[18] \n \u2018From Abu Ja\u2019far -asws regarding His -azwj Words...

[18] \n \u2018From Abu Ja\u2019far -asws regarding His -azwj Words: There isn\u2019t a blame upon the blind, nor a blame upon the lame, nor a blame upon the sick, [24:61] : \u2018And that is because the people of Al-Medina, before they became Muslims, were isolating the blind, and the lame, and the sick. They were not eating with them, and the Helpers among them were proud and were honoured.

\n They said, \u2018The blind cannot see the food, and the lame are not capable of crowding upon the meal, and the sick cannot eat like what the healthy ones eats\u2019. \n They would isolate their food for them in a corner, and they were viewing that there was crime upon them in their eating with them, while the blind and the sick were saying, \u2018Perhaps we should not bother them by eating with them\u2019.

\n When the Prophet -saww arrived, they asked him -asws about that, so Allah -azwj Revealed: There isn\u2019t a blame upon you if you were to eat together or separately. [24:61] \u2019\u2019. [19] \n \u2018I asked Abu Abdullah -asws about this Verse, there is no blame upon you if you were to eat from your houses or houses of your fathers, [24:61] \u2013 up to end of the Verse.

I said, \u2018What is the meaning of His -azwj Words: or (houses of) your friends ?\u2019 \n He -asws said: \u2018By Allah -azwj ! He is the man entering a house of his friend and eats without his permission\u2019\u2019.

[20] \n \u2018 So when you enter houses, then greet upon yourselves [24:61] \u2013 in a report by Abu Al-Jaroud, from Abu Ja\u2019far -asws (5 th Imam) having said: \u2018He -azwj is Saying, whenever the man from you enters his house, if there is anyone in it, he should greet, and if there does not happen to be anyone in it, let him say, \u2018The greetings be upon us from our Lord -azwj \u2019. Allah -azwj Says: \u2018 being a salutation from the Presence of Allah, Blessed, Good.

[24:61] \u2019\u2019.