Chapter: ((There is no blame on the blind, nor on the lame, nor on the sick)). The verse up to His saying: ((Perhaps you will understand)).

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The Reciter: In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, and may peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allah. Al-Bukhari (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Chapter:

There is not upon the blind [any] constraint nor upon the lame constraint nor upon the ill constraint

ليس على الأعمى حرج ولا على الأعرج حرج ولا على المريض حرج

[An-Nur 24:61]

The verse up to His saying:

that you may understand

لعلكم تعقلون

The Shaykh : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. How many times are these verses

There is not upon the blind [any] constraint nor upon the lame constraint nor upon the ill constraint

ليس على الأعمى حرج ولا على الأعرج حرج ولا على المريض حرج

[An-Nur 24:61]

mentioned in the Qur'an? Here, in two places: this is in Surat al-Nur and in Surat al-Fath. Yes, in Surat al-Fath

There is not upon the blind [any] constraint nor upon the lame constraint nor upon the ill constraint

ليس على الأعمى حرج ولا على الأعرج حرج ولا على المريض حرج

[An-Nur 24:61]

This is well known because the context is the context of jihad, and there is no blame on these people, as Allah the Exalted said in Surat al-Tawbah:

There is not upon the weak or upon the ill or upon those who do not find anything to spend any discomfort when they are sincere to Allah and His Messenger

ليس على الضعفاء ولا على المرضى ولا على الذين لا يجدون ما ينفقون حرج إذا نصحوا لله ورسوله

[At-Tawbah 9:91]

But here, in the verse of Surat al-Nur, He says:

There is not upon the blind [any] constraint nor upon the lame constraint nor upon the ill constraint nor upon yourselves when you eat from your [own] houses or the houses of your fathers

ليس على الأعمى حرج ولا على الأعرج حرج ولا على المريض حرج ولا على أنفسكم أن تأكلوا من بيوتكم أو بيوت آباكم

[An-Nur 24:61]

and so on. So what is the connection? It was said that the connection is that when Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) mentioned seeking permission and what is required of its etiquettes, He said:

There is not upon the blind [any] constraint nor upon the lame constraint nor upon the ill constraint

ليس على الأعمى حرج ولا على الأعرج حرج ولا على المريض حرج

[An-Nur 24:61]

in cases where those ailments are a cause for them not seeking permission. Then He said:

Nor on yourselves

ولو على أنفسكم

He says:

nor upon yourselves when you eat from your [own] houses or the houses of your fathers or the houses of your mothers or the houses of your brothers or the houses of your sisters or the houses of your father's brothers or the houses of your father's sisters or the houses of your mother's brothers or the houses of your mother's sisters or [from houses] whose keys you possess or [from the house] of your friend. There is no blame upon you whether you eat together or separately

ولو على أنفسكم أن تأكلوا من بيوتكم أو بيوت آبائكم أو بيوت أمهاتكم أو بيوت إخوانكم أو بيوت أخواتكم أو بيوت أعمامكم أو بيوت عماتكم أو بيوت أخوالكم أو بيوت خالاتكم أوما ملكتم مفاتحه أو صديقكم ليس عليكم جناح أن تأكلوا جميعا أو أشتاتا

[An-Nur 24:61]

to the end of the verse, meaning there is no blame on a person to eat from these houses without seeking permission. A person enters his house and eats without seeking permission; there is no obstacle. But if someone were to ask, why did He say:

your homes

بيوتكم

when there is no blame on a person to eat in his own house? They said that the intended meaning of "houses" here is the houses of children, because He said afterwards "or the houses of your fathers," because the absence of blame from eating in one's own house is a known matter. But He made the houses of their children like their own houses, because children are part of their earnings, so it is as if a person ate from his own wealth. For this reason, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:

You and your wealth belong to your father

أنت ومالك لأبيك

Now,

or the houses of your fathers or the houses of your mothers

أو بيوت آبائكم أو بيوت أمهاتكم

[An-Nur 24:61]

and so on. "Your fathers" includes the nearest father and the father above him, and likewise the mothers. "Your brothers" includes a full brother, a brother on the father's side, or a brother on the mother's side. "Your uncles" likewise, and "your maternal uncles" likewise. Now, "your aunts" and "your maternal aunts" likewise...

[from houses] whose keys you possess

أو ما ملكتم مفاتحه

[An-Nur 24:61]

But the first is more apparent regarding houses. Or "your friend," it is clear that there is friendship between you and him. So if you enter their houses, they are like your houses; you have the right to eat from them without seeking permission, except that the scholars said if the custom is to seek permission, or if we know that this person is stingy and does not like anyone to eat from his wealth, then seeking permission is necessary. Yes, and His saying:

But when you enter houses, give greetings of peace upon each other - a greeting from Allah, blessed and good

فإذا دخلتم بيوتا فسلموا على أنفسكم تحية من عند الله مباركة طيبة

[An-Nur 24:61]

"Greet yourselves" means the one who says, "Peace be upon me?" No, he does not say "Peace be upon you," but because the believer to the believer is like a building, and the believers are like one body, his greeting to his brother is like his greeting to himself. Also, when he greets, the greeting will be returned to him, so if he says "Peace be upon you," it will be said to him "And upon you peace," so it is as if he greeted himself, because he is the cause of this greeting being returned. And His saying:

a greeting from Allah, blessed and good

تحية من عند الله مباركة طيبة

[An-Nur 24:61]

This contains the glad tidings that when a person greets, and it is a greeting that includes safety, then Allah the Exalted responds to him, so this greeting becomes a greeting from Allah. It is also possible that it is a prescribed greeting from Allah, unlike the greeting they exchanged in the pre-Islamic age of ignorance. In the pre-Islamic age of ignorance, when morning came, they said "Blessed morning," and in the evening, "Blessed evening." So Allah replaced that with His saying "Peace be upon you."

Thus does Allah make clear to you His verses that you might use reason.

كذلك يبين الله لكم آياته لعلكم تعقلون

[Al-Baqarah 2:242]

It clarifies, meaning it distinguishes, explains, and elaborates. Are the verses here legal or cosmic? They are legal here, but they also include cosmic ones, even the cosmic verses, Allah explained them to us, so He said:

of His signs are the night and day and the sun and moon

من آياته الليل والنهار والشمس والقمر

[Fussilat 41:37]

and other cosmic verses. And His saying

that you may understand

لعلكم تعقلون

means so that you may understand the rulings of Allah the Exalted, and they become clear to you, and you follow the path of the rational, because there is no methodology more complete than the methodology of the Islamic religion, which is the methodology of reason and the methodology of public benefit and the prevention of harm. Yes, indeed.

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