The Meaning of the Saying of Allah the Exalted: "Say: I do not ask you for any reward for it except affection for those near in kinship"
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Question:
Your Eminence the Shaykh (may Allah preserve you), what is the meaning of the saying of Allah the Exalted:[Ash-Shuraa 42:23]
Answer:
It is to be taken at its apparent meaning. He does not ask them for money. The messengers were sent to convey the message to the people, and he does not ask them for money. Rather, he asks them for affection toward those of kinship, because they are to observe affection toward those of kinship, which is maintaining family ties. So they should not harm him, but rather enable him to convey the call. If they do not have a response, let them maintain family ties. If they do not have agreement with the truth and a desire for the truth, then at the very least, let them observe maintaining family ties from
Your Eminence the Shaykh (may Allah preserve you), what is the meaning of the saying of Allah the Exalted:
Say, [O Muhammad], "I do not ask you for this message any payment [but] only good will through kinship."
قُل لَّا أَسْأَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ أَجْرًا إِلَّا الْمَوَدَّةَ فِي الْقُرْبَىٰAnswer:
It is to be taken at its apparent meaning. He does not ask them for money. The messengers were sent to convey the message to the people, and he does not ask them for money. Rather, he asks them for affection toward those of kinship, because they are to observe affection toward those of kinship, which is maintaining family ties. So they should not harm him, but rather enable him to convey the call. If they do not have a response, let them maintain family ties. If they do not have agreement with the truth and a desire for the truth, then at the very least, let them observe maintaining family ties from
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شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم [ برنامج إذاعي ]، بداية من باب ما يُستدل به على تفسير آله المُصَلَّى عليهم — islamhouse.com (2:47)
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