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Ash-Shuraa 42:38

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وَٱلَّذِينَ ٱسْتَجَابُوا۟ لِرَبِّهِمْ وَأَقَامُوا۟ ٱلصَّلَوٰةَ وَأَمْرُهُمْ شُورَىٰ بَيْنَهُمْ وَمِمَّا رَزَقْنَـٰهُمْ يُنفِقُونَ

And those who have responded to their Lord and established prayer and whose affair is [determined by] consultation among themselves, and from what We have provided them, they spend,

Tafsir Ibn Kathir

Hafiz Ibn Kathir

وقوله : ( والذين استجابوا لربهم ) أي : اتبعوا رسله وأطاعوا أمره ، واجتنبوا زجره ، ( وأقاموا الصلاة ) وهي أعظم العبادات لله عز وجل ، ( وأمرهم شورى بينهم ) أي : لا يبرمون أمرا حتى يتشاوروا فيه ، ليتساعدوا بآرائهم في مثل الحروب وما جرى مجراها ، كما قال تعالى : ( وشاورهم في الأمر فإذا عزمت فتوكل على الله ) [ آل عمران : 159 ] ولهذا كان عليه [ الصلاة ] والسلام ، يشاورهم في الحروب ونحوها ، ليطيب بذلك قلوبهم . وهكذا لما حضرت عمر بن الخطاب [ رضي الله عنه ] الوفاة حين طعن ، جعل الأمر بعده شورى في ستة نفر ، وهم : عثمان ، وعلي ، وطلحة ، والزبير ، وسعد ، وعبد الرحمن بن عوف ، رضي الله عنهم أجمعين ، فاجتمع رأي الصحابة كلهم على تقديم عثمان عليهم ، رضي الله عنهم ، ( ومما رزقناهم ينفقون ) وذلك بالإحسان إلى خلق الله ، الأقرب إليهم منهم فالأقرب .

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