Tafsir Ibn Abbas: Al-Maaida, Ayah 79
كَانُوا۟ لَا يَتَنَاهَوْنَ عَن مُّنكَرٍۢ فَعَلُوهُ ۚ لَبِئْسَ مَا كَانُوا۟ يَفْعَلُونَ
They used not to prevent one another from wrongdoing that they did. How wretched was that which they were doing.
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They did not prevent one another that is one would not forbid the other from committing again any indecency that they committed; verily evil was what they used to do verily evil was this deed of theirs.
Related Hadiths
Sunan Abu Dawud#4799Sahih
One of the things people have learnt from the words of the earliest prophecy is : If you have no shame, do what you like.
Narrated by Abu Mas`ud reported the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying :
Sahih Muslim#583Sahih
" The other did not keep himself safe from being defiled by urine."
Narrated by This hadith is transmitted from A'mash by Abmad b. Yusuf al-Azdi, Mu'alla b. Asad, Abd al-Wahid, Sulaiman with the same chain of transmitters but for the words:
Sunan Abu Dawud#4869Sahih
‘Umar b. al-khattab and ‘Uthman b. ‘Affan used to do that.
Narrated by Sa’id b. al-musayyab said :
Ibn Abbas Commentary
(They restrained not one another) they did not repent (from the wickedness) the evil actions (they did. Verily evil was that they used to do!) evil are the sins and transgressions they used to engage in.