RENAISSANCE JULY 2021

Ḥ ad ī th 23 Monthly Renaissance July 2021 amusement they run towards it and leave you standing).” 4 Analysis A study of S ū rah Jumu‘ah shows that it addresses the weak Muslims who did not realize the exalted status of Prophet Mu ḥ ammad (sws). Here is the last section of the s ū rah : ﺎﻳﻬﺎ ﻟﺬﻳۡﻦ ٰﻣﻨﻮۡۤ ذ ﻧﻮۡدي ﻟﻠﺼﻠٰﻮة ﻣﻦۡ ﻳﻮۡم ﻳ و ذرو RٰS ﷲ Cۡd ذ 5ٰ° ۡ ﻟۡﺠﻤﻌﺔ ﻓﺎﺳۡﻌﻮ ﻌۡﻠﻤﻮۡن ۡ ذٰﻟﻜﻢۡ ﺧ)ۡ]ٌ ﻟﻜﻢۡ نۡ ﻛﻨۡﺘﻢ J ﻟۡﺒﻴۡﻊ . ﻓﺎ ﻵۡﻹرۡضو 5 ۡ و C« ذ ﻗﻀﻴﺖ ﻟﺼﻠٰﻮة ﻓﺎﻧۡﺘ ﻛﺜ)ۡ]ً ﻟﻌ RٰS و ﷲ Cdۡ و ذ RٰS ﺑۡﺘﻐﻮۡ ﻣﻦۡ ﻓﻀۡﻞ ﷲ ﻔۡﻠﺤﻮۡن ۡ ﻠﻜﻢ . و ذ ر وۡ ﺗﺠﺎرةً وۡ ﻟﻬۡﻮۨ ۡ¤ RٰS و ﷲ J ﺧ)ۡ]ٌ ﻣﻦ ﻟﻠﻬۡﻮ و ﻣﻦ ﻟﺘﺠﺎرة RٰS ﻗﻞۡ ﻣﺎ ﻋﻨۡﺪ ﷲ J ﻤًﺎ ¥ ﻮۡك ﻗﺂ ﻔﻀﻮۡۤ ﻟﻴۡﻬﺎ و ﺗﺮ ﺧ)ۡ] ﻟﺮٰزﻗ)ۡ( ) . ٦٢: ٩ ۔ ١١ ( Believers! [Give due importance to the Prophet, and] when the call for the prayer is sounded on Friday [on his behalf], with diligence go to the remembrance of God and leave aside your trading. This is better for you, if you but know. Then, when the prayer ends, disperse in the land, and seek God’s bounty, and remember God in abundance so that you may succeed. Such are these people that when they see some trading or merriment, they flock eagerly to it and leave you standing. 5 Tell them: That which God has in store is far better than any merriment or trade. And, in reality, God is the best provider. (62:9-11) Ust ā z Am ī n A ḥ san I ṣ l āḥī writes: Though the direction of address of the verse is not specific, it is evident that the error it refers to emanated only from a 4. Al-Bukh ā r ī , Al-J ā mi‘ al- ṣ a ḥīḥ , vol. 2, 728, (no. 1958). 5. It is evident from these words that this incident happened more than once. However, narratives ( Bukh ā r ī , no. 894; Muslim , no. 863) portray only one incident. The reason is that some uncouth elements may have been doing this at various times but no one gave them importance until at one instance a large number of Muslims deserted the Prophet (sws) while he was delivering the sermon. Since this was wrong etiquette to the ultimate extent and also a show of not duly valuing the shar ī ‘ah , the Qur’ ā n mentioned it and people also narrated it.