Jealousy and Zeal Among the People of the Pre-Islamic Age of Ignorance
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Question:
It was asked of the wise man: Is the intended meaning of the zeal of the disbelievers that it is zeal in response to a bad answer? And if that is correct, how do you reconcile their aversion to it with what is reported regarding the wise man’s intense jealousy and zeal?
Answer:
Yes, the intensity of jealousy and zeal in matters other than others, do they consider it an act of worship? Satan made it attractive to them that exposing the private parts is an act of worship and a means of drawing near to Allah the Exalted and Majestic.[Al-A'raf 7:28] They said, and it is exposing the private part, [Al-A'raf 7:28] [Al-Baqarah 2:80], and as for the woman, she used to place straps, the man would circumambulate naked, and the woman would place straps on her private part, something like straps and ropes, and she did not cover herself, she did not cover herself.
It was asked of the wise man: Is the intended meaning of the zeal of the disbelievers that it is zeal in response to a bad answer? And if that is correct, how do you reconcile their aversion to it with what is reported regarding the wise man’s intense jealousy and zeal?
Answer:
Yes, the intensity of jealousy and zeal in matters other than others, do they consider it an act of worship? Satan made it attractive to them that exposing the private parts is an act of worship and a means of drawing near to Allah the Exalted and Majestic.
And when they commit an immorality
وَإِذَا فَعَلُوا فَاحِشَةًthey say, "We found our fathers doing it, and Allah has ordered us to do it." Say, "Indeed, Allah does not order immorality. Do you say about Allah
قَالُوا وَجَدْنَا عَلَيْهَا آبَاءَنَا وَاللَّهُ أَمَرَنَا بِهَا قُلْ إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَأْمُرُ بِالْفَحْشَاءِ أَتَقُولُونَ عَلَى اللَّهِthat which you do not know?"
مَا لَا تَعْلَمُونَ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 92 من 175 /شرح بلوغ المرام/الحج/فضله وبيان من فرض عليه/صالح الفوزان/الحديث/كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:06:40)
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