Jabir reported that 'Abdullah b. Ubayy b. Salul had two slave-girls; one was called Musaika and the other one was called Umaima and he compelled them to prostitution (for which'Abdullah b. Ubayy b. Salul compelled them). They made a complaint about this to Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) and it was upon this that this verse was revealed: And compel not your slave-girls to prostitute up to the words: Allah is Forgiving, Merciful.
Read More..Abdullah b. Mas'ud reported in connection with the words of Allah, the Exalted and Glorious: Those to whom they call upon, themselves seek the means or access to their Lord as to whoever of them becomes nearest (xvii. 57) that it related to a party of Jinn who were being worshipped and they embraced Islam but those who worshipped them kept on worshipping them (though the Jinn whom the misguided people worshipped had become Muslims). It was then that this verse was revealed.
Read More..Abdullah b. Mas'ud reported in connection with the verse: Those whom they call upon, themselves seek the means of access to their Lord, that it related to a group of people who worshipped a party amongst the Jinn. The group from amongst the Jinn embraced Islam, but the people kept worshipping them as they did before, and it was (on this occasion) that the verse was revealed: Those whom they call upon, themselves seek the means of access to their Lord. This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Sulaiman with the same chain of transmitters.
Read More..This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Sulaiman with the same chain of transmitters.
Read More..Abdullah b. Mas'ud said in connection with the verse: Those whom they call upon, themselves seek the means of access to their Lord, that that verse was revealed in connection with a party of Arabs who used to worship a group amnogst the jinn; the jinn embraced Islam but the people kept worshipping them without being conscious of it. Then this verse was revealed: Those whom they call upon, themselves seek the means of access to their Lord.
Read More..Sa'id b. Jubair reported: I said to Ibn 'Abbas about Sura Tauba, whereupon he said: As for Sura Tauba, it is meant to humiliate (the non-believers and the hypocrites). There is constantly revealed in it (the pronoun) minhum (of them) and minhom (of them, i. e. such is the condition of some of them) till they (the Muslims) thought that none would be left unmentioned out of them who would not be blamed (for one fault or the other). I again said: What about Sura Anfal? He said: It pertains to the Battle of Badr. I again asked him about Sura al-Hashr. He said: It was revealed in connection with (the tribe) of Banu Nadir.
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