Al-Hashr, 6

:"This is a sub-article to Al-Hashr.Al-Hashr is the chapter 59 of the Qur'an, and this article is about its sixth verse, a verse related to the controversies of the land of Fadak.

Overview

=Exegesis=

This verse is said to be relevant to the land of Fadak. The words translated as "restored", "afaa", is related to "Fay":

unni view

presentScholar|Fakhr al-Din al-Razi|13th|Sunni writes with regards to this verse:

Other Sunni tafsir that confirm Fadak was Fay property include [ [http://www.answering-ansar.org/answers/fadak/en/chap2.php Answering-Ansar.org :: Fadak; The property of Fatima al-Zahra [as ] ] :
*Tafsir al-Mazhari, p238
*Ruh al-Ma'ani, Tafsir Surah Hashr.
*Tafsir Muraghi, Tafsir Surah Hashr.
*Dur al-Manthur, Tafsir Surah Hashr.
*Tafsir Juwahir Tantawi, Tafseer Surah Hashr.

However as opposed to all other Sunni historians, Shah Waliullah [Quratul Ain p228] and Ibn Taymiyyah [Minhaj al-Sunnah, Dhikr of Fadak] do not accept that Fadak was in possession of Muhammad.

PresentScholar|Shibli Nomani|20th|Sunni writes:

hi'a view

PresentScholar|Mahdi Puya|20th|Shi'a|twelver writes regarding this verse: cquote|bgcolor=#F0FFF0|As has been asserted in several verses of the Quran whatsoever is in the heavens and the earth and between them belongs to Allah. They are made available to people as a trust. When disbelieving possessors turn hostile and aggressive against Allah and His Prophet, then, if their possessions are returned to the prophet of Allah without any effort or exertion on the part of the believers, such possessions become the property of His prophet. In this way it is distinguished from anfal (spoils), taken after fighting. Even in the case of anfal the authority of the prophet of Allah is unchallengeable. See commentary of Anfal: 1.

The voluntary submission of the enemy in verse 2 has been referred to here.

The Jews of Madina had come from outside and seized the lands of the original inhabitants. Since then they had been scheming and plotting to retain the usurped properties by hook or by crook. Seeing the growth of Islam they became more active and aggressive against the people of Madina. It was a just and wise decree of the Lord of the worlds to restore the lands to their original owners and thus bring peace and order in the region.

Fa-i is derived from afa which means "returned to". The warriors are not entitled to any share in the property of fa-i as stated above. It belongs to Allah and His Prophet and is to be distributed among the relatives of the Holy Prophet (see commentary of Anfal: 41; Nahl: 90; Rum: 38), orphans, the needy and the wayfarer, so that it does not concentrate in the hands of a few rich-this serves as a basis for the socio-economic system of Islam.

After the Holy Prophet his share has to be given to the Imam of his Ahl ul Bayt in addition to the share of his relatives. To know the real and genuine relatives (Ahl ul Bayt) of the Holy Prophet see commentary of Baqarah: 124; Ali Imran: 61; Ahzab: 33 and Shura: 23.

Also see commentary of Bani Isarail: 26; Naml: 15, 16; Nahl: 90 and Maryam: 2 to 15 for the unjust, unislamic and unquranic deviation of the so-called followers of the Holy Prophet resorted to for depriving the Ahl ul Bayt from their rightful share decreed by Allah. They began to misappropriate the share of the Holy Prophet in the name of "baytul mal" (public treasury), which is an open transgression of the explicit ordinance of Allah. [Holy Quran (puya) on Al-Islam.org [http://al-islam.org/quran/process.asp?tArabic=on&tShakir=on&tYusufali=on&tPickthal=on&tAliCommentary=on&Sura=59&SavedSura=1&fAya=1&tAya=24&searchText=&arabicdisplay=windows] ]

References