Are there two or three opinions regarding the saying of Allah the Exalted: "Like those before them"?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: Ibn Kathir (may Allah have mercy on him) transmitted from Ibn 'Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) in his interpretation of the saying of Allah the Exalted[Al-Hashr 59:15] that he meant the Banu Qaynuqa'. Is this a third opinion? The first opinion is that they are the Banu Nadir, and the second opinion is that they are the disbelievers of Badr.
Answer:
There are two opinions; there is no second opinion [in the sense of a third]. There are two opinions: that they refer to the people of Badr, the disbelievers of Badr, and the second opinion is that they refer to the Banu Qaynuqa'. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: Ibn Kathir (may Allah have mercy on him) transmitted from Ibn 'Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) in his interpretation of the saying of Allah the Exalted
[Theirs is] like the example of those shortly before them
كَمَثَلِ الَّذِينَ مِن قَبْلِهِمْAnswer:
There are two opinions; there is no second opinion [in the sense of a third]. There are two opinions: that they refer to the people of Badr, the disbelievers of Badr, and the second opinion is that they refer to the Banu Qaynuqa'. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [1521- 4717] هل في قوله تعالى:﴿كمثل الذين من قبلهم ﴾ قولان أم ثلاثة؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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