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Abu al-Bakhtari narrated from a man among the Prophet’s companions that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “People will not perish until they exhaust 1 their excuses.”
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(1) His statement: “Until they exhaust their excuses”: Al-Qadi said: It is said that “exhaust” means committing many sins, as if their excuse is removed by the abundance of sins. Or it means they make others excusable, as if they justify their punishers by their many sins. Or “exhaust” means having an excuse. The meaning is that they sin and excuse themselves with deviant interpretations and invalid excuses, thinking they do well. (As stated in Al-Mirqat)
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(۱) قوله: حتى يعذروا من أنفسهم : قال القاضي الله قيل: إنه من أعذر فلان إذا كثر ذنبه، فكأنه سلب عذره بكثرة اقتراف الذنوب، أو من أعذر غيره إذا جعله معذورا، فكأنهم أعذروا من يعاقبهم بكثرة ذنوبهم، أو من أعذر، أي صار ذا عذر. والمعنى حتى يذنبون، فيعذرون أنفسهم بتأويلات زائغة وأعذار فاسدة من قبلها، ويحسبون أنهم يحسنون صنعا. كذا في «المرقاة».