Al-W¥^idÏ's Asb¥b al-Nuz‰l - The Royal Islamic Strategic Studies ...
Al-W¥^idÏ's Asb¥b al-Nuz‰l - The Royal Islamic Strategic Studies ...
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Chapter 36: Surah Ya Sin<br />
In the name of <strong>Al</strong>lah, the Beneficent, the Merciful<br />
(Lo! We it is Who bring the dead to life. We record that which they send before them, and their<br />
footprints…) [36:12].<br />
Abu Sa‘id <strong>al</strong>-Khudri said: “<strong>The</strong> Banu S<strong>al</strong>amah were settled at one extremity of Medina and wanted to<br />
move closer to the mosque [of the Prophet]. This verse was then reve<strong>al</strong>ed (Lo! We it is Who bring the dead<br />
to life. We record that which they send before them, and their footprints…), and so the Prophet, <strong>Al</strong>lah bless<br />
him and give him peace, said to them: ‘Your footprints are recorded, why then do you want to move’ ” 1<br />
<strong>The</strong> prophetic descendent Isma‘il ibn <strong>al</strong>-Hasan ibn Muhammad ibn <strong>al</strong>-Hasan Tabari informed us> his<br />
grandfather> ‘Abd <strong>Al</strong>lah ibn Muhammad ibn <strong>al</strong>-Sharqi> ‘Abd <strong>al</strong>-Rahman ibn Bishr> ‘Abd <strong>al</strong>-Razzaq><br />
<strong>al</strong>-Thawri> Sa‘id ibn Turayf> Abu Nadrah> Abu Sa‘id who said: “<strong>The</strong> Banu S<strong>al</strong>amah complained to the<br />
Messenger, <strong>Al</strong>lah bless him and give him peace, about the remoteness of their homes from the mosque.<br />
<strong>Al</strong>lah, ex<strong>al</strong>ted is He, then reve<strong>al</strong>ed (We record that which they send before them…) upon which the Prophet,<br />
<strong>Al</strong>lah bless him and give him peace, said: ‘Do not move from your homes. Your footprints are recorded<br />
for you in your favour’ ”.<br />
(Who will revive these bones when they have rotted away) [36:78].<br />
<strong>The</strong> commentators of the Qur’an said: “Ubayy ibn Kh<strong>al</strong>af went to the Prophet, <strong>Al</strong>lah bless him and give<br />
him peace, with a decayed bone and said to him: ‘O Muhammad, do you think that <strong>Al</strong>lah will bring back<br />
to life this decayed bone’ He said: ‘Yes, He will, and He will <strong>al</strong>so resurrect you and cast you in hellfire’.<br />
<strong>Al</strong>lah, ex<strong>al</strong>ted is He, then reve<strong>al</strong>ed these verses (And he hath coined for Us a similitude, and hath forgotten<br />
the fac of his creation, saying: Who will revive these bones when they have rotted away...) [36:78-79]”. 2<br />
Sa‘id ibn Muhammad ibn Ja‘far informed us> Abu ‘<strong>Al</strong>i ibn Abi Bakr <strong>al</strong>-Faqih> Ahmad ibn <strong>al</strong>-Husayn ibn<br />
<strong>al</strong>-Junayd> Ziyad ibn Ayyub> Hushaym> Husayn> Abu M<strong>al</strong>ik who said: “Ubayy ibn Kh<strong>al</strong>af <strong>al</strong>-Jumahi<br />
went to the Messenger of <strong>Al</strong>lah, <strong>Al</strong>lah bless him and give him peace, with a decayed bone which he<br />
crushed in his hand and then said: ‘O Muhammad, will <strong>Al</strong>lah resurrect this now that it has become dust’<br />
He said: ‘Yes, <strong>Al</strong>lah will resurrect it; he will <strong>al</strong>so make you die, bring you back to life and then cast you in<br />
the fire of Gehenna’. This verse was then reve<strong>al</strong>ed”.<br />
1<br />
Tabari, :154; Qurtubi, :12; Durr, :46.<br />
2<br />
Durr, :74.
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