اجْتَنِبavoid

Example sentences

• فَوَجَدْنَا الْعُلَمَاءَ رَحِمَهُمُ اللهُ تَعَالَى قَدِ اخْتَلَفُوا فِيهَا، فَقِيلَ هِيَ سَبْعٌ وَاحْتَجُّوا بِقَوْلِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالَى عَلَيْهِ وَعَلَى آلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ اجْتَنِبُوا السَّبْعَ الْمُوبِقَاتِ

  We found the scholars, may Allah have mercy on them, differed regarding them. It was said they are seven, citing the Prophet's saying: 'Avoid the seven destructive sins'.

  اجْتَنِبُوا — you avoid. A command verb addressed to a group, 'avoid', its built-in 'you all' subject shown by the plural command ending. It opens the quoted prophetic instruction.

  From: What Small Worship Erases →