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الدليل الذي أداه إليه اجتهاده فمن خطأ مجتهدا فما وفاه حقه وإن المخطئ والمصيب منهم واحد لا بعينه.

وصل (الذين يكنزون الذهب والفضة)

اعلم أن الله تعالى لما قال: ﴿الَّذِينَ يَكْنِزُونَ الذَّهَبَ والْفِضَّةَ ولا يُنْفِقُونَها في سَبِيلِ الله فَبَشِّرْهُمْ بِعَذابٍ أَلِيمٍ﴾ [التوبة: ٣٤]، كان ذٰلك قبل فرض الزكاة التي فرض الله على عباده في أموالهم.

فلما فرض الله الزكاة على عباده المؤمنين طهر الله بها أموالهم وزال بأدائها اسم البخل من مؤديها فإنه قال فيمن أنزلت الزكاة من أجله: ﴿فَلَمَّا آتاهُمْ من فَضْلِهِ بَخِلُوا به وتَوَلَّوْا وهُمْ مُعْرِضُونَ﴾ [التوبة: ٧٦] فوصفهم بعدم قبول حكم الله فأطلق عليهم صفة البخل لمنعهم ما أوجب الله عليهم في أموالهم.

ثم فسر العذاب الأليم بما هو الحال عليه فقال تعالى: ﴿يَوْمَ يُحْمى عَلَيْها في نارِ جَهَنَّمَ فَتُكْوى بِها جِباهُهُمْ﴾ [التوبة: ٣٥] وذٰلك أن السائل إذا رآه صاحب المال مقبلا إليه، انقبضت أسارير جبينه لعلمه أنه يسأله من ماله، فتكوى جبهته فإن السائل يعرف ذٰلك في وجهه.

ثم إن المسئول يتغافل عن السائل ويعطيه جانبه كأنه ما عنده خبر منه، فيكوي بها جنبه فإذا علم من السائل أنه يقصده ولا بد، أعطاه ظهره

the evidence to which his independent judgment led him. Whoever declares such a jurist mistaken has not given him his due. One among them is mistaken and one correct, without identifying either.

Continuation on Those Who Hoard Gold and Silver

Know that when God, exalted is He, said, “Those who hoard gold and silver and do not spend it in God’s way, give them tidings of a painful punishment” [al-Tawbah 9:34], it was before the almsgiving God imposed on His servants’ wealth had been made obligatory.

When God made almsgiving obligatory for His believing servants, He purified their wealth through it. By paying it, the giver ceased to be called miserly. Concerning the person on whose account almsgiving was revealed, He said, “When He gave them of His bounty, they withheld it and turned away in aversion” [al-Tawbah 9:76]. He described them as rejecting God’s ruling and called them miserly because they withheld what God had made obligatory upon their wealth.

He then explained the painful punishment according to their actual conduct. He, exalted is He, said, “The day when it is heated in the Fire of Hell and their foreheads are branded with it” [al-Tawbah 9:35]. When the wealthy person sees the petitioner approaching, his brow contracts because he knows he will ask him for some of his wealth. Thus his forehead is branded, for the petitioner recognizes this in his face.

Then the person asked feigns unawareness of the petitioner and turns his side toward him, as if he knew nothing of him, so his side is branded. When he knows that the petitioner is certainly making for him, he turns his back