Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: “And fight them until there is no fitnah (trial, discord or temptation)”
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: His saying, Glorified and Exalted is He,[Al-Anfal 8:39] What is the interpretation of this verse? And what is meant by fitnah (trial, discord or temptation)?
Answer:
Shirk (associating partners with Allah). Fight the mushrikin (those who associate partners with Allah) until there is no shirk and the religion is for Allah. This is the purpose of jihad (struggle in the path of Allah) against the disbelievers: that there be no shirk and that the religion be for Allah, Mighty and Majestic. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. This questioner says: His saying, Glorified and Exalted is He,
And fight them until there is no fitnah and [until] the religion, all of it, is for Allah.
وَقَاتِلُوهُمْ حَتَّىٰ لَا تَكُونَ فِتْنَةٌ وَيَكُونَ الدِّينُ كُلُّهُ لِلَّهِAnswer:
Shirk (associating partners with Allah). Fight the mushrikin (those who associate partners with Allah) until there is no shirk and the religion is for Allah. This is the purpose of jihad (struggle in the path of Allah) against the disbelievers: that there be no shirk and that the religion be for Allah, Mighty and Majestic. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 53 من 86 /شرح كتاب إغاثة اللهفان في مصائد الشيطان/صوت المعازف/صالح الفوزان/العقيدة/كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:09:25)
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