سُوْرَةُ الْمَاعُوْنِ
Surah Al-Maa'un (107) — Ayah 7
وَيَمْنَعُونَ ٱلْمَاعُونَ ﴿7﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And prevent Al-Mâ‘ûn (small kindnesses like salt, sugar, water).
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَيَمْنَعُونَ
wayamnaʿūna
And they deny
ٱلْمَاعُونَ
l-māʿūna
[the] small kindnesses
Tafsir Taiseer ul-Quran — Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani
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7. And refuse even ordinary items of use [6].
[6] ﴿مَاعُوْن﴾ refers to every item of use that is of an ordinary kind and commonly used by people. Items of use are small household things, such as an axe, a pot, eating utensils, matches, etc. The meaning is that the greed for wealth and denial of the Hereafter has created such miserliness in these people that not only do they neglect to give the orphans their rights and to care for the needs of the needy, but they even refuse to lend ordinary, commonly used items when asked. As for the situation where some people borrow an item and then do not return it, or they damage the item, the rulings given by the Shariah in such cases are mentioned in the following hadiths:
Rulings Regarding Borrowed Items:
1. Sayyiduna Anas ؓ narrates that the Prophet ﷺ was staying at the house of one of his wives. Another wife sent a dish of food, so the wife at whose house the Prophet ﷺ was staying (out of jealousy) struck the servant’s hand. The dish fell and broke. The Prophet ﷺ began gathering the pieces of the dish and the food that was in it, and said: “Your mother has become jealous.” Then he detained the servant and sent a whole dish from the wife at whose house he was staying to the wife who had sent the food, and kept the broken dish in the house where it had broken. [بخاری، کتاب المظالم، باب اذاکسر قصعۃ اوشیأ الغیرہ]
2. The Prophet ﷺ said: “A borrowed item must be returned, a guarantor must pay, and a debt must be repaid.” [ترمذی۔ ابواب البیوع، باب ان العاریۃ مؤادۃ]
3. The Prophet ﷺ said: “Whatever a hand has taken, it is obligatory upon it to return it.” (Whether it is cash or any other item) [ابو داؤد۔ کتاب البیوع۔ باب فی تضمین العاریہ]
[6] ﴿مَاعُوْن﴾ refers to every item of use that is of an ordinary kind and commonly used by people. Items of use are small household things, such as an axe, a pot, eating utensils, matches, etc. The meaning is that the greed for wealth and denial of the Hereafter has created such miserliness in these people that not only do they neglect to give the orphans their rights and to care for the needs of the needy, but they even refuse to lend ordinary, commonly used items when asked. As for the situation where some people borrow an item and then do not return it, or they damage the item, the rulings given by the Shariah in such cases are mentioned in the following hadiths:
Rulings Regarding Borrowed Items:
1. Sayyiduna Anas ؓ narrates that the Prophet ﷺ was staying at the house of one of his wives. Another wife sent a dish of food, so the wife at whose house the Prophet ﷺ was staying (out of jealousy) struck the servant’s hand. The dish fell and broke. The Prophet ﷺ began gathering the pieces of the dish and the food that was in it, and said: “Your mother has become jealous.” Then he detained the servant and sent a whole dish from the wife at whose house he was staying to the wife who had sent the food, and kept the broken dish in the house where it had broken. [بخاری، کتاب المظالم، باب اذاکسر قصعۃ اوشیأ الغیرہ]
2. The Prophet ﷺ said: “A borrowed item must be returned, a guarantor must pay, and a debt must be repaid.” [ترمذی۔ ابواب البیوع، باب ان العاریۃ مؤادۃ]
3. The Prophet ﷺ said: “Whatever a hand has taken, it is obligatory upon it to return it.” (Whether it is cash or any other item) [ابو داؤد۔ کتاب البیوع۔ باب فی تضمین العاریہ]
