1 The Virtues of Surah Al-Ma'idah; When It was Revealed Surah to ...

one he killed, as adjudged by two just men
among you; or, for expiation, he should feed the
poor, or its equivalent in fasting. (5:95)
Allah said,
فَمَن آَانَ‏ مِنكُم م َّرِیضًا أَوْ‏ بِهِ‏ أَذًى م ِّن ر َّأْسِهِ‏ فَفِدْیَةٌ‏ م ِّن صِيَامٍ‏ أَوْ‏
صَدَقَةٍ‏ أَوْ‏ نُسُ‏ ‏ٍك
And whosoever of you is ill or has an ailment in
his scalp (necessitating shaving), he must pay a
ransom of either fasting or giving charity or
offering a sacrifice. (2:196)
and,
فَكَف َّارَتُهُ‏ إِطْعَامُ‏ عَشَرَةِ‏ مَسَكِينَ‏ مِنْ‏ أَوْسَطِ‏ مَا تُطْعِمُونَ‏ أَهْلِيكُمْ‏ أَوْ‏
آِسْوَتُهُمْ‏ أَوْ‏ تَحْرِیرُ‏ رَقَبَةٍ‏
...for its expiation feed ten of the poor, on a scale
of the average of that with which you feed your
own families, or clothe them, or free a slave.
(5:89)
All of these Ayat offer a choice, just as the Ayah
above.
As for Allah's statement, أَوْ‏ يُنفَوْاْ‏ مِنَ‏ الأَرْضِ‏ (or be exiled
from the land).
Ibn Jarir recorded from Ibn Abbas, Anas bin Malik, Sa`id
bin Jubayr, Ad-Dahhak, Ar-Rabi` bin Anas, Az-Zuhri, Al-
Layth bin Sa`d and Malik bin Anas that,
it means, he is actively pursued until he is
captured, and thus receives his prescribed
punishment, or otherwise he escapes from the
land of Islam.
Some said that;
the Ayah means these people are expelled to
another land, or to another state by the Muslims
authorities.
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