Tafsir Ibn Abbas: Al-Balad, Ayah 2
وَأَنتَ حِلٌّۢ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْبَلَدِ
And you, [O Muhammad], are free of restriction in this city -
Common Words
4 total4 unique0 repeated
وأنت1x
حل1x
بهذا1x
ٱلبلد1x
Other Scholars on This Ayah
Tafsir
Scholars offer diverse perspectives
and you O Muhammad (s) have free disposal of sanction for this land in that you will be given permission to fight in it — and indeed God fulfilled this promise to him on the day of the Conquest of Mecca thus this is a parenthetical statement intervening between that by which the oath has been sworn and that which is a supplement thereto.
Related Hadiths
Sunan Ibn Majah#2843Hasan
“The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), Abu Bakr and ‘Umar died, and the houses in Makkah were still called free. Whoever needed to, lived there, and whoever had no need of them allowed others to live there (wit...
Narrated by It was
narrated that ‘Alqamah bin Nadlah said:
Sunan Abu Dawud#2037Sahih
‘Adi bin Zaid said “The Apostle of Allaah(ﷺ) declared Madeenah a protected land a mail-post(three miles) from each side. Its trees are not to be beaten off or to be cut except what is taken from the C...
Ibn Abbas Commentary
(And thou art an indweller of this city) and it is also said that this means: Allah has made lawful for you in this city that which he did not make lawful to anyone before or after you; and it is also said that this means: you are excused regarding that which you do in this city.