"AND SPEND IN THE WAY OF ALLAH AND DO NOT PUT YOURSELF INTO DESTRUCTION..."(SURAH AL-BAQARAH:195)
The blessed Companion Hazrat Abu Ayyub al-Ansari said: "This verse was revealed about us. We can explain it best. When Allah gave Islam authority and power, we starting saying that Jihad was not necessary any more, and that we could stay home and take care of our wealth and property." Thereupon this verse was revealed which made it clear that the word 'destruction' in this verse refers to the abandonment of Jihad. This proves that the banishing of Jihad from Muslim lives is the cause of their downfall. This is why the blessed Companion Hazrat Abu Ayyub al-Ansari spent his entire life in Jihad, out of Medinah, his home, and eventually he passed away in Constantinople (Istanbul), Turkey, and was buried there.
Sayyidna Bara ibn Azib said that to lose hope in the mercy and forgiveness of Allah is a path to self-destruction, therefore, losing hope in Allah's forgiveness in Hara'am (impermissible).
Some commentators said that spending so much in the way of Allah that the rights of one's family are breached and wasted, is going for 'self-destruction'. That is why such excess in expenditure is impermissible.
al-Jassas RE has said that all these rules can be inferred from this verse.
From Ma'ariful Quran by Mufti Muhammad Shafi Re
The blessed Companion Hazrat Abu Ayyub al-Ansari said: "This verse was revealed about us. We can explain it best. When Allah gave Islam authority and power, we starting saying that Jihad was not necessary any more, and that we could stay home and take care of our wealth and property." Thereupon this verse was revealed which made it clear that the word 'destruction' in this verse refers to the abandonment of Jihad. This proves that the banishing of Jihad from Muslim lives is the cause of their downfall. This is why the blessed Companion Hazrat Abu Ayyub al-Ansari spent his entire life in Jihad, out of Medinah, his home, and eventually he passed away in Constantinople (Istanbul), Turkey, and was buried there.
Sayyidna Bara ibn Azib said that to lose hope in the mercy and forgiveness of Allah is a path to self-destruction, therefore, losing hope in Allah's forgiveness in Hara'am (impermissible).
Some commentators said that spending so much in the way of Allah that the rights of one's family are breached and wasted, is going for 'self-destruction'. That is why such excess in expenditure is impermissible.
al-Jassas RE has said that all these rules can be inferred from this verse.
From Ma'ariful Quran by Mufti Muhammad Shafi Re
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