Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: “Behold, you are the ones who argued on their behalf,” and its application to lawyers
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, the father. The questioner says: Regarding the saying of Allah the Exalted[An-Nisa 4:109], the verse asks: Does this verse apply to lawyers who argue on behalf of the people of falsehood, knowing it to be so, with the intention of earning money?
Answer:
They are the ones intended by the verse; they are the ones intended by the verse. The one who litigates on behalf of a wrongdoer is the one intended by the verse, because the occasion of the revelation of the verse was that a Muslim man stole, and his group wanted to deflect the accusation from him, so they took the stolen goods and placed them in the house of a Jew in order to have the Jew accused. So Allah revealed these verses to exonerate His Messenger from judging the innocent Jew. This is the justice of Islam, whether the person is a Jew or a disbeliever[Al-Ma'idah 5:8] and draw near to righteousness. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, the father. The questioner says: Regarding the saying of Allah the Exalted
Here you are - those who argue on their behalf in [this] worldly life - but who will argue with Allah for them on the Day of Resurrection
هَا أَنتُمْ هَٰؤُلَاءِ جَادَلْتُمْ عَنْهُمْ فِي الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا فَمَن يُجَادِلُ اللَّهَ عَنْهُمْ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِAnswer:
They are the ones intended by the verse; they are the ones intended by the verse. The one who litigates on behalf of a wrongdoer is the one intended by the verse, because the occasion of the revelation of the verse was that a Muslim man stole, and his group wanted to deflect the accusation from him, so they took the stolen goods and placed them in the house of a Jew in order to have the Jew accused. So Allah revealed these verses to exonerate His Messenger from judging the innocent Jew. This is the justice of Islam, whether the person is a Jew or a disbeliever
do not let the hatred of a people prevent you from being just. Be just
وَلَا يَجْرِمَنَّكُمْ شَنَآنُ قَوْمٍ عَلَىٰ أَلَّا تَعْدِلُوا اعْدِلُوا
Source
شرح أخصر المختصرات في الفقه، كتاب القضاء — islamhouse.com (57:28)
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