Tafsir Ibn Abbas: Al-Furqaan, Ayah 7

Al-Furqaan · Ayah 7 · View Ayah
وَقَالُوا۟ مَالِ هَٰذَا ٱلرَّسُولِ يَأْكُلُ ٱلطَّعَامَ وَيَمْشِى فِى ٱلْأَسْوَاقِ ۙ لَوْلَآ أُنزِلَ إِلَيْهِ مَلَكٌۭ فَيَكُونَ مَعَهُۥ نَذِيرًا
And they say, "What is this messenger that eats food and walks in the markets? Why was there not sent down to him an angel so he would be with him a warner?

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Ibn Abbas Commentary

(And they say) Abu Jahl and his host, al-Nadr and his host, and Umayyah Ibn Khalaf and his host say: (What aileth this messenger (of Allah) that he eateth food) like we do (and walketh in the markets) and goes to the markets and walks there as we do? (Why is not an angel sent down unto him, to be a warner with him) to help and inform him of the evil things which are planned against him.

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And they also say ‘What is it with this Messenger that he eats food and walks about in the marketplaces? Why has an angel not been sent down to him so as to be a warner along with him? and confirm his truthfulness.

Related Hadiths

Sunan an-Nasa'i#4615

"During the time the Messenger of Allah we used to buy food, and he sent someone to tell us to remove it from the place where we had bought it, to another place, b before selling"

Narrated by It was narrated that 'Abdullah bin 'Umar said:
Sunan Abu Dawud#4111Hasan

He was told: Messenger of Allah, in that case he will of starvation. So he allowed him to visit (the cit) twice a week so that he might ask for food and go back.

Narrated by The tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by al-Auza'i through a different chain of narrators. This version adds:
Sunan Abu Dawud#3771Hasan

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was never seen reclining while eating, nor walking with two men at his heels.

Narrated by Narrated Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-'As:
Sahih Muslim#190Sahih

What is this? He replied: Messenger of Allah, these have been drenched by rainfall. He (the Holy Prophet) remarked: Why did you not place this (the drenched part of the heap) over other eatables so th...

Narrated by It is narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) happened to pass by a heap of eatables (corn). He thrust his hand in that (heap) and his fingers were moistened. He said to the owner of that heap of eatables (corn):
Sunan Ibn Majah#1482Sahih

“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) came to us and we brought food for him. Some of those who were with him were fasting, and the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘If food is eaten in the presence of one who is f...

Narrated by It was narrated that Umm ‘Umarah said:
Sahih Muslim#2496Sahih

What is the matter with him? They said: He is a person observing fast. Whereupon the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: It is no righteousness that you fast on journey.

Narrated by Jabir b. 'Abdullah (Allah be pleased with both of them) reported that in the course of a journey Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) saw a man, people crowding around him and providing him a shade. Upon this he (the Holy Prophet) said:
Sahih Muslim#733Sahih

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) went to the privy and when he came back, he was presented with food. It was said to him; Messenger of Allah, wouldn't you perform ablution. He said: Why, am I to say prayer?

Narrated by Ibn 'Abbas reported:
Sunan Ibn Majah#2984Sahih

“Who eats crows? The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) called them vermin, By Allah, they are not from among the good and permissible things.”

Narrated by It was narrated that Ibn ‘Umar said:
Sahih Muslim#732Sahih

We were with the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and he had come out of the privy. Food was presented to him. It was said to him (by the Companions around him): Wouldn't you perform ablution? Upon this he said...

Narrated by Ibn 'Abbas reported:
Sahih Muslim#2375Sahih

Whenever the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was presented with food, he asked about it, If he was told that it was a gift, he ate out of that, and if he was told that it was a sadaqa he did not eat out of tha...

Narrated by Abu Huraira reported:

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