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Explanation of the Jews' evasion of the Shari'ah rulings and the meaning of the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)

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The Shaykh : You know the story of the Jews and their hunting on the Sabbath through the method of evasion, and this is mentioned in the Noble Qur'an. There is a hadith that may be unknown to some, in which he (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
May Allah curse the Jews. The fats were forbidden to them, so they rendered them, then sold them, and they ate their price. And indeed, when Allah forbids the eating of something, He forbids its price. لعن الله اليهود حرّمت عليهم الشّحوم فجملوها ثمّ باعوها و أكلوا أثمانها و إنّ الله إذا حرّم أكل شيء حرّم ثمنه
The point of interest is his saying (peace and blessings be upon him):
They rendered them جملوها
meaning they took the fats which were forbidden in their belief. These fats are forbidden, and this is explicitly stated in the Noble Qur'an:
For wrongdoing on the part of the Jews, We made unlawful for them [certain] good foods which had been lawful to them فبظلم من الّذين هادوا حرّمنا عليهم طيّبات أحلّت لهم
[An-Nisa 4:160]
Another verse explicitly mentions the fats, the intestines, and the like. They believed that eating these fats was not permissible. So what did they do? They took them and threw them into the pots and lit a fire underneath them, so they took on another form. Satan made this form attractive to them, suggesting that the ruling had changed and the prohibition had ceased, because this was no longer the fat that Allah had forbidden in the Noble Qur'an. So the Messenger cursed them with explicit text:
Let there be the curse of Allah upon the Jews that fat was declared forbidden for them, but they melted it لعن الله اليهود حرّمت عليهم الشّحوم فجملوها
Sahih Muslim 1582a
meaning they melted them
they sold them and they enjoyed the price they received for them. When Allah declared eating of thing forbidden for the people, He declares it price also forbidden for them. ثمّ باعوها و أكلوا أثمانها و إنّ الله إذا حرّم أكل شيء حرّم ثمنه
Sunan Abi Dawud 3488Sahih (Al-Albani)
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Source alathar.net

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