Does the exception in the verse “except the weak” mean that they were not sincere in their claim of weakness?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: In the beginning of the verse, Allah informed us that they said, "We are[An-Nisa 4:97]," and then at the end of the verses, He the Exalted clarified that the excused ones are those regarding whom He said, "except the weak ones." The question is: Does that mean they were not sincere in their claim of being weak?
Answer:
My brother, we have repeated this more than once. We said that these people are not excused, because they stayed without an excuse; rather, they were stingy in their homeland and their country. As for those others, they stayed with an excuse; they[An-Nisa 4:98]. There is a difference between these and those. These people stayed while they were able to migrate, and those others were not able to migrate. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: In the beginning of the verse, Allah informed us that they said, "We are
We were oppressed in the land
كُنَّا مُسْتَضْعَفِينَ فِي الْأَرْضِAnswer:
My brother, we have repeated this more than once. We said that these people are not excused, because they stayed without an excuse; rather, they were stingy in their homeland and their country. As for those others, they stayed with an excuse; they
cannot devise a plan nor are they directed to a way -
يَسْتَطِيعُونَ حِيلَةً وَلَا يَهْتَدُونَ سَبِيلًا
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل معنى الاستثناء في الآية ﴿إلا الْمسْتضْعفين﴾ أنهم كانوا غير صادقين في ادعاء الاستضعاف؟ — youtube.com
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