The Implication of the Saying of Allah the Exalted: "And cooperate in righteousness and piety"

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Question:
The questioner: May Allah preserve you. A brother named Abu 'Abdullah from Riyadh asks: Regarding the saying of Allah the Exalted,

in righteousness and piety, but do not cooperate in sin and aggression

عَلَى الْبِرِّ وَالتَّقْوَىٰ وَلَا تَعَاوَنُوا عَلَى الْإِثْمِ وَالْعُدْوَانِ

[Al-Ma'idah 5:2]

, what is the requirement of this noble verse concerning cooperation among Muslims?

Answer:

⁽¹⁾ In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful. ⁽²⁾ [All] praise is [due] to Allah, Lord of the worlds -

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ

[Al-Fatihah 1:1-2]

May Allah send prayers and peace upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. In this noble verse, Allah the Majestic and Exalted commands His servants to cooperate in righteousness and piety. Righteousness is the deeds of good, the righteous deeds. And piety is the fear of Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, by obeying His commands and leaving His prohibitions, hoping for His reward and fearing His punishment,

but do not cooperate in sin

وَلَا تَعَاوَنُوا عَلَى الْإِثْمِ

[Al-Ma'idah 5:2]

. And sin is all the disobedience that makes its doers sinful, so it is called sin.

but do not cooperate in sin and aggression

وَلَا تَعَاوَنُوا عَلَى الْإِثْمِ وَالْعُدْوَانِ

[Al-Ma'idah 5:2]

And aggression is all its types: aggression against the rights of Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, and aggression against people and seeking to deceive them. So righteousness and piety, and sin and aggression, are opposites. Some of it is in good, and some of it is in evil. Allah the Majestic and Exalted has commanded cooperation in good and forbidden cooperation in evil, and in all that contains sin from the transgressions. Yes.

The presenter:
May Allah bless you.

Source قناة «مؤسسة الدعوة الخيرية»، فتاوى على الهواء الشيخ الفوزان 15-07- 1438هـ. — youtube.com (1:11)

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