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Al-Hashr Al-Ḥashr (, "The Exile") is the 59th chapter (sūrah) of the Qur'an and has 24 Āyahs (verses). The chapter is named ''al-hashr'' because the word ''hashr'' appears in verse 2, describing the expulsion of Jewish Banu Nadir tribe from their set ...

.'' Al-Hashr, 6 is the sixth ayat of Chapter 59 of the

Qur'an The Quran, also romanized Qur'an or Koran, is the central religious text of Islam, believed by Muslims to be a revelation directly from God ('' Allāh''). It is organized in 114 chapters (, ) which consist of individual verses ('). Besides ...

, and relates to the controversies of the land of

Fadak Fadak () was a village with fertile land in an oasis near Medina. The takeover of Fadak by Muslims in 629 CE was peaceful and a share of it thus belonged to the Islamic prophet Muhammad. After Muhammad died in 632, Fadak was confiscated from h ...

Overview

Exegesis

This verse is said to relate to the land of Fadak. The words translated as "restored", "afaa", is related to ''Fay'':

Sunni view

wrote that, "This verse was revealed with regard to Fadak, which the Prophet (s) acquired as it was conquered without any fighting. Other Sunni tafsir that say Fadak was Fay property include: *

Tafsir al-Mazhari Tafsir al-Mazhari () is a tafsir of the Qur'an, written by the Sunni Islamic scholar Qadi Thanaullah Panipati. The tafsir was published by Nadwatul Musannifeen.' Overview Tafsīr Mazhari was published by Nadwatul Musannifeen in ten volumes. It ...

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Ruh al-Ma'ani ''Rūh al-Ma'ānī fī Tafsīri-l-Qur'āni-l-'Aẓīm wa Sab'u-l-Mathānī'' () is a 30-volume tafsir of the Qur'an, authored by the 19th-century Iraqi Islamic scholar Mahmud al-Alusi. Comments of the Scholars of the Later Centuries Yusuf B ...

, Tafsir Surah Hashr. * Tafsir Muraghi, Tafsir Surah Hashr. *

Dur al-Manthur ''Al-Durr Al-Manthur Fi Tafsir Bil-Ma'thur'' () is a Sunni tafsir (exegesis or commentary of the Qur'an, the holy book of Islam) written by the prominent Imam Jalal al-Din al-Suyuti (d. 911 AH (1505 AD), who also co-wrote the '' Tafsir al-Jal ...

, Tafsir Surah Hashr. * Tafsir Juwahir Tantawi, Tafseer Surah Hashr. However, as opposed to all other Sunni historians, Shah Waliullah and

Ibn Taymiyyah Ibn Taymiyya (; 22 January 1263 – 26 September 1328)Ibn Taymiyya, Taqi al-Din Ahmad, The Oxford Dictionary of Islam. http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780195125580.001.0001/acref-9780195125580-e-959 was a Sunni Muslim ulama, ...

do not accept that Fadak was in possession of Muhammad. writes: {{cquote, bgcolor=#F0FFF0, after the conquest of

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Omar Umar ibn al-Khattab (; ), also spelled Omar, was the second Rashidun caliph, ruling from August 634 until his assassination in 644. He succeeded Abu Bakr () and is regarded as a senior companion and father-in-law of the Islamic prophet Muh ...

addressed the companions, he declare on the basis of the Qur'an that the conquered territories were not the property of any man, but that they were a national trust, as has been discussed under Fay. However, from the verse of the Qur'an it appears that the lands of Fadak were the Holy Prophet's own property, and that Omar himself understood the verse to imply so: "What Allah has made this people (i.e. Bani Nadir) deliver to his Apostle, to conquest which you did not lead any camels or horses, but Allah empowers his Apostles over who, he pleases". On reading this verse Omar declared that the land was reserved for the Holy Prophet. The matter is mentioned in Sahih al Bukhari in detail in the chapters on Khums al Maghazi and al Mirath Al-Faruqbr>Vol. 2, Page 289 & 290
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