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Tafsir Ibn Abbas: As-Saaffaat, Ayah 28

As-Saaffaat · Ayah 28 · View Ayah

قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّكُمْ كُنتُمْ تَأْتُونَنَا عَنِ ٱلْيَمِينِ

They will say, "Indeed, you used to come at us from the right."

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Ibn Abbas Commentary

(They say) i.e. the humans say to the satans: (Lo! ye used to come unto us, imposing, (swearing that ye spoke the Truth)) and enticing us to reject Religion.

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They that is the followers among them will say to those whom they followed ‘Indeed you used to approach us from the right’ in other words from that aspect in which we used to trust you for you used to swear that you followed the truth and so we believed you and we followed you — in other words ‘Indeed you have led us astray!’

Related Hadiths

Jami` at-Tirmidhi#301Hasan

"When Allah's Messenger would lead us in Salat he would turn (to leave) from both sides, on his right and on his left."

Narrated by Qabisah bin Hulb narrated that his father said:

Sunan an-Nasa'i#1318Sahih

That the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to say the taslim to his right and to his left.

Narrated by 'Amr bin Sa'd narrated from his father:

Sunan Ibn Majah#708

“I heard Jabir bin ‘Abdullah say: ‘The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was performing Maghrib, and I came and stood on his left, but he made me stand on his right.’”

Narrated by Shurahbil said:

Sunan Ibn Majah#649Da'if

It was narrated from ‘Amir bin Sa’d, from his father, that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to say the Salam to his right and to his left.

Sunan an-Nasa'i#824

"When we prayed behind the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) I liked to be to his right."

Narrated by It was narrated that Al Bara said:

Sunan an-Nasa'i#1362Sahih

"Abdullah said: 'No one among you should allow the Shaitan to give him wrong ideas by making him believe that he can only leave after praying by moving to his right, because I saw the Messenger of All...

Narrated by It was narrated that Al-Aswad said:

Sunan an-Nasa'i#1325Sahih

"The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to say the salam to his right so that the whiteness of his cheek could be seen, and to his left so that the whiteness of his cheek could be seen."

Narrated by It was narrated that 'Abdullah said:

Sunan Ibn Majah#740Da'if

“When we performed prayer behind the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) (One of the narrators) Mis’ar said: ‘One of the things we liked, or one of the things I liked’ ‘was to stand to his right.’”

Narrated by It was narrated that Bara’ said:

Sunan an-Nasa'i#5068Sahih

"The Messenger of Allah used to like to start in the right. He would accept with his right hand and give with his right hand, and he liked to start on the right in all his affairs."

Narrated by It was narrated that 'Aishah said:

Sunan Abu Dawud#3456Hasan in chain

"Or one of them tells the other: "Exercise the right."

Narrated by The tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by Ibn 'Umar from the Prophet (ﷺ) to the same effect through a different chain of narrators. This version adds: