Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: "You used to cheat yourselves"
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Question:
The saying of Allah the Exalted[Al-Baqarah 2:187] What is meant by "cheat" here?
Answer:
Yes, some of them fell into something forbidden; their desire overcame them and they could not exercise patience, so they had intercourse with their wives. Allah, Mighty and Majestic, forgave what happened and permitted them intercourse at night to remove the hardship from them, and He forgave the transgression that occurred in some of them as a result of their inability to exercise patience.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
The saying of Allah the Exalted
Allah knows that you used to deceive yourselves
عَلِمَ اللَّهُ أَنَّكُمْ كُنتُمْ تَخْتَانُونَ أَنفُسَكُمْAnswer:
Yes, some of them fell into something forbidden; their desire overcame them and they could not exercise patience, so they had intercourse with their wives. Allah, Mighty and Majestic, forgave what happened and permitted them intercourse at night to remove the hardship from them, and He forgave the transgression that occurred in some of them as a result of their inability to exercise patience.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 13 من 27|وقفات مع آيات الصيام| أحكام الدعاء|صالح الفوزان|فقه|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (7:39)
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