Surah Al Mujadilah Ayat 4 Tafseer

Para 28 - قَدْ سَمِعَ اللّٰهُ

سورة المجادلة

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بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیْمِ

58.4

فَمَنْ لَّمْ یَجِدْ فَصِیَامُ شَهْرَیْنِ مُتَتَابِعَیْنِ مِنْ قَبْلِ اَنْ یَّتَمَآسَّاۚ-فَمَنْ لَّمْ یَسْتَطِعْ فَاِطْعَامُ سِتِّیْنَ مِسْكِیْنًاؕ-ذٰلِكَ لِتُؤْمِنُوْا بِاللّٰهِ وَ رَسُوْلِهٖؕ-وَ تِلْكَ حُدُوْدُ اللّٰهِؕ-وَ لِلْكٰفِرِیْنَ عَذَابٌ اَلِیْمٌ(4)

Kanz ul Iman Kanz ul Irfan

English translation of Kanz-ul-Imaan

Then the one who does not find a slave, so (he should) fast for two consecutive months before this that they touch one another. And the one who cannot even fast, so (he should) feed sixty Masaakeen (i.e. needy people). This is for the reason that you may have faith in Allah and His Messenger, and these are the limits of Allah, and for the disbelievers is a painful punishment.

Commentary

Here, two more types of expiation for ẓihār are listed: 1. The person who cannot free a slave must fast consecutively for two months. Not being able to emancipate a slave could either be due to not having the amount to do so or due to slaves not being found, as is the case in the present era; 2. Whoever is unable to fast for two consecutive months, for example, due to old age, must feed sixty poor people (miskīn).

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