Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: "Upon yourselves"
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Question:
Salih, may Allah preserve you and bless you. A questioner says: What is the meaning of the saying of Allah the Exalted:[Al-Ma'idah 5:105].
Answer:
This indicates that a person should not imitate others in evil deeds or in abandoning obligatory duties. Everyone is responsible for his own actions. So he should not imitate them in abandoning prayer, nor in committing sins, nor in doing forbidden things. Rather, he must follow the Sunnah and do the righteous deeds that Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, has prescribed. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Salih, may Allah preserve you and bless you. A questioner says: What is the meaning of the saying of Allah the Exalted:
O you who have believed, upon you is [responsibility for] yourselves. Those who have gone astray will not harm you when you have been guided. To Allah is you return all together; then He will inform you of what you used to do.
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا عَلَيْكُمْ أَنفُسَكُمْ لَا يَضُرُّكُم مَّن ضَلَّ إِذَا اهْتَدَيْتُمْ إِلَى اللَّهِ مَرْجِعُكُمْ جَمِيعًا فَيُنَبِّئُكُم بِمَا كُنتُمْ تَعْمَلُونَAnswer:
This indicates that a person should not imitate others in evil deeds or in abandoning obligatory duties. Everyone is responsible for his own actions. So he should not imitate them in abandoning prayer, nor in committing sins, nor in doing forbidden things. Rather, he must follow the Sunnah and do the righteous deeds that Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, has prescribed. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you.
Source
قناة «إذاعة القرآن الكريم»، نور على الدرب مع معالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان ح7499 — youtube.com (17:48)
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