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They have made their scholars and monks as their Lords
beside Allah.
O Believers, indeed most of the scholars and monks
devour the wealth of others by evil means.
-}31{ The Jews say, "Ezra (Uzair) is the son of Allah," and the
Christians
say, "The Messiah is the son of Allah." Such are the baseless
things
they utter with their tongues, following in the footsteps of
the
former unbelievers. May Allah afflict them with
chastisement!
Wherefrom are they being perverted? They have made theirscholars
and monks as their Lords beside Allah, and likewise the
Messiah, the son of Mary, although they were enjoined not
toworship any other than the One God, besides Whom there is
none
worthy of worship. He is absolutely pure and free from what
they
associate with Him.
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The explanation of making scholars and monks Lords
beside Allah by the Prophet (PBUH).
O Believers, indeed most of the scholars and monks devour
the
wealth of others by evil means, and debar them from the Way
of
Allah. Give them the good news of a painful torment, who hoard
up
gold and silver and expend not these in the Way of Allah. The
Day
shall surely come when the same gold and silver shall be heated
in
the fire of Hell, and therewith their foreheads, their bodies
and their
backs shall be branded, (saying), "Here is that treasure you
hadhoarded up for yourselves: now taste the evil of your
hoarded
treasure."
They have taken their scholars and monks as their Lords the
Holy
Prophet himself explained its true significance. According to a
Tradition,when Hadrat `Adi bin Hatim, who was formerly a Christian,
came to theHoly Prophet with the intention of understanding Islam,
he askedseveral questions in order to remove his doubts. One of
these was: "Thisverse accuses us of taking our scholars and monks
as our lords. What isits real meaning, sir? For we do not take them
as our lords."As a reply to this, the Holy Prophet put him a
counter-question: "Is it nota fact that you accept as unlawful what
they declare to be unlawful, and
lawful what they declare to be lawful?" 'Adi confessed, "Yes,
sir, it is so."The Holy Prophet replied, "This amounts to making
them your lords."(Tibrani has also mentioned this Hadith and Sheikh
Albani mentioned itin Sahih Tirmizi Hadith no 2471.)Incidentally,
this Tradition shows that those who themselves set limits tothe
lawful and the unlawful without the authority of Allah's
Book,assume for themselves the rank of Godhead, and those
whoacknowledge their right of making laws take them as their
Lords.
