Some of the etiquettes and rulings contained in Surat al-Ahzab
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Question:
May Allah reward you and bless you. I forgot the questioner, Honorable Shaykh. He says: Surat al-Ahzab is a great surah that contains a number of noble etiquettes. Perhaps you will remind us and remind the brothers of some of them.
Answer:
Yes, Surat al-Ahzab is a great surah in which Allah mentioned great rulings. He abolished adoption, which existed in the pre-Islamic age of ignorance, where a freed slave would become the son of his master, just like a son by blood. Allah abolished this. He, the Exalted, said:[Al-Ahzab 33:4] And they used to adopt in the pre-Islamic age of ignorance, even those who were not freed slaves; they would adopt whomever they wished from among men, saying, "This is my son; I will inherit from him and he will inherit from me," even though he was a stranger to him. Allah the Exalted said: [Al-Ahzab 33:4] And He proved this by permitting His Prophet to marry the wife of his freed slave, Zayd ibn Harithah (may Allah be pleased with him). If he had been his son, he would not have married his wife, because Allah forbade a father from marrying his son's wife. When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) married the wife of his freed slave, Zayd ibn Harithah, it indicated the abolition of adoption. This verse also included the rights of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) over his Ummah, and that his right over them is that they follow his example: [Al-Ahzab 33:21]. And his right over them is that they do not marry his wives after him, because they are the mothers of the believers, and they are his wives in Paradise. And his right over them is that they send blessings upon him and greet him: [Al-Ahzab 33:56]. And He forbade them from harming the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), so He, the Exalted, said: [Al-Ahzab 33:57].
[Al-Ahzab 33:58] So Allah forbade harming Allah, the Exalted and Majestic, and harming His Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), and harming the believers. Allah, the Exalted and Majestic, is displeased by the deeds of the children of Adam, but He is not harmed, Glorified and Exalted is He.
Allah made clear in this surah, He made clear in this surah, what He tested the believers with on the Day of the Confederates, and the distress that befell the Muslims from the siege of the enemy outside, the treachery of the Jews inside, and the exposure of the hypocrisy of the hypocrites among the ranks of the Muslims in this hardship:[Al-Ahzab 33:12], while the faith of the believers was strengthened. So this is a great surah that contained great events and noble etiquettes; it is truly a great surah. Yes.
May Allah reward you and bless you. I forgot the questioner, Honorable Shaykh. He says: Surat al-Ahzab is a great surah that contains a number of noble etiquettes. Perhaps you will remind us and remind the brothers of some of them.
Answer:
Yes, Surat al-Ahzab is a great surah in which Allah mentioned great rulings. He abolished adoption, which existed in the pre-Islamic age of ignorance, where a freed slave would become the son of his master, just like a son by blood. Allah abolished this. He, the Exalted, said:
And he has not made your adopted sons your [true] sons
وَمَا جَعَلَ أَدْعِيَاءَكُمْ أَبْنَاءَكُمْAnd he has not made your adopted sons your [true] sons. That is [merely] your saying by your mouths, but Allah says the truth, and He guides to the [right] way.
وَمَا جَعَلَ أَدْعِيَاءَكُمْ أَبْنَاءَكُمْ ذَٰلِكُمْ قَوْلُكُم بِأَفْوَاهِكُمْ وَاللَّهُ يَقُولُ الْحَقَّ وَهُوَ يَهْدِي السَّبِيلَThere has certainly been for you in the Messenger of Allah an excellent pattern
لَّقَدْ كَانَ لَكُمْ فِي رَسُولِ اللَّهِ أُسْوَةٌ حَسَنَةٌIndeed, Allah confers blessing upon the Prophet, and His angels [ask Him to do so]. O you who have believed, ask [Allah to confer] blessing upon him and ask [Allah to grant him] peace.
إِنَّ اللَّهَ وَمَلَائِكَتَهُ يُصَلُّونَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا صَلُّوا عَلَيْهِ وَسَلِّمُوا تَسْلِيمًاIndeed, those who abuse Allah and His Messenger - Allah has cursed them in this world and the Hereafter and prepared for them a humiliating punishment.
إِنَّ الَّذِينَ يُؤْذُونَ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ لَعَنَهُمُ اللَّهُ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ وَأَعَدَّ لَهُمْ عَذَابًا مُّهِينًاAnd those who harm believing men and believing women for [something] other than what they have earned have certainly born upon themselves a slander and manifest sin.
وَالَّذِينَ يُؤْذُونَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتِ بِغَيْرِ مَا اكْتَسَبُوا فَقَدِ احْتَمَلُوا بُهْتَانًا وَإِثْمًا مُّبِينًاAllah made clear in this surah, He made clear in this surah, what He tested the believers with on the Day of the Confederates, and the distress that befell the Muslims from the siege of the enemy outside, the treachery of the Jews inside, and the exposure of the hypocrisy of the hypocrites among the ranks of the Muslims in this hardship:
And [remember] when the hypocrites and those in whose hearts is disease said, "Allah and His Messenger did not promise us except delusion,"
وَإِذْ يَقُولُ الْمُنَافِقُونَ وَالَّذِينَ فِي قُلُوبِهِم مَّرَضٌ مَّا وَعَدَنَا اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ إِلَّا غُرُورًا
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 6613- بعض الآداب والأحكام التي تضمنتها سورة الأحزاب - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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