Tafsir Al-Jalalayn: Al-Muminoon, Ayah 25

Al-Muminoon · Ayah 25 · View Ayah
إِنْ هُوَ إِلَّا رَجُلٌۢ بِهِۦ جِنَّةٌۭ فَتَرَبَّصُوا۟ بِهِۦ حَتَّىٰ حِينٍۢ
He is not but a man possessed with madness, so wait concerning him for a time."

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Al-Jalalayn Commentary

He Noah is just a man possessed by madness a case of dementia. So bear with him for a while’ until he dies.

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(He) i.e. Noah (is only a man in whom is a madness, so watch him) so wait (for a while) until he dies.

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Sunan Abu Dawud#4402Sahih

“... . Till he reaches puberty , and a lunatic till he is restored to consciousness.” ‘Umar then began to utter: Allah is most great.

Narrated by A similar tradition has also been transmitted by al-A’mash through a different chain of narrators. He also said :
Jami` at-Tirmidhi#2068Sahih

"A man shall remain exalting himself until he is written among the tyrants, so that he suffers from their afflictions."

Narrated by Iylas bin Salamah bin Al-Akwa' narrated from his father that the Messenger of Allah said:
Jami` at-Tirmidhi#1439Da'if

That the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "The pen has been lifted from three; for the sleeping person until he awakens, for the boy until he becomes a young man and for the mentally insane until he regai...

Narrated by Narrated 'Ali:
Sunan an-Nasa'i#3868

"No, not until he tells him (what his wages will be)."

Narrated by It was narrated from Hammad -Ibn Abi Sulaiman- that he was asked about a man who hired a worker in return for food and he said:
Sunan Abu Dawud#4403Da'if

Ibn Abbas said: A lunatic woman passed by Ali ibn AbuTalib. He then mentioned the rest of the tradition to the same effect as Uthman mentioned. This version has: Do you not remember that the Messenger...

Narrated by Narrated Ali ibn AbuTalib:
Sunan an-Nasa'i#3438Sahih

"The pen has been lifted from three: From the sleeper until he wakes up, from the minor until he grows up, and from the insane until he comes back to his senses or recovers."

Narrated by It was narrated from 'Aishah that the Prophet said:
Sunan Ibn Majah#1385Sahih

‘When it is the middle of Sha’ban, do not fast until Ramadan comes.”

Narrated by It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:
Sunan an-Nasa'i#4735Sahih

"He is better than him."

Narrated by A similar report was narrated from 'Alqamah bin Wa'il from his father, from the Prophet. Yahya (one of the narrators) said:
Sunan Ibn Majah#2229Sahih

“The neighbor has more right to preemption of his neighbor, so let him wait for him even if he is absent, if they share a path.”

Narrated by It was narrated from Jabir that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:
Sahih Muslim#6480Sahih

The strong-man is not one who wrestles well but the strong man is one who controls himself when he is in a fit of rage.

Narrated by Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:

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