What does "test you through something of the game that your hands and spears [can] reach" (Qur'an 5:94) mean?
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> O you who have believed, Allah will surely **test you through something of the game that your hands and spears [can] reach**, that Allah may make evident those who fear Him unseen. And whoever transgresses after that - for him is a painful punishment.
> Qur'an 5:94 I'm struggling to understand this. Judging from other translations , it seems the word game is used in the sense of animals hunted for food (and not in the sense of Monopoly). I don't own a spear, nor hunt for food. **Question**: What does "test you through something of the game that your hands and spears [can] reach" mean? I found this tafsir: > Then Allah revealed the unlawfulness of game in the year of al-Hudaybiyyah, saying: (O ye who believe) in Muhammad and the Qur'an! (Allah will surely try you somewhat (in the matter) of the game) **He will test you regarding the game you pursue on land (which ye take) of their eggs and little ones (with your hands and your spears) to catch wild animals in the year of al-Hudaybiyyah, (that Allah may know) that Allah may see (him who feareth Him in secret) and thus leave the game.** (Whoso transgresseth) intentionally (after this) after Allah has decreed the requital and ruling of this, (for him there is a painful doom) a painful beating which will extend to his back and belly.
> Tanwîr al-Miqbâs min Tafsîr Ibn ‘Abbâs This seems to be implying that hunting is haram, which I'm not sure is correct (e.g. Islam Q&A say "If you shoot the deer with the rifle and mention the name of Allaah, and hit the deer, and it dies from that shot, then it is halaal and it is permissible to eat it.").
> Qur'an 5:94 I'm struggling to understand this. Judging from other translations , it seems the word game is used in the sense of animals hunted for food (and not in the sense of Monopoly). I don't own a spear, nor hunt for food. **Question**: What does "test you through something of the game that your hands and spears [can] reach" mean? I found this tafsir: > Then Allah revealed the unlawfulness of game in the year of al-Hudaybiyyah, saying: (O ye who believe) in Muhammad and the Qur'an! (Allah will surely try you somewhat (in the matter) of the game) **He will test you regarding the game you pursue on land (which ye take) of their eggs and little ones (with your hands and your spears) to catch wild animals in the year of al-Hudaybiyyah, (that Allah may know) that Allah may see (him who feareth Him in secret) and thus leave the game.** (Whoso transgresseth) intentionally (after this) after Allah has decreed the requital and ruling of this, (for him there is a painful doom) a painful beating which will extend to his back and belly.
> Tanwîr al-Miqbâs min Tafsîr Ibn ‘Abbâs This seems to be implying that hunting is haram, which I'm not sure is correct (e.g. Islam Q&A say "If you shoot the deer with the rifle and mention the name of Allaah, and hit the deer, and it dies from that shot, then it is halaal and it is permissible to eat it.").
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Feb 27, 2018, 09:43 AM
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