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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Exegesis of the Qur'an by the Prophetic Sunnah, with examples.

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The Shaykh : And an example of the second level is exegesis of the Qur'an by the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) or by the words of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). Allah the Exalted said:
And prepare against them whatever you are able of power وأعدوا لهم ما استطعتم من قوة
[Al-Anfal 8:60]
And prepare against them whatever you are able of power وأعدوا لهم ما استطعتم من قوة
[Al-Anfal 8:60]
The word "strength" is an indefinite noun that has not been specified. What is this strength? Is it verbal strength? Physical strength? Financial strength? Propaganda strength? Which strength is it? The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) specified it in his saying:
Beware, strength consists in archery. ألا إن القوة الرمي
Sahih Muslim 1917
Beware, strength consists in archery. ألا إن القوة الرمي
Sahih Muslim 1917
So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) interpreted the strength mentioned in the Book of Allah as shooting. And does the word "shooting" refer to the shooting known in the time of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) with the bow and arrow, or is it general and includes the shooting of every age according to its circumstances? The answer is that it is general. So the shooting in the time of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) is shooting that falls within the verse, and the shooting in our time with intercontinental missiles and guided projectiles falls within the scope of shooting. For this reason, it is obligatory for Muslims to learn from these weapons what serves as a defense for their religion, their lands, and their selves, and indeed what serves as an attack on the enemies of Allah, because it is obligatory for us to fight them
until there is no fitnah and [until] the religion, all of it, is for Allah حتى لا تكون فتنة ويكون الدين كله لله
[Al-Anfal 8:39]
meaning until they submit or yield to Islam, just as the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) used to send expeditions and order them to call their enemy to Islam, and if they refused, to impose the jizyah, and if they refused, to fight them
Fight those who do not believe in Allah or in the Last Day and who do not consider unlawful what Allah and His Messenger have made unlawful and who do not adopt the religion of truth from those who were given the Scripture - [fight] until they give the jizyah willingly while they are humbled. قاتلوا الذين لا يؤمنون بالله ولا باليوم الآخر ولا يحرمون ما حرم الله ورسوله ولا يدينون دين الحق من الذين أوتوا الكتاب حتى يعطوا الجزية عن يد وهم صاغرون
[At-Tawbah 9:29]
I have been commanded to fight against people till they testify that there is no god but Allah, that Muhammad is the messenger of Allah, and they establish prayer, and pay Zakat أمرت أن أقاتل الناس حتى يشهدوا ألا إله إلا الله وأن محمّدا رسول الله ويقيموا الصلاة ويؤتوا الزكاة
Sahih Muslim 22
And what harmed the Muslims was only their lagging behind this divine command: preparing strength and fighting until the word of Allah is the highest. And from that also, meaning exegesis of the Qur'an by the Sunnah, is the saying of Allah the Exalted:
For them who have done good is the best [reward] and extra للذين أحسنوا الحسنى وزيادة
[Yunus 10:26]
The "best" is Paradise, and the "increase" was interpreted by the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) as looking at the Face of Allah (Mighty and Majestic). And that is because the believers in Paradise look at Allah the Exalted with their eyes, a real looking, just as they see the sun on a clear day with no clouds between them and it, and just as they see the moon on the night of the full moon, and they are not diminished in their seeing of it. We ask Allah the Exalted not to deprive us and you of this vision. And this vision is the best thing and the greatest blessing for the people of Paradise; they have not been given any pleasure greater than what they obtain by looking at the Face of Allah. And mention of this issue has come in the Qur'an in several verses, including this verse, where the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family), who is the most knowledgeable of people about the intent of Allah, interpreted it as looking at the Face of Allah. And it is established by the Sunnah, indeed the Sunnah has been mass-transmitted regarding it from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family). And whoever denies it is likely to be deprived of it on the Day of Resurrection, refuge with Allah, and it will be said to him: You did not believe in this, so you have no share in it in the Hereafter.
Source alathar.net

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