Then our Lord said to us, when He decreed that we make the heirs of the prophets and messengers in their prophecy and message, what God has given us in terms of preserving His religion, issuing fatwas in it, and diligently deducing the ruling. So He said, “Flee to God.” He came with the comprehensive noun, and what is meant by it is a specific noun that requires for us what Moses, peace be upon him, required in his flight. It is the bestowed name that is given to someone who is especially blessed, and that bestowal necessarily makes him a messenger, because judging someone who is not condemned is not valid. He said regarding one who lurked among his family and did not flee to him, what he mentioned in his book, which is the Almighty’s saying, “Say, ‘If your fathers, and your sons, and your brothers, and your wives, and your kindred, and the money you have acquired, and merchants A land whose stagnation you fear, and dwellings that you are satisfied with. More beloved to you than G