سُوْرَةُ النِّسَآءِ
Surah An-Nisaa (4) — Ayah 29
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَا تَأْكُلُوٓا۟ أَمْوَٰلَكُم بَيْنَكُم بِٱلْبَـٰطِلِ إِلَّآ أَن تَكُونَ تِجَـٰرَةً عَن تَرَاضٍ مِّنكُمْ ۚ وَلَا تَقْتُلُوٓا۟ أَنفُسَكُمْ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ بِكُمْ رَحِيمًا ﴿29﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
O you who believe! Eat not up your property among yourselves unjustly except it be a trade amongst you, by mutual consent. And do not kill yourselves (nor kill one another). Surely, Allâh is Most Merciful to you.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا
yāayyuhā
O you
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
who
ءَامَنُوا۟
āmanū
believe[d]
لَا
lā
(Do) not
تَأْكُلُوٓا۟
takulū
eat
أَمْوَٰلَكُم
amwālakum
your wealth
بَيْنَكُم
baynakum
between yourselves
بِٱلْبَـٰطِلِ
bil-bāṭili
unjustly
إِلَّآ
illā
But
أَن
an
that
تَكُونَ
takūna
(there) be
تِجَـٰرَةً
tijāratan
business
عَن
ʿan
on
تَرَاضٍۢ
tarāḍin
mutual consent
مِّنكُمْ ۚ
minkum
among you
وَلَا
walā
And (do) not
تَقْتُلُوٓا۟
taqtulū
kill
أَنفُسَكُمْ ۚ
anfusakum
yourselves
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
ٱللَّهَ
l-laha
Allah
كَانَ
kāna
is
بِكُمْ
bikum
to you
رَحِيمًۭا
raḥīman
Most Merciful
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
29. 1 In الْبَاطِلِ are included all forms of deception, fraud, forgery, adulteration, as well as all businesses from which the Shariah has prohibited. Similarly, trading in prohibited and haram items is also included in batil, for example, unnecessary photography, radio, TV, VCR, video, making and selling films, etc., and repairing them is all unlawful.
29. 2 For this, it is also a condition that this transaction should be of halal items; trading in haram items will remain unlawful even with mutual consent. In addition, the issue of khiyar majlis (option of meeting) also falls under the topic of mutual consent, that as long as they have not separated from each other, the option to cancel the deal remains.
29. 3 By this, suicide can also be meant, which is a major sin, and committing a sin as well, which leads to destruction, and also killing a Muslim, because the Muslims are like a single body. Therefore, killing him is just like killing oneself.
29. 2 For this, it is also a condition that this transaction should be of halal items; trading in haram items will remain unlawful even with mutual consent. In addition, the issue of khiyar majlis (option of meeting) also falls under the topic of mutual consent, that as long as they have not separated from each other, the option to cancel the deal remains.
29. 3 By this, suicide can also be meant, which is a major sin, and committing a sin as well, which leads to destruction, and also killing a Muslim, because the Muslims are like a single body. Therefore, killing him is just like killing oneself.
