Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: "And whoever follows a path other than the path of the believers"
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Question:
Allah the Exalted says: "And whoever follows a path other than the path of the believers"[An-Nisa 4:115] and He says: [Yusuf 12:108] Does one of these two verses explain the other?
Answer:
"Follows a path other than the path of the believers" — this refers to consensus (ijma'). The scholars cited this as evidence for the prohibition of contradicting the consensus of the scholars of the Muslims. Whoever contradicts the consensus is threatened with what is in this verse:[An-Nisa 4:115]. As for this, "path" (sabil) — the word "sabil" means "path."
Allah the Exalted says: "And whoever follows a path other than the path of the believers"
and follows other than the way of the believers
وَيَتَّبِعْ غَيْرَ سَبِيلِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَSay, "This is my way; I invite to Allah
قُلْ هَٰذِهِ سَبِيلِي أَدْعُو إِلَى اللَّهِAnswer:
"Follows a path other than the path of the believers" — this refers to consensus (ijma'). The scholars cited this as evidence for the prohibition of contradicting the consensus of the scholars of the Muslims. Whoever contradicts the consensus is threatened with what is in this verse:
We will give him what he has taken and drive him into Hell, and evil it is as a destination.
نُوَلِّهِ مَا تَوَلَّىٰ وَنُصْلِهِ جَهَنَّمَ وَسَاءَتْ مَصِيرًا
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