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Surah: Al-Maidah (87)
O Believers Do Not Forbid the Good Things Allah Has Made Lawful
لَا تُحَرِّمُواْ طَيِّبَٰتِ مَآ أَحَلَّ ٱللَّهُ لَكُمۡ
— المائدة الآية 87
Verse: "O believers, do not forbid the good things Allah has made lawful for you — and do not transgress." (5:87) — Forbidding what Allah made lawful: whoever forbids himself something Allah permitted without legal reason — no obligation but the sin of his belief. "Do not transgress" covers both forbidding the lawful and permitting the forbidden.
Source: Al-Qurtubi (6/279); Ibn Kathir (3/140)
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