Tafsir Ibn Abbas: Al-Anbiyaa, Ayah 95

Al-Anbiyaa · Ayah 95 · View Ayah
وَحَرَٰمٌ عَلَىٰ قَرْيَةٍ أَهْلَكْنَٰهَآ أَنَّهُمْ لَا يَرْجِعُونَ
And there is prohibition upon [the people of] a city which We have destroyed that they will [ever] return

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Ibn Abbas Commentary

(And there is a ban upon) an absence of success for (any community) for the people of Mecca: Abu Jahl and his host (which We have destroyed) which We have forsaken through their disbelief: (that they shall not return) to faith from their disbelief; it is also said that the verse means: it is forbidden for the people of Mecca, whom We have destroyed on the Day of Badr through killing them, to return to this worldly life,

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It is forbidden for any town meaning it is forbidden for its people which We have destroyed that they should lā yarji‘ūna the lā is extra return that is their return to this world is prohibited.

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The Prophet (ﷺ) said: The people will establish cities, Anas, and one of them will be called al-Basrah or al-Busayrah. If you should pass by it or enter it, avoid its salt-marshes, its Kall, its marke...

Narrated by Narrated Anas ibn Malik:
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"It was forbidden to us for a town-dweller to sell for a desert-dweller." (Sahih )

Narrated by It was narrated that Anas said:
Jami` at-Tirmidhi#4016Da'if

that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "The last of the cities of Islam to be destroyed is Al-Madinah."

Narrated by Narrated Abu Hurairah:
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We were forbidden that a townsman should sell for a man of the desert.

Narrated by Anas b. Malik (Allah be pleased with him) said:
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that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "When the boundaries are defined and the streets are fixed, then there is no preemption."

Narrated by Narrated Jabir bin 'Abdullah:
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I heard the Prophet (ﷺ) saying, "None plots against the people of Medina but that he will be dissolved (destroyed) like the salt is dissolved in water."

Narrated by Narrated Sa`d:
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We were forbidden that a town dweller should sell goods of a desert dweller.

Narrated by Narrated Anas bin Malik:
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We were forbidden that a townsman should sell for a man of the desert, even if he is his brother or father.

Narrated by Anas b. Malik (Allah be pleased with him) reported:
Jami` at-Tirmidhi#1229Sahih

That the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "The dweller of the town is not to sell for the Bedouin." There are narrations on this topic from Talhah, Jabir, Anas, Ibn 'Abbas, Hakim bin Abi Yazid from his...

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