Tafsir Al-Jalalayn: Al-Burooj, Ayah 3

Al-Burooj · Ayah 3 · View Ayah
وَشَاهِدٍۢ وَمَشْهُودٍۢ
And [by] the witness and what is witnessed,

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Al-Jalalayn Commentary

and by the witness Friday and the witnessed the day of ‘Arafa — that is how these three elements have been explained in hadīth for the first one is ‘promised’ the second one is ‘a witness’ that testifies to deeds performed in it while the third is ‘witnessed’ by mankind and angels the introductory particle of the response to the oath has been omitted but is implied to be laqad ‘verily’ sc. laqad qutila ashābu’l-ukhdūd

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(And by the witness) the day of Friday (and that whereunto he beareth testimony) the day of 'Arafah and it is said it is the day of immolation; it is also said that 'the witness' refers to the children of Adam while 'that whereunto he bears testimony' refers to the Day of Judgement; and it is also said that 'the witness' is Muhammad (pbuh) while 'that whereunto he bears testimony' is his community; Allah swore by all these things that His chastisement of those who disbelieve in Him is very severe,

Related Hadiths

Sunan Ibn Majah#2103Da'if

the Prophet (ﷺ) passed judgement on the basis of an oath (from the claimant) along with a (single) witness.

Narrated by It was narrated from Jabir that:
Jami` at-Tirmidhi#1357Sahih

"The Prophet (ﷺ) passed judgement based on oath along with a witness."

Narrated by Jabir narrated:
Sunan Ibn Majah#2102Sahih

the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) passed judgment on the basis of an oath (from the claimant) along with a (single) witness.

Narrated by It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that:
Sahih Muslim#6899Sahih

Bear witness to this.

Narrated by 'Abdullah b. Mas'ud reported that the moon was split up in two parts during the lifetime of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ). The mountain covered one of its parts and one part of it was above the mountain and Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said:
Sunan Ibn Majah#2104Hasan

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) passed judgement on the basis of a witness along with an oath by the claimant.

Narrated by It was narrated that Ibn 'Abbas said:
Sahih Muslim#4342Sahih

Ibn 'Abbas reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) pronounced judgment on the basis of an oath and a witness (by the plaintiff).

Sahih Muslim#6897Sahih

Bear testimony to this.

Narrated by Abu Ma'mar reported on the authority of Abdullah that the moon was split up during lifetime by Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) in two parts and Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said:
Sunan Abu Dawud#3609Sahih

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) gave a decision on the basis of an oath and a single witness.

Narrated by Ibn 'Abbas said:
Jami` at-Tirmidhi#1356Sahih

"The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) passed judgement based on an oath along with one witness." Rabi'ah (one of the narrators) said: "A son of Ibn Sa'd bin 'Ubadah informed me saying: 'We found in a book of Sa...

Narrated by Abu Hurairah narrated:
Sunan Ibn Majah#2105Da'if

the Prophet (ﷺ) allowed the testimony of a man along with the oath of the claimant.

Narrated by It was narrated from Surraq that :

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