Sharh Riyad as-Saliheen by Ibn Uthaymeen — Volume 4 (شرح رياض الصالحين) — Page 713

Line-by-line translation · المعاني

بَابُ كَرَاهَةِ قَوْلِ: مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ وَشَاءَ فُلَانٌ.

Chapter: The prohibition against saying, 'What Allah wills and what so-and-so wills.'

وَهَكَذَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ قَالَ: «لَا تَقُولُوا: مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ وَشَاءَ فُلَانٌ، وَلَكِنْ قُولُوا: مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ، ثُمَّ شَاءَ فُلَانٌ».

The Prophet (peace be upon him) similarly instructed: 'Do not say, "What Allah wills and what so-and-so wills." Instead, say, "What Allah wills, then what so-and-so wills."'

بَلِ انْظُرْ إِلَى قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: ﴿يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا تَقُولُوا رَاعِنَا وَقُولُوا انْظُرْنَا﴾ [الْبَقَرَةِ: ١٠٤]، فَنَهَاهُمْ عَنْ كَلِمَةِ رَاعِنَا وَأَرْشَدَهُمْ إِلَى الْكَلِمَةِ الْجَائِزَةِ: وَقُولُوا انْظُرْنَا.

Consider the words of Allah, the Almighty: 'O you who have believed, do not say "Ra'ina" (listen to us), but say "Unzurna" (look at us)' [Al-Baqarah: 104]. He forbade them from using the word 'Ra'ina' and directed them to the permissible alternative: 'Unzurna.'

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Vocabulary · المفردات (15 verbs · 21 nouns)

• شَاءَ — to will
• قَالَ — to say
• نَظَرَ — to look
• بَابٌ — chapter
• كَرَاهَةٌ — dislike
• قَوْلٌ — saying