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A verse and its Tafsir

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Allah the Exalted says:

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“And eat not up your property among yourselves in vanity, nor seek by it to gain the hearing of the judges that ye may knowingly devour a portion of the property of others wrongfully.” (2:188)

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Ibn 'Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said:

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It refers to a man who owes a debt for which there is no clear evidence against him,

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so he denies the debt and takes the matter to the judges,

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even though he knows that the right belongs to the other party,

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and he knows that he is sinful and consuming what is unlawful.

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Mujahid, al-Hasan,

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Qatadah, 'Ikrimah, and al-Suddi said:

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The meaning is: do not litigate while you are the wrongdoer.