(Enjoin ye righteousness upon mankind while ye yourselves forget (to practise it)?) [2:44]. Said Ibn �Abbas, according to the narration of al-Kalbi>Abu Salih through the aforementioned chain of transmission: �This was revealed about the Jews of Medina. One of them would say to his brother-in-law, relatives or Muslims with whom they had milk relations: �Hold firm to your religion and that with which this man � meaning Muhammad, Allah bless him and give him peace � commands you, for what he has brought is the truth�. They used to enjoin people to follow Islam while abstaining themselves from doing so�.
- 2:4444
۞ أَتَأْمُرُونَ النَّاسَ بِالْبِرِّ وَتَنْسَوْنَ أَنْفُسَكُمْ وَأَنْتُمْ تَتْلُونَ الْكِتَابَ ۚ أَفَلَا تَعْقِلُونَ
Will you enjoin good deeds on the others and forget your own selves? You also read the Scriptures, why do you then not understand?
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