Is the statement of Allah the Exalted: “And do not throw your own hands into destruction” specific to not spending in the cause of Allah?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: I read in the books of tafsir (Qur'anic exegesis) that the meaning of the saying of Allah the Exalted,[Al-Baqarah 2:195], is that it is not spending in the cause of Allah. Is the meaning limited to that?
Answer:
No, but it is, but it is, but it is among the throwing of oneself into destruction: abandoning jihad in the cause of Allah. This is one of the types of throwing oneself into destruction, and it is also the occasion of revelation. As al-Mubashshir mentioned, the occasion of revelation was that some of the Companions wanted to occupy themselves with their wealth and crops and abandon jihad. Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, said:[Al-Baqarah 2:195] So abandoning jihad is destruction.
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: I read in the books of tafsir (Qur'anic exegesis) that the meaning of the saying of Allah the Exalted,
and do not throw [yourselves] with your [own] hands into destruction [by refraining]
وَلَا تُلْقُوا بِأَيْدِيكُمْ إِلَى التَّهْلُكَةِAnswer:
No, but it is, but it is, but it is among the throwing of oneself into destruction: abandoning jihad in the cause of Allah. This is one of the types of throwing oneself into destruction, and it is also the occasion of revelation. As al-Mubashshir mentioned, the occasion of revelation was that some of the Companions wanted to occupy themselves with their wealth and crops and abandon jihad. Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, said:
and do not throw [yourselves] with your [own] hands into destruction [by refraining]
وَلَا تُلْقُوا بِأَيْدِيكُمْ إِلَى التَّهْلُكَةِ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [2380- 4717] هل قوله تعالى: ﴿ولا تلقوا بأيديكم إلى التّهلكة﴾ خاص بعدم الإنفاق في سبيل الله؟ — youtube.com
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