What is the interpretation of the saying of Allah the Exalted: “except one who turns away to fight or one who takes refuge with a group”?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the meaning or interpretation of the saying of the Exalted:[Al-Anfal 8:16]?
Answer:
It means you turn away to fight on the side of the other army, or you help the Muslims who have been overcome by their enemy, so you support them and strive in jihad with them, turning away with them[Al-Anfal 8:16] to a group of Muslims who help you. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the meaning or interpretation of the saying of the Exalted:
unless swerving [as a strategy] for war or joining [another] company
إِلَّا مُتَحَرِّفًا لِّقِتَالٍ أَوْ مُتَحَيِّزًا إِلَىٰ فِئَةٍAnswer:
It means you turn away to fight on the side of the other army, or you help the Muslims who have been overcome by their enemy, so you support them and strive in jihad with them, turning away with them
or joining [another] company
أَوْ مُتَحَيِّزًا إِلَىٰ فِئَةٍ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3436/3178] ما تفسير قوله تعالى: إلا متحرفاً لقتال أو متحيزاً إلى فئة؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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