The Meaning of Zoor and Laghw in the Attributes of the Servants of Allah
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The Shaykh:
Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
The questioner:
May Allah bless you. This is Abu Hasan from Abha. He says: Among the attributes of the believers mentioned in the saying of Allah the Exalted,[Al-Furqan 25:72], he asks, may Allah bless you, what is the zoor intended in this verse? What is its ruling? And what do you advise Muslims regarding it?
The Shaykh:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. This verse is among the attributes of the believers, the servants of Allah whom Allah mentioned, or rather, which Allah mentioned in the end of Surat al-Furqan. They do not witness zoor. The zoor intended here is the festivals of the disbelievers, meaning they do not attend them. This indicates the prohibition of attending the festivals of the disbelievers, because attending them constitutes approval of them. So they do not attend them. The second attribute is that when they pass by laghw, gatherings containing laghw, containing ghibah, containing namimah, containing forbidden speech, containing the display of wicked films, and so on, they do not sit in them. Rather, they pass by and do not sit in them. They honor themselves by not sitting in them, and they do not stain themselves by sitting with their people.
In the other verse,[Al-Qasas 28:55], they turn away from it. They do not pay attention to it, whether in speech, or in anything false in songs, in musical instruments. They turn away [Al-Qasas 28:55]. These are the attributes of the servants of Allah: that they elevate themselves above gatherings of evil, and they elevate themselves above participating with the disbelievers in their festivals and their specific rituals. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Peace be upon you, and the mercy of Allah and His blessings.
The questioner:
May Allah bless you. This is Abu Hasan from Abha. He says: Among the attributes of the believers mentioned in the saying of Allah the Exalted,
And [they are] those who do not testify to falsehood, and when they pass near ill speech, they pass by with dignity.
وَالَّذِينَ لَا يَشْهَدُونَ الزُّورَ وَإِذَا مَرُّوا بِاللَّغْوِ مَرُّوا كِرَامًاThe Shaykh:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, Lord of the worlds, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. This verse is among the attributes of the believers, the servants of Allah whom Allah mentioned, or rather, which Allah mentioned in the end of Surat al-Furqan. They do not witness zoor. The zoor intended here is the festivals of the disbelievers, meaning they do not attend them. This indicates the prohibition of attending the festivals of the disbelievers, because attending them constitutes approval of them. So they do not attend them. The second attribute is that when they pass by laghw, gatherings containing laghw, containing ghibah, containing namimah, containing forbidden speech, containing the display of wicked films, and so on, they do not sit in them. Rather, they pass by and do not sit in them. They honor themselves by not sitting in them, and they do not stain themselves by sitting with their people.
In the other verse,
And when they hear ill speech
وَإِذَا سَمِعُوا اللَّغْوَfrom it and say, "For us are our deeds, and for you are your deeds
عَنْهُ وَقَالُوا لَنَا أَعْمَالُنَا وَلَكُمْ أَعْمَالُكُمْThe presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 02/264 — archive.org (0:54)
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