong>al</strong>-Fadl ibn Sahl> Abu’l-Nadr> Abu Khaythamah> Abu Juwayriyyah> Ibn ‘Abbas<br />
who said: “Some people used to put questions to the Prophet, <strong>Al</strong>lah bless him and give him peace, to<br />
mock him. One would ask him: ‘Who is my father’ and another who has lost his camel: ‘Where is my<br />
camel’ And so <strong>Al</strong>lah, ex<strong>al</strong>ted is He, reve<strong>al</strong>ed about them this verse (O ye who believe! Ask not of things<br />
which, if they were made unto you, would trouble you) up to the end of the verse”. 36<br />
Abu Sa‘id <strong>al</strong>-Nasruyiyy informed us> Abu Bakr <strong>al</strong>-Qati‘i> ‘Abd <strong>Al</strong>lah ibn Ahmad ibn Hanb<strong>al</strong>> Ahmad<br />
ibn Hanb<strong>al</strong>> Mansur ibn Wardan <strong>al</strong>-Asdi> ‘<strong>Al</strong>i ibn ‘Abd <strong>al</strong>-A‘la> his father> Abu’l-Bukhturi> ‘<strong>Al</strong>i ibn Abi<br />
T<strong>al</strong>ib, may <strong>Al</strong>lah be well pleased with him, who said: “When the verse (And pilgrimage to the House is a<br />
duty unto <strong>Al</strong>lah for mankind) [3:97], people asked: ‘O Messenger of <strong>Al</strong>lah, is it every year’ He did not<br />
answer but they asked him again: ‘Is it every year’ He kept silent. When they asked him the fourth time<br />
he said: ‘No! But if I had said ‘yes!’ it would have been incumbent upon you to go to pilgrimage every<br />
year’. Following this, <strong>Al</strong>lah, ex<strong>al</strong>ted is He, reve<strong>al</strong>ed (O ye who believe! Ask not of things which, if they were<br />
made unto you, would trouble you)”. 37<br />
35<br />
Durr, :172-173; Tabari, :37.<br />
36<br />
Tabari, :80.<br />
37<br />
Durr, :206; Tabari, :82; Qurtubi, :330-331.<br />
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