Tafsir Ibn Abbas: Al-Baqara, Ayah 254
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O you who believe expend of what We have provided you with what is due of it as alms before there comes a day in which there shall be neither commerce ransom nor friendship that can be of any benefit nor intercession without His permission a variant reading has all three nouns in nominative inflection bay‘un khullatun shafā‘atun as opposed to lā bay‘a lā khullata lā shafā‘ata this is the Day of Resurrection. And the disbelievers those that disbelieve in God or in the obligations He has imposed on them — they are the evildoers for not respecting God’s command.
Related Hadiths
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"The Muslim does not inherit from the disbeliever, nor the disbeliever from the Muslim." Another chain reports a similar narration.
The Prophet (ﷺ) said: If anyone pays in advance he must not transfer it to someone else before he receives it.
"The Messenger of Allah said: "There will come a time when there will be no one left who does not consume Riba, and whoever does not consume it will nevertheless be affected by residue." (Sahih )
"I said to 'Abdullah bin 'Umar: 'Can I pay in advance for a date palm before it bears fruit?' He said: 'No.' I said: 'Why not?' He said: 'A man paid in advance for a grove of trees during the time of ...
Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "When Khosrau perishes, there will be no (more) Khosrau after him, and when Caesar perishes, there will be no more Caesar after him. By Him in Whose Hands Muhammad's life ...
"When you have paid in advance for something, do not exchange it for something else." (Da'if)Another chain with similar wording.
Ibn Abbas Commentary
After this, Allah prompted them to give in charity, saying: (O ye who believe! spend of that wherewith We have provided you) give in charity from the wealth We have given you for the sake of Allah (ere a day) the Day of Judgement (come when there will be no trafficking) no ransom is accepted, (nor friendship, nor intercession) for the disbelievers. (Disbelievers) in Allah (are the wrong-doers) who ascribe partners with Allah.