SURAH AL MAIDAH

المائدة سورة

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Ruku No 1:

• Fulfilling covenants -- With creator, own self, with a person, group, party or government

• Halal became Haram on Jews because of their breach of promise ---- The admonition of

fulfilling covenants before the Injunctions of lawful and lawful

• List of Haram and Halal animals ----- Hunting is prohibited in state of Ihram

• God is the absolute sovereign and has absolute authority to issue whatever command He

might will.(lawful/unlawful)

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• Treat the symbols of God with due respect.

• Ultimate standard of self control and compassion ----- control hatred and desire of revenge

• Help one another in acts of righteousness and piety, and do not help one another in sin and

transgression.

• The principle of mutual cooperation and Assistance ------ Taqwa

• Perfection of Religion and completion of blessings ----- Last Ayah of Quran

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• Quran is the best blessing from Allah(swt) to Muslims which has most comprehensive guidelines

and injunctions for salvation here and hereafter.

• All wholesome, good things are Halal, Haram things are few and their domains are specified in

Shariah.

• The food of people of Book is lawful under what conditions ------- Zabiha of the people of Book

• Muslims may marry only Christians and Jews, and of them only those who have been

characterized as muhsanat (i.e. 'well-protected women')

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Ruku No 2:

• Wudu, Tayammum, and Ghusl

• Convenience in deen while performing religious duties, Allah does not want to afflict people

or to overburden them.

• Comprehensive direction in respect of both spiritual purity and physical cleanliness.

• Covenant of Uqbah with Ansars of Madina

• Steadfast for Allah as witness for justice ; Justice even when dealing with enemy ----- Taqwa

• Taqwa and Tawakul Ilallah ------ Allah’s favor ; He will restrain your enemy

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Ruku No 3:

• Four conditions of Allah’s covenant with Bani Israel ----- Salah, Zakah, believe in Prophets

and help them and lend Allah a good loan.

• Reward ---- Allah will be with you, He will forgive evil sins and Paradise

• Sawa al- sabil as the right way --The highroad of balance and moderation without

exaggeration or negligence

• Punishment of breach of the covenant ----- Curse from Allah(swt) and hardening of hearts.

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• Perverting the words of Allah’s message from their context and thus distort their meaning,

and forgetting a good portion of the teaching ----- Attitude of Muslim Ummah today

• Attitude of Ihsan ----- Forgiving and over looking

• Quran provides safety from false perceptions, outlook and ideology. It provide light and

directs us to the straight way ----- Only if when we don’t follow our unrestrained desires ,

follow the light from Quran (listening/obeying)

• Wishful claim of being Allah’s favorite ----- Heredity will not be useful in Hereafter

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Ruku No 4:

• Allah’s favors on Bani Israel and their refusal for life of Jihad.

• Lack of trust (tawakul) on Allah (swt)

• Difference between the attitude of Sahabah and Bani Israel ----- Helping the prophet

• Wandering of the Israelites in Sinai Peninsula for 40 years ----- Deferment as a Remedy

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Ruku No 5:

• Offerings of Habeel and Qabeel ----- The right concept of Sacrifice

• Sacrifice ---- ب ر To seek the pleasure of Allah(swt), making something as a medium to ---- ق

seek His nearness(Sacrificing animals )

• The condition of acceptance of sacrifice ----- Sincerity of intention, Taqwa and piety ---- Fear

of Allah ---- Following the laws which Allah(swt) has prescribed

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• Three kinds of Legal Islamic punishments ----- Hudud, Qisas and Tazirat

1. Hudud ---- Islamic legal punishment delimited as Divine statue( Adultery, theft,

robbery and false accusation of Adultery, drinking alcohol, Apostasy)

2. Qisas ---- Even retaliation

3. Tazirat ----- penalties, penal offences

• Value of a human life ---- Saving a life is saving humanity, killing someone unjustly is a

major sin

• Punishment od Robbery and corruption (spreading mischief on earth ) ---- Importance of

law and order in society

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Ruku No 6:

• Wasilah ---- A medium for seeking to gain nearness to Allah (swt) ---- Two permissble ways:

Making a living person medium for your supplication , making your own good deeds as

medium

• Supplication after Adhan ---- A rank in Paradise for Prophet(saw)

• Best medium --- Striving hard in way of Allah, Striving against evil (Jihad bin Nafs)

( Goal of ICNA)

• Had on a thief

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• Trials through Fitna ---- Trial for every being is from that sin which he likes or from his

weakness or short comings ---- Do self evaluation

• The background of revelation ----- Adultery case from a Jewish tribe in Medina ---- playing

games with divine judgments

• Bribery and its evil consequences ----- unlawful earnings

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Ruku No 7:

• Compliance to Allah (swt) ----- Judgments according to The Book

• Fearing God instead of human being

• Do not barter away Allah's Ayahs for a trivial gain ----- Fatwa of your choice

• Law of Qasas ---- An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth

• Foregoing Qasas = expiation of sins , pardoning becomes atone for sins

• Not judging by what Allah has revealed is injustice on one’s own self.

