Al-Qawl al-Mufid ala Kitab al-Tawhid — Volume 2 (القول المفيد على كتاب التوحيد) — Page 194

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وَقَوْلُهُ : يَا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ حَسْبُكَ اللَّهُ الْآيَةُ(١)

His saying: 'O Prophet, sufficient for you is Allah,' the verse (1).

أَنْفَقَ بَعْضَ مَالِهِ لَا كُلَّهُ أَوْ تَكُونُ لِلْجِنْسِ فَيَشْمَلُ الثَّنَاءُ مَنْ أَنْفَقَ الْبَعْضَ وَمَنْ أَنْفَقَ الْكُلَّ، وَالصَّوَابُ أَنَّ مَنْ أَنْفَقَ الْكُلَّ يَدْخُلُ فِي الثَّنَاءِ إِذَا تَوَكَّلَ. عَلَى اللَّهِ فِي أَنْ يَرْزُقَهُ وَأَهْلَهُ كَمَا فَعَلَهُ أَبُو بَكْرٍ (٢)، أَمَّا إِنْ كَانَ أَهْلُهُ فِي حَاجَةٍ، أَوْ كَانَ الْمُنْفَقُ عَلَيْهِ لَيْسَ بِحَاجَةٍ مَاسَّةٍ تَسْتَلْزِمُ إِنْفَاقَ الْمَالِ كُلِّهِ فَلَا يَنْبَغِي أَنْ يُنْفِقَ مَالَهُ كُلَّهُ

[He] spent some of his wealth, not all of it, or it may be for the category, so the praise includes whoever spent some and whoever spent all; the correct view is that whoever spends all enters into the praise if he relies upon Allah to provide for him and his family, as Abu Bakr did (2); however, if his family is in need, or if the one being spent upon is not in dire need that necessitates spending all of the wealth, then he should not spend all of his wealth.

قَوْلُهُ : يَا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ الْمُرَادُ بِهِ الرَّسُولُ ﷺ يُخَاطِبُ اللَّهُ رَسُولَهُ بِوَصْفِ النُّبُوَّةِ، وَبِوَصْفِ الرِّسَالَةِ، فَحِينَمَا يَأْمُرُهُ أَنْ يُبَلِّغَ يُنَادِيهِ بِوَصْفِ الرِّسَالَةِ، وَأَمَّا فِي الْأَحْكَامِ الْخَاصَّةِ فَالْغَالِبُ أَنْ يُنَادِيَهُ بِوَصْفِ النُّبُوَّةِ قَالَ تَعَالَى : يَا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ لِمَ تُحَرِّمُ مَا أَحَلَّ اللَّهُ لَكَ (٣) ، وَقَالَ تَعَالَى : يَا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ إِذَا طَلَّقْتُمُ النِّسَاءَ (٤) ، وَالنَّبِيُّ فَعِيلٌ بِمَعْنَى مُفْعِلٍ، وَمُفْعِلٌ أَيْ مُنْبِئٌ، وَمُنْبِئٌ، وَالرَّسُولُ ﷺ مُنْبِئٌ مِنْ قِبَلِ اللَّهِ وَمُنْبِئٌ لِعِبَادِ اللَّهِ قَوْلُهُ : حَسْبُكَ اللَّهُ أَيْ كَافِيكَ

His saying: 'O Prophet,' the intended meaning is the Messenger (peace be upon him); Allah addresses His Messenger with the attribute of Prophethood and with the attribute of Messengership; when He commands him to convey, He calls him by the attribute of Messengership, but in specific rulings, it is common that He calls him by the attribute of Prophethood; the Exalted said: 'O Prophet, why do you prohibit what Allah has made lawful for you?' (3), and the Exalted said: 'O Prophet, when you divorce women' (4); 'Nabi' (Prophet) is in the form of 'fa'il' in the meaning of 'muf'il', and 'muf'il' means one who informs, and the Messenger (peace be upon him) is one informed by Allah and one who informs the servants of Allah; His saying: 'Sufficient for you is Allah,' meaning He is your Sufficer.

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Vocabulary · المفردات (18 verbs · 32 nouns)

• أَنْفَقَ — to spend
• كَانَ — to be
• شَمِلَ — to include
• قَوْلٌ — saying
• نَبِيٌّ — prophet
• حَسْبٌ — sufficiency