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Mohamad Mostafa Nassar
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In Majmooโ al-Fataawa of Sheikh al-Islaam ibn Taymiyah, under the section of tafsir, under the section of the tafsir of surah al-Tawbah, it is recorded:
ุณุฆู ุฑุญู ู ุงููู ุนู ูููู ุชุนุงูู { ููุงูุช ุงููููุฏ ุนุฒูุฑ ุงุจู ุงููู } ูููู ูุงููุง ุฐูู ุฃู ุจุนุถูู ุ { ูููู ุงููุจู ุตูู ุงููู ุนููู ูุณูู ูุคุชู ุจุงููููุฏ ููู ุงูููุงู ุฉ ูููุงู ููู ู ุง ููุชู ุชุนุจุฏูู ุ ููููููู ุงูุนุฒูุฑ } ุงูุญุฏูุซ . ูู ุงูุฎุทุงุจ ุนุงู ุฃู ูุง ุ . ู
He was asked โ may Allah have mercy on him โ about the statement of Allah:
ููููุงููุชู ุงูููููููุฏู ุนูุฒูููุฑูโ ุงุจููู ุงููููููู
And the Jews say, โโUzair is the son of Allahโ [9:30]

Do all of them say this, or only some of them?
And the statement of the Prophet (๏ทบ), โThe Jews will be brought on the Yawm al-Qiyaamah and it will be said to them, โwhat did you used to worship?โ So they will say, โal-โUzairโ.โ โ Is this a general address [i.e. to all Jews] or not?
ูุฃุฌุงุจ : ุงูุญู ุฏ ููู . ุงูู ุฑุงุฏ ุจุงููููุฏ ุฌูุณ ุงููููุฏ ููููู ุชุนุงูู : { ุงูุฐูู ูุงู ููู ุงููุงุณ ุฅู ุงููุงุณ ูุฏ ุฌู ุนูุง ููู } ูู ููู ุฌู ูุน ุงููุงุณ ููุง ูุงู : ุฅู ุฌู ูุน ุงููุงุณ ูุฏ ุฌู ุนูุง ููู ; ุจู ุงูู ุฑุงุฏ ุจู ุงูุฌูุณ . ู
So he replied: alhamdulillah. The intended meaning of โthe Jewsโ is one category of Jews, like His statement:
ุงูููุฐูููู ููุงูู ููููู ู ุงููููุงุณู ุฅูููู ุงููููุงุณู ููุฏู ุฌูู ูุนููุง ููููู ู
Those unto whom the people said, โVerily, the people have gathered against youโ [3:173].
He did not say โall the peopleโ nor did He say, โverily all of the people have gathered against youโ โ rather, the intended meaning of this is one category [of them].
ููุฐุง ูู ุง ููุงู ุงูุทุงุฆูุฉ ุงูููุงููุฉ ุชูุนู ูุฐุง ูุฃูู ุงูููุงูู ููุนููู ูุฐุง ูุฅุฐุง ูุงู ุจุนุถูู ูุณูุช ุงูุจุงููู ููู ูููุฑูุง ุฐูู ููุดุชุฑููู ูู ุฅุซู ุงูููู . ูุงููู ุฃุนูู . ู
And this is like saying โsuch-and-such group did such-and-such and such-and-such people did such-and-suchโ. And if some of them spoke and then the rest of them were willfully silent and they did not disapprove of it then they share in the sin of the statement โ and Allah knows best.
[Majmooโ al-Fataawa 15/48]
Imam al-Saโdi offers some brief background on this statement in his tafsir by writing:
ูู ุง ุฃู ุฑ ุชุนุงูู ุจูุชุงู ุฃูู ุงููุชุงุจุ ุฐูุฑ ู ู ุฃููุงููู ุงูุฎุจูุซุฉุ ู ุง ูููุฌ ุงูู ุคู ููู ุงูุฐูู ูุบุงุฑูู ูุฑุจูู ููุฏููู ุนูู ูุชุงููู ุ ูุงูุงุฌุชูุงุฏ ูุจุฐู ุงููุณุน ููู ููุงูโ:โ โ{โููููุงููุชู ุงูููููููุฏู ุนูุฒูููุฑู ุงุจููู ุงููููููโ}โ ููุฐู ุงูู ูุงูุฉ ูุฅู ูู ุชูู ู ูุงูุฉ ูุนุงู ุชูู ููุฏ ูุงููุง ูุฑูุฉ ู ููู ุ ููุฏู ุฐูู ุนูู ุฃู ูู ุงููููุฏ ู ู ุงูุฎุจุซ ูุงูุดุฑ ู ุง ุฃูุตููู ุฅูู ุฃู ูุงููุง ูุฐู ุงูู ูุงูุฉ ุงูุชู ุชุฌุฑุฃูุง ูููุง ุนูู ุงููููุ ูุชููุตูุง ุนุธู ุชู ูุฌูุงููโ.โ
When Allah commanded the fighting of the Ahl al-Kitaab, He mentioned some of their reprehensible statements which arouse the believers who feel protective jealousy for their Lord and for His deen towards fighting them and striving and exerting themselves therein.
So He said, โThe Jews say, โUzair is the son of Allah’โ [9:30], and this is the statement โ even though it was not a statement of their general people โ which a group from among them had said. So that indicates that amongst the Jews there is wickedness and evil which leads them to saying this statement in which they transgress against Allah and undervalue His greatness and majesty.
ููุฏ ูููโ:โ ุฅู ุณุจุจ ุงุฏุนุงุฆูู ูู โ{โุนุฒูุฑโ}โ ุฃูู ุงุจู ุงููููุ ุฃูู ูู ุง ุณูุท ุงููู ุงูู ููู ุนูู ุจูู ุฅุณุฑุงุฆููุ ูู ุฒูููู ูู ู ู ุฒูุ ููุชููุง ุญูู ูููุฉู ุงูุชูุฑุงุฉุ ูุฌุฏูุง ุนุฒูุฑุง ุจุนุฏ ุฐูู ุญุงูุธุง ููุง ุฃู ูุฃูุซุฑูุงุ ูุฃู ูุงูุง ุนูููู ู ู ุญูุธูุ ูุงุณุชูุณุฎููุงุ ูุงุฏุนูุง ููู ูุฐู ุงูุฏุนูู ุงูุดููุนุฉโ.โ
And it is said that the reason for their claim concerning โUzair being the son of Allah is that when Allah granted authority over the Banu Israaโeel to the kingdoms and they decimated them and fragmented them in every way and they killed the carriers of the Tawrah, they later found โUzair who had memorized it or most of it. So he dictated it to them from his memory and they produced copies of it. So they therefore made this heinous claim regarding him.
[Tayseer al-Kareem al-Rahman pg. 381]
See also: The Prophet clarified much of what the Ahl al-Kitaab used to conceal: Tafsir al-Shinqitee
See also: โA Word They Say with Their Mouthsโ: Tafsir al-Shawkani
See also: โHad Allah willed to take a sonโฆโ: Tafsir al-Saโdi and Tafsir ibn Kathir
See also: Does the term โal-Mushrikoonโ include the Ahl al-Kitaab? โ Imam al-Shinqitee
According To the Law of Jews, Anyone Claims to Be the Son of God Should Be Put to Death