Friday, June 14, 2013

Explanation of Soorah al-Maa'oon

The verses:
In the name of Allaah, theMost Beneficent, the MostMerciful.
Almighty Allaah Says (what means): "Have you seen the one who denies
the Recompense? For that is the one who drives away the orphan.
Anddoes not encourage the feeding of the poor. So woe to those
whopray. [But] are heedless of their prayer – Those who make show [of
their deeds]. And withhold [simple] assistance." [Quran 107: 1-7]
Explanation:
"Have you seen the one who denies the Recompense?" [Quran107:1] Here,
Allaahthe Most High asks His Messenger if he has seen the one who
rejects the Deen - that is, the Appointed Time, the Requital and the
Reward .
"For that is the one who drives away the orphan." [Quran 107:2] That
is, he coerces and oppresses the orphan, denying him his rights, and
refusing to feed him, or give him anyaid .
" And does not encourage the feeding of the poor." [Quran 107:3] As
Allaah Says (what means) : "No! But you do not honour the orphan, And
you do not encourage one another to feed the poor." [Quran 89: 17-18]
That is, the one in need, who hasnothing, he does not support or
maintain him, or attend to his needs .
"So woe to those who pray. [But] are heedless of their prayer." [Quran
107:4-5] According to Ibn `Abbaas and others, this verse refers to the
hypocrites who pray in public but not in private, and for this reason
Allaah Says (what means): "…to those who pray" who are among those who
pray, but doesnot mean everyone who prays. These people, at first, are
steadfast in their prayers, then they become neglectful of them either
entirely, as stated by Ibn `Abbaas or they become careless about
praying on time until they pray after the prescribed time. `Ataa'
said: "All praise is due to Allaah who Says (what means): "…heedless
of their prayer" rather than neglectful in their prayers." However,
this verse is comprehensive and covers both meanings. Whoever is
neglectful by delaying hisprayers, is careless in implementing the
prescribed Sunnahs (recommended supererogatory acts) in prayer,
fulfilling its conditions, or does not pray with a fitting sense of
humility and does not reflect on the meaning may be considered a
hypocrite in his actions as confirmed by the Hadeeth (Prophetic
saying) that the Messenger of Allaah said: "This is the prayer of the
hypocrite, this is the prayer of the hypocrite: He sits and observes
the sun until it is between the horns of Satan (about to set), thenhe
quickly prays four Rak'ahs (units of prayer) in which he barely
mentions Allaah." [Al-Bukhaari & Muslim]
The prayer referred to is the 'Asr (afternoon) prayer and the delay is
until the end of the permitted time which is atime at which it is
despised to offer prayers,when the hypocrite rapidly performs his
prayer (so that his movements resemble the rapid pecking of a
chicken), hastily, without a fitting sense of humility. Likewise, the
one who prays in order to be seen by others, and not to gain the
pleasure of Allaah, is like the one who doesn't pray at all. Allaah
Says (what means) : " Indeed , the hypocrites [think to] deceive
Allaah, but He is deceiving them. And when they stand for prayer, they
stand lazily,showing [themselves to] the people and not remembering
Allaah except a little." [Quran 4:142] While Allaah says here what
means: "…Who are heedless of their prayer." [Quran 107:5]
"Those who make show [of their deeds]." [Quran 107:6]
Imaam At-Tabaraani stated: "The Messenger ofAllaah said: "Indeed, in
Hell there is a valley (which is so terrible) that the Hellfire
wishes, four hundred times a day, that it were not a part of it. It
has been prepared for those among the community of Muhammad who
perform deeds in order to be seen doing them..."
Imam Ahmad narrated that the Messenger of Allaah said: "Whoever
performs a (good) deed in order to gain a good reputation, Allaah will
make him despised and degraded." However, if a person sincerely
performs a good deed, solely for the sake of Allaah, that happens to
be seen by others and it pleases them, there is no sin for him in
this, and the proof for this is the narration of Abu Hurayrah who
said: "I was praying once when aman entered (the mosque), and this
pleased me, so I told the Messenger of Allaah about it, and he
said:"Two rewards have been written for you - the reward of praying in
secret and the reward of being seen."
Imaam Ibn Jareer saidthat the Messenger of Allaah said that:"Those
"Who are heedless of their prayer" are those who delay theirprayers
and do not pray them at the right time." Delaying the prayer may
simply mean praying it late, or it may mean not praying it at all, or
it may mean delaying the prayer until the prescribed time has expired
.
"And withhold [simple] assistance." [Quran 107:7]
These people do not behave well in worship, nor do they behave well
towards their fellow men; they will not even lend to those in need,
though it would be returned to them, nor do they like to pay Zakaah
(obligatory alms) or other forms of charity. Ibn Abu Nujayh said that
`Ali said that the word Al-Maa'oon means Zakaah, and this was
alsorelated by Imaam As-Suddi may Allaah havemercy on him. This was
also attributed by more than one person to Ibn `Umar .
Many narrations suggest that the word is more general than this and
even includes things commonly shared, such as buckets, spades and
axes, etc. It is narrated that the Messenger of Allaah was asked
whatAl-Maa`oon is, to which he replied: "The stone (i.e. pots and
pans, etc.), the iron (i.e. axes, spades etc.) and all such things."

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