What is the meaning of the saying of Allah the Exalted: “And those who intend to enter the Sacred House”?
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Question:
May Allah bless you. What is the meaning of the saying of Allah the Exalted:[Al-Ma'idah 5:2]
Answer:
Those who intend to go, meaning those who intend to go to the Sacred House. It is not permissible for anyone to prevent them. It is obligatory to allow anyone who comes to the Sacred Mosque to reach it, except if he is a mushrik (one who associates partners with Allah). It is not permissible to allow a mushrik to enter the Haram. The saying of Allah the Exalted:[At-Tawbah 9:28] [At-Tawbah 9:28]. As for the Muslims, it is not permissible for anyone to prevent them from reaching the Sacred Mosque.
May Allah bless you. What is the meaning of the saying of Allah the Exalted:
[violate the safety of] those coming to the Sacred House
وَلَا آمِّينَ الْبَيْتَ الْحَرَامَAnswer:
Those who intend to go, meaning those who intend to go to the Sacred House. It is not permissible for anyone to prevent them. It is obligatory to allow anyone who comes to the Sacred Mosque to reach it, except if he is a mushrik (one who associates partners with Allah). It is not permissible to allow a mushrik to enter the Haram. The saying of Allah the Exalted:
O you who have believed, indeed the polytheists are unclean
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا إِنَّمَا الْمُشْرِكُونَ نَجَسٌso let them not approach al-Masjid al-Haram after this, their [final] year
فَلَا يَقْرَبُوا الْمَسْجِدَ الْحَرَامَ بَعْدَ عَامِهِمْ هَٰذَا
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما معنى قوله تعالى ﴿ولا آمين البيت الحرام﴾؟ للشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com
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