How to Judge between the Listeners to Calumny

                                                                                         

Verse 5:42 says that Allah loves those who judge in equity.

The verse describes a type of non Muslims people who are:
 Listeners to calumny
 Consumers of unlawful gain
 Greedy for illicit gain!
 Corrupted and follow what is unlawful and
 Changing the rulings of Allah

In this verse, Allah Commands not to follow them, and to judge between in equity according to the Law of Allah in their Scripture.

Verse 5:42 in different translations:

QARIB:
They are listeners to lies and devourers of the unlawful. If they come to you, judge between them or turn away from them. If you avoid them they cannot harm you in anything; but if you judge, judge between them with fairness. Allah loves the just.
SHAKIR:
(they are) listeners of a lie, devourers of what is forbidden; therefore if they come to you, judge between them or turn aside from them, and if you turn aside from them, they shall not harm you in any way; and if you judge, judge between them with equity; surely Allah loves those who judge equitably.

PICKTHAL:
Listeners for the sake of falsehood! Greedy for illicit gain! If then they have recourse unto thee (Muhammad) judge between them or disclaim jurisdiction. If thou disclaimest jurisdiction, then they cannot harm thee at all. but if thou judgest, judge between them with equity. lo! Allah loveth the equitable.


The verse states that:

O Messenger Muhammad! Do not let them grieve you who vie one with another in the race to disbelief
Do not follow them
They are, listeners to calumny
They utter words for the sake of falsehood!
They are consumers of unlawful gain that which is illicit, such as bribes.
They are Greedy for illicit gain!
They are corrupted and follow what is unlawful and
They are changing the rulings of Allah.
If they come to you, to judge between them, then judge between them or turn away from them.
If then they have recourse unto thee O Muhammad, judge between them or disclaim jurisdiction by choice.
If you disclaim jurisdiction and do not judge between them, (then they cannot harm thee at all) they cannot take away anything from you.
If you turn away from them, they cannot harm you at all; and if you judge, between them, then judge justly between them;
But if you judge between them, judge between them with equity, with stoning the married people who commit adultery.
Lo! Allah loves the equitable, who are fair when they judge with the Book of Allah and who apply the legal ruling of stoning.

Allah loves the just, those that judge fairly, meaning that He will reward them.

About the author:
Safaa Abdel-Aziz
Co-Chief Editor, October Weekly Magazine,
Cairo, Egypt.


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