The Inclusion of the Corrupters in the Saying of Allah the Exalted: “Those whose efforts have gone astray”
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Does the statement of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He)[Al-Kahf 18:104] include these corrupters who commit acts of corruption and kill, or is the verse specific to the polytheists only?
Answer:
The default ruling is that it refers to the disbelievers, but these people are included in it. They fall under its general scope according to the magnitude of their crime, but they are not like the disbelievers in every respect. However, they share with them the fact that they think they are doing a good deed, even though they are not on the right path. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Does the statement of Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He)
[They are] those whose effort is lost in worldly life, while they think that they are doing well in work."
الَّذِينَ ضَلَّ سَعْيُهُمْ فِي الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا وَهُمْ يَحْسَبُونَ أَنَّهُمْ يُحْسِنُونَ صُنْعًاAnswer:
The default ruling is that it refers to the disbelievers, but these people are included in it. They fall under its general scope according to the magnitude of their crime, but they are not like the disbelievers in every respect. However, they share with them the fact that they think they are doing a good deed, even though they are not on the right path. Yes.
Source
الفوزان -أشرطة- شرح زاد المستقنع مع الأسئلة - 091-كتاب الجنايات - ديات النفس — archive.org (24:05)
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