Was the cause of Yusuf's imprisonment the desire to cut off his news, or was it the women's plot?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: What was the cause of Yusuf's (peace be upon him) imprisonment? Was it that he did not respond to the women, so the wife of the Aziz ordered him to be imprisoned? Or was the cause of the imprisonment that if they imprisoned him, his news would be cut off and people would forget him?
Answer:
No, no. The cause is the women; it is the women's scheme. The cause is the women's scheme. She wanted to vindicate herself by it, so she imprisoned Musa.[Yusuf 12:32] and they will not be among the humiliated, or it is from the women's scheme to show her victory over him. And for this reason, when the king ordered his release and demanded his presence before him.
He said: What is the matter with the women?[Yusuf 12:50] We said: Far be it from Allah! The women [Yusuf 12:51] said: The wife of the Aziz said: Now the truth has become clear. I certainly invited him to immorality, but he refused. So now [Yusuf 12:51] and he is indeed among the truthful. So she said: [Yusuf 12:51] I [Yusuf 12:51] [Yusuf 12:52] Thus the innocence of Yusuf (peace be upon him) became clear, and the woman's scheme became evident. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: What was the cause of Yusuf's (peace be upon him) imprisonment? Was it that he did not respond to the women, so the wife of the Aziz ordered him to be imprisoned? Or was the cause of the imprisonment that if they imprisoned him, his news would be cut off and people would forget him?
Answer:
No, no. The cause is the women; it is the women's scheme. The cause is the women's scheme. She wanted to vindicate herself by it, so she imprisoned Musa.
and if he will not do what I order him, he will surely be imprisoned
وَلَئِن لَّمْ يَفْعَلْ مَا آمُرُهُ لَيُسْجَنَنَّHe said: What is the matter with the women?
said, "Return to your master and ask him what is the case of the women who cut their hands. Indeed, my Lord is Knowing of their plan."
قَالَ ارْجِعْ إِلَىٰ رَبِّكَ فَاسْأَلْهُ مَا بَالُ النِّسْوَةِ اللَّاتِي قَطَّعْنَ أَيْدِيَهُنَّ إِنَّ رَبِّي بِكَيْدِهِنَّ عَلِيمٌThey said, "Perfect is Allah! We know about him no evil."
قُلْنَ حَاشَ لِلَّهِ مَا عَلِمْنَا عَلَيْهِ مِن سُوءٍthe truth has become evident. It was I who sought to seduce him
حَصْحَصَ الْحَقُّ أَنَا رَاوَدتُّهُ عَن نَّفْسِهِThe wife of al-'Azeez said, "Now the truth has become evident.
قَالَتِ امْرَأَتُ الْعَزِيزِ الْآنَ حَصْحَصَ الْحَقُّIt was I who sought to seduce him, and indeed, he is of the truthful.
أَنَا رَاوَدتُّهُ عَن نَّفْسِهِ وَإِنَّهُ لَمِنَ الصَّادِقِينَThat is so al-'Azeez will know that I did not betray him in [his] absence and that Allah does not guide the plan of betrayers.
ذَٰلِكَ لِيَعْلَمَ أَنِّي لَمْ أَخُنْهُ بِالْغَيْبِ وَأَنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَهْدِي كَيْدَ الْخَائِنِينَ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [4120- 4717] هل سبب سجن يوسف إرادة انقطاع خبره أم هو كيد النساء؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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