Exegesis of "And do not purchase a small price for My verses"
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The first question of Fatwa No. ( 6450 ):
Q1: I have a problem with the exegesis of a Qur'anic verse, which is:[Al-Baqarah 2:41] . I ask you, may Allah reward you, to have the honor of explaining it in detail?
A1 : Ibn Kathir (may Allah have mercy on him) said in explaining the exegesis of this phrase about which the question was asked: He says: Do not exchange faith in My verses and belief in My Messenger for the world and its desires, for it is little and perishable. He also said: In [Sunan Abu Dawud ] it is narrated from Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Mishkat al-Masabih 227 . As for teaching knowledge for a wage, if it has become obligatory upon him, it is not permissible for him to take a wage for it, and it is permissible for him to take from the public treasury what suffices for his condition and his dependents. If he does not get anything from it and teaching prevents him from earning a livelihood, then it is as if it had not become obligatory upon him. And if it has not become obligatory upon him, then it is permissible for him to take a wage for it according to Malik and al-Shafi'i and Ahmad and the majority of scholars, as in [Sahih al-Bukhari ] from Abu Sa'id in the story of the one who was bitten: "The most deserving of what you take a wage for is the Book
of Allah," and his saying (peace and blessings be upon him) in the story of the one who was asked to marry:Sunan Abi Dawud 2111Sahih (Al-Albani) . As for the hadith of 'Ubadah ibn al-Samit that he taught a man from the people of the mosque porch some of the Qur'an, so he gave him a bow as a gift, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) asked about it and said: It was narrated by Abu Dawud , and a similar one was narrated from Ubayy ibn Ka'b as marfu' (traced to the Prophet). If its chain is authentic, then his leaving it is understood by many scholars, - among them Abu 'Umar ibn 'Abd al-Barr - to mean that since he taught it for the sake of Allah, it was not permissible for him to exchange the reward of Allah for that bow. As for if it was from the beginning for teaching for a wage, then it is valid, as in the hadith of the one who was bitten and the hadith of Sahl regarding the one who was asked to marry. And Allah knows best. And success is from Allah. And may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and his Companions.
Q1: I have a problem with the exegesis of a Qur'anic verse, which is:
And do not exchange My signs for a small price
وَلاَ تَشْتَرُوا بِآيَاتِي ثَمَنًا قَلِيلاA1 : Ibn Kathir (may Allah have mercy on him) said in explaining the exegesis of this phrase about which the question was asked: He says: Do not exchange faith in My verses and belief in My Messenger for the world and its desires, for it is little and perishable. He also said: In [Sunan Abu Dawud ] it is narrated from Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
If anyone acquires knowledge of things by which God’s good pleasure is sought, but acquires it only to get some worldly advantage, he will not experience the ‘arf , i.e. the odour, of paradise on the day of resurrection.
من تعلم علمًا يبتغي به وجه الله لا يتعلمه إلاَّ ليصيب به عرضًا من الدنيا لم يرح رائحة الجنة يوم القيامةof Allah," and his saying (peace and blessings be upon him) in the story of the one who was asked to marry:
I have given you her in marriage for the part of the Qur'an which you know.
زوجتكها بما معك من القرآنIf you love to be girdled with a bow of fire, then accept it
إن أحببت أن تطوق بقوس من نار فاقبله
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