The Transformation of the People of the Sabbath: Did It Include Those Who Did Not Disobey?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: Did the transformation of the People of the Sabbath apply only to those among the Children of Israel who schemed and dug the holes, or did it also include those who did not disobey, as was narrated from Ibn Abbas?
Answer:
[Al-A'raf 7:164-165] When the punishment came, Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He) mentioned that He took those who schemed against the command of Allah, and He saved those who forbade evil. He was silent regarding those who remained silent and did not condemn it; He was silent about them, so it is not known whether they are with the saved or with the perished. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: Did the transformation of the People of the Sabbath apply only to those among the Children of Israel who schemed and dug the holes, or did it also include those who did not disobey, as was narrated from Ibn Abbas?
Answer:
(164) And when a community among them said, "Why do you advise [or warn] a people whom Allah is [about] to destroy or to punish with a severe punishment?" they [the advisors] said, "To be absolved before your Lord and perhaps they may fear Him."
وَإِذْ قَالَتْ أُمَّةٌ مِّنْهُمْ لِمَ تَعِظُونَ قَوْمًا اللَّهُ مُهْلِكُهُمْ أَوْ مُعَذِّبُهُمْ عَذَابًا شَدِيدًا قَالُوا مَعْذِرَةً إِلَىٰ رَبِّكُمْ وَلَعَلَّهُمْ يَتَّقُونَ فَلَمَّا
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، تتمة فصل وقد أخبر - صلى لله عليه وسلم - أن طائفة من أمته تستحل الربا باسم البيع — islamhouse.com (1:03:45)
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