• Allah’s Laws cannot be disregarded or abandoned because of one’s own desire or people’s

desires.

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• Shariah and Minhaj ------- Shariah is the code of law, the way and Minhaj is its broadness,

Allah’s Book is Shariah and Sunnah is minhaj. The purpose of all Shariahs were to achieve

righteousness

• Abiding by Laws prescribed by Allah(swt) at all times -- Striving to seek pleasure of Allah(swt)

• Trying to excel each other is righteousness

• Instead of trying unity between different sects, accept and respect each other

• Turning away from Laws of Allah is act of ignorance

• Creating doubt about deen is Satan's deception

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Ruku No 8:

• Muslims can deal with Non Muslims in the spirit of tolerance , sympathy, good will, equity & kindness.

• Refrain from deep / fast friendship and indiscriminating intimacy with people of Book.

• There is no social boycott, this refrainment is to protect one’s own Deen & Iman . Do self evaluation

• Five qualities God’s beloved people; who strive for establishment of Deen

• (1)He loves them & they love Him (2)humble towards the believers (3) firm towards the

unbelievers (4) strive hard in the way of Allah (5) not afraid of the reproach of any critic

• Self evaluation ------ Which qualities we have?

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Ruku No 9:

• Keep away from those who make a mockery and jest of your faith.

• Eating of the unlawful ---- It develop selfishness ,greed and miserliness

• Corruption of society which lead to collapse ----- When religious leaders do not forbid people

from sinful utterances and devouring unlawful earnings

• Full obedience to divine commands brings blessing in this world too

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Ruku No 10:

• Emphasis on Tableegh and comfort for the Prophet(saw) ---- Deliver the message as is;

Promise of Allah’s protection

• Allah has forbidden Paradise to those who associate anything with Him in His divinity.

• Do not overstep the bounds of truth (Ghlu), prevent excessive in faith ----- Examples from daily life

• Do not follow the vain desires of people in your religious beliefs ----- Materialism, Greek and

Roman myths, science, fashion, peer pressure

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Ruku No 11:

• Committing the abominable deeds is a crime as well as not forbidding other from committing it.

Allah’s curse and punishment for both.

• Lot of hadith on importance of enjoining good and forbidding evil .

• Accepting truth even after propaganda against it has double reward.

• Conscientious and God fearing people of Book ---- Role of Nijashi (Ruler of Ethiopia)

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Ruku No 12:

• Lawful and unlawful are only those which Allah allocate, exceeding or decrement from it is

transgressing from the bounds of right.

• Forms of transgressing from the bounds of right - Making Halal Haram, unlawful earnings etc.

• Forms of oath and their injunctions ---- Expiation of breaking oath ---- Guardedness of oaths

• Allah make clear to us His commandments ------ We have to be grateful.

• Intoxicants, games of chance, idolatrous sacrifices at altars, and divining arrows ----- Enmity

and malice between each other

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• Refraining from them is true success here and Hereafter ---- Listen and obey rather than

arguing about their advantages and disadvantages ----- Self Surrender and obedience

• Three times وا Repetition ; Everything depends on God fearing ----- اَّت�َق�

• Ranks of Iman and Taqwa ----- Iman , Righteous deeds and Ihsan

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Ruku No 13:

• A trial of temptation ---- Forbidden will come across again and again to test you.

• Taqwa -Fearing Allah truly in your heart without seeing Him ;don't exceed the boundaries set by Him.

• Hunting in state of Ihram is prohibited.

• Sea food is permissible.

• The bad things (foul)and the good things(wholesome) are not equal.

• Abundance of evil (impure) is pleasing ----- Test

• Ampleness should not be the logic for pursuance. Action of majority/peer pressure is mostly a test.

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Ruku No 14:

• Prohibition of asking unnecessary questions.

• Mixing up cultural traditions and religion ----- Superstitious practices

• Following your forefathers ---- Our attitude and reasoning

• Individual responsibility / accountability ----- Enjoining Good and forbidding evil ; not just

comment, review and criticism but also self evaluation.

• Bearing false witness is a major sin ------ Injunctions regarding wills.

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Ruku No 15:

• The first question asked of Prophets on the day of Judgment.

• Five questions for us at the day of judgment ----- what we did in our life? ; Where and in what

activities spent our Youth? ; From which source earned our property? ; Where and for what

purpose spent our wealth? ; How acted upon for our acquired knowledge or science?

• Some particular questions asked from Isa(AS) ----- Special blessings and favors on him.

• Demand of repast from the disciples . Believers should not demand miracles.

• How we show our gratitude?

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Rukooh No 16:

• Did Jesus claim divinity?

• Prophets do not have the knowledge of un seen.

• The only truth that exist is Allah is one.