What is meant by exaggeration in the saying of Allah the Exalted: “O People of the Book, do not exaggerate in your religion beyond the truth” (Surat al-Ma'idah, verse 77)?
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The questioner:
Our Shaykh, may Allah preserve you, says regarding the saying of Allah the Exalted:[An-Nisa 4:171]. He asks: Is there any exaggeration that is right?
The Shaykh:
Hmm?
The questioner:
He says:[Al-Ma'idah 5:77], he asks: Is there any exaggeration that is right?
The Shaykh:
No, there is no exaggeration that is right; all exaggeration is prohibited and forbidden. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
“Beyond the truth” means that your religion is not the truth. They say that 'Isa is the son of Allah, or that he is Allah, or that he is one of three. Do you say that 'Isa is the son of Allah, or that he is Allah? Yes, or that he is one of three. Or that he is the son of Allah, or that he is Allah. This is because there are three groups among the Christians: some say that Allah is the Messiah, the son of Mary, which is the most severe; then they say the Messiah is the son of Allah. This is also [wrong], for Allah has no son and no partner. This is like the one before it, like the one before it in sin, because Allah has no son, no partner, and no likeness, (Glorified and Exalted is He). Yes.
Our Shaykh, may Allah preserve you, says regarding the saying of Allah the Exalted:
O People of the Scripture, do not commit excess in your religion
يَا أَهْلَ الْكِتَابِ لَا تَغْلُوا فِي دِينِكُمْThe Shaykh:
Hmm?
The questioner:
He says:
O People of the Scripture, do not exceed limits in your religion beyond the truth
يَا أَهْلَ الْكِتَابِ لَا تَغْلُوا فِي دِينِكُمْ غَيْرَ الْحَقِّThe Shaykh:
No, there is no exaggeration that is right; all exaggeration is prohibited and forbidden. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh.
The Shaykh:
“Beyond the truth” means that your religion is not the truth. They say that 'Isa is the son of Allah, or that he is Allah, or that he is one of three. Do you say that 'Isa is the son of Allah, or that he is Allah? Yes, or that he is one of three. Or that he is the son of Allah, or that he is Allah. This is because there are three groups among the Christians: some say that Allah is the Messiah, the son of Mary, which is the most severe; then they say the Messiah is the son of Allah. This is also [wrong], for Allah has no son and no partner. This is like the one before it, like the one before it in sin, because Allah has no son, no partner, and no likeness, (Glorified and Exalted is He). Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما المقصود بالغلو في قوله تعالى ﴿يا أهل الكتاب لا تغلوا في دينكم غير الحقّ﴾سورة المائدة آية 77؟ — youtube.com
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