Allah said,
[وَذَرُواْ
الْبَيْعَ]
(and leave off business.) means, hastening to the remembrance of Allah and
abandoning business, when the call to the Friday prayer is made. Therefore, the
scholars of Islam agree, it is prohibited for Muslims to engage in business
transactions after the second Adhan. Allah's statement,
[ذَلِكُمْ خَيْرٌ
لَّكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ]
(That is better for you if you did but know!) means, `your abandoning buying
and selling, and instead, corcentrating your attention to Allah's remembrance
and the prayer are better for you in this life and the Hereafter, if you but
knew.' Allah's statement,
[فَإِذَا قُضِيَتِ
الصَّلَوةُ]
(Then when the Salah is complete,) means, when the Friday prayer is finished,
[فَانتَشِرُواْ فِى
الاٌّرْضِ وَابْتَغُواْ مِن فَضْلِ اللَّهِ]
(you may disperse through the land, and seek the bounty of Allah,) After
Allah forbade Muslims from working after hearing the Adhan and ordered them to
gather for the Friday prayer, He allowed them to spread throughout the earth and
seek bounty after the prayer is finished. Ibn Abi Hatim recorded that when the
Friday prayer finished, `Irak bin Malik would stand by the gate of the Masjid
and invoke Allah, saying, "O Allah! I have accepted and complied with Your Call,
performed the prayer You ordered and dispersed as You ordered me. Therefore,
grant me of Your favor and You are the best of those who grant provisions.''
Allah's statement,
[وَاذْكُرُواْ
اللَّهَ كَثِيراً لَّعَلَّكُمْ تُفْلِحُونَ]
(and remember Allah much, that you may be successful.) means, while you are
buying and selling, giving and taking, remember Allah much and do not let this
life busy you from what benefits you in the Hereafter. There is a Hadith that
states,
«مَنْ دَخَلَ سُوقًا
مِنَ الْأَسْوَاقِ فَقَالَ: لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَحْدَهُ لَا شَرِيكَ لَهُ،
لَهُ الْمُلْكُ وَلَهُ الْحَمْدُ وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ، كَتَبَ اللهُ
لَهُ أَلْفَ أَلْفِ حَسَنَةٍ وَمَحَا عَنْهُ أَلْفَ أَلْفِ سَيِّئَةٍ»
(Whoever enters a marketplace and says, "La ilaha illallah, He is alone
without partners, His is the sovreignty and His is the praise, and He is Able to
do all things.'' Then Allah will record a thousand-thousand (a million) good
deeds for him and will erase a thousand-thousand evil deeds.) Mujahid said, "A
servant (of Allah) will not be among those who remember Allah often, until he
does so while standing, sitting and lying down.''
[وَإِذَا رَأَوْاْ
تِجَـرَةً أَوْ لَهْواً انفَضُّواْ إِلَيْهَا وَتَرَكُوكَ قَآئِماً قُلْ مَا عِندَ
اللَّهِ خَيْرٌ مِّنَ اللَّهْوِ وَمِنَ التِّجَـرَةِ وَاللَّهُ خَيْرُ الرَزِقِينَ
]
(11. And when they see some merchandise or some amusement, they disperse
headlong to it, and leave you standing. Say: "That which Allah has is better
than any amusement or merchandise! And Allah is the best of providers.'')
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