Thread by @Ubaidbinriyaz

@Hadithoftheday Monkeys/apes.
Allah says in Qur'an:

So when they exceeded the limits of what they were prohibited, We said to them: “Be you monkeys, despised and rejected" (Qur'an Surah Al-Araaf , verse :166)

@Hadithoftheday Allah says in Qur'an:

"And you had already known about those who transgressed among you concerning the sabbath, and We said to them, Be apes, despised."
(Qur'an. Al-Baqara 2: Verse 65)

@Hadithoftheday The People of Saturday or People of Sabbath were a townsfolk from Bani Israel who were tested with the Sabbath, the day when they were ordered to leave their worldly affairs and be totally devoted to Allah. All week-long they would go fishing with scant return. +

@Hadithoftheday But on Saturdays, when they were required to put aside their activities, the fish would come in abundance which was a test from Allah.
A group of the townsfolk transgressed, not satisfied with Allah’s commandments devising a scheme to by-pass the commandment. +

@Hadithoftheday They devised a scheme to circumvent Allah's order. They would lay out their fishing traps on Fridays, and the fish that visited on Saturdays were caught in the traps. On Sundays, the fishermen would collect the fish.

@Hadithoftheday In doing so, they deliberately disobeyed Allah even if technically they did not fish on Saturdays, the fish in fact were caught because of their trickery and deception. They understood that they were breaching the observance of Sabbath in substance.

@Hadithoftheday This was a trial fir them and the trial was to be a cleansing for their sins and disobedience, but they were unable to withstand that trial.

@Hadithoftheday The rest of the villagers, who did not participate in such sinful acts, were divided into two groups.

The first actively disapproved of the actions and warned the wrongdoers to rectify their ways before the punishment and torment of Allah fell upon them.

@Hadithoftheday The second remained silent in the face of all this wrongdoing. They did nothing to reprimand the wrongdoers. They allowed the disobedience to continue, even though they did not actively participate in such wrongdoing.

@Hadithoftheday Week after week, the disobedient fishermen continued to defy Allah's orders, bringing with them abundant fish from the sea. Fearing the torture of Allah, the Ist group continued warning them against such actions & tryed to forbid the wrong but these reminders were ignored

@Hadithoftheday Repeatedly, despite the multitude of warnings, the disobedient ones continued to transgress, and exceed their limits with Allah.
Finally, the curse and wrath of Allah fell upon the community. The ones who were commanding the right & prohibiting the wrong were spared from torment+

@Hadithoftheday But the rest of the community, even the passive bystanders, were severely punished.
This was a unique form of punishment, both terrifying & humiliating in equal measures.
They were turned into monkeys/apes.This incident is narrated in verses 163-166 of Surah Al-Araaf (Chapter 7)