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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Is the saying of Allah the Exalted, “There is no blame on those who believe and do righteous deeds for what they have eaten…,” specific or general?

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Question:
I ask Allah for you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says regarding the saying of Allah the Exalted
There is not upon those who believe and do righteousness [any] blame concerning what they have eaten [in the past] if they [now] fear Allah and believe and do righteous deedsلَيْسَ عَلَى الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ جُنَاحٌ فِيمَا طَعِمُوا إِذَا مَا اتَّقَوا وَّآمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا الصَّالِحَاتِ
[Al-Ma'idah 5:93]
He asks: Is this verse specific to its occasion of revelation? Or is it possible to derive from the generality of its wording the concept of the opposite, that those who disbelieved have blame for what they eat?

Answer:
After the revelation of the verse and the prohibition of intoxicants, it is not permissible for anyone to consume intoxicants thereafter. The verse was revealed concerning those who drank intoxicants before they were prohibited and died. When the prohibition of intoxicants was revealed, some Muslims regretted their relatives who had been drinking it and died in that state. So Allah reassured them and negated the blame.
Regarding the dead who died before intoxicants were forbidden, there is no blame on them for what they consumed, meaning for what passed by in what they consumed. He said: it is regarding what they will consume in the future. And so, when some individuals cited this verse as evidence during the time of 'Umar ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him), and they said, "The believing, God-fearing person is not harmed by drinking intoxicants,"
There is not upon those who believe andلَيْسَ عَلَى الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا وَعَمِلُوا
[Al-Ma'idah 5:93]
the righteous
righteousness [any] blame concerning what they have eaten [in the past] if they [now] fear Allah and believeالصَّالِحَاتِ جُنَاحٌ فِيمَا طَعِمُوا إِذَا مَا اتَّقَوا وَّآمَنُوا
[Al-Ma'idah 5:93]
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They said: “We are believers and God-fearing,” and they drank it based on this understanding. 'Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) consulted the Companions regarding these people, and they said: “Summon them. If they acknowledge its prohibition, flog them with the hadd for intoxicants. If they consider it permissible, kill them.” If they consider it permissible, they must be killed, because this is apostasy. But if they acknowledge its prohibition but interpret it and understand it incorrectly from the verse, then the hadd is applied to them. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [1969- 4717] هل قوله تعالى ﴿ليس على الذين آمنوا وعملوا الصالحات جناحٌ فيما طعموا ..﴾ خاصة أم عامة؟ — youtube.com

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