Al-W¥^idÏ's Asb¥b al-Nuz‰l - The Royal Islamic Strategic Studies ...
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Chapter 2: Surah <strong>al</strong>-Baqarah<br />
Ibn Shihab. Both Ibn Abi ‘Adiyy and Ibn Shihab related it from Ibn ‘Awn.<br />
Abu Nasr Ahmad ibn ‘Abd <strong>Al</strong>lah <strong>al</strong>-Makhladi> Abu’l-Hasan <strong>al</strong>-Sarraj> Muhammad ibn Yahya ibn Sulayman<br />
<strong>al</strong>-Maruzi> ‘Asim ibn ‘<strong>Al</strong>i> Shu‘bah> ‘Abd <strong>al</strong>-Rahman ibn <strong>al</strong>-Asfahani who said: “I heard ‘Abd <strong>Al</strong>lah<br />
ibn Ma‘qil 58 saying: ‘I sat with Ka‘b ibn ‘Ujrah in this mosque—the mosque of Kufah—where I asked him<br />
about the verse (… must pay a ransom of fasting or <strong>al</strong>msgiving or offering…). He said: ‘Fast three days,<br />
or feed six poor people, giving each one of them h<strong>al</strong>f a measure of food. This was specific<strong>al</strong>ly reve<strong>al</strong>ed<br />
about me but it applies to <strong>al</strong>l of you’ ”. This was narrated by Bukhari from the reports of Adam ibn Abi<br />
Iyas and Abu’l-W<strong>al</strong>id, and <strong>al</strong>so by Muslim from the report of Bundar from Ghundar. Adam ibn Abi Iyas<br />
and Abu’l-W<strong>al</strong>id and Ghundar related this narration from Shu‘bah.<br />
Abu Ibrahim Isma‘il ibn Ibrahim <strong>al</strong>-Sufi informed us> Muhammad ibn ‘<strong>Al</strong>i <strong>al</strong>-Ghifari> Ishaq ibn Muhammad<br />
<strong>al</strong>-Ras‘ini> his grandfather> <strong>al</strong>-Mughirah <strong>al</strong>-Saqlabi> ‘Umar ibn Bishr <strong>al</strong>-Makki> Ibn ‘Abbas<br />
who said: “When we camped at Hudaybiyyah, Ka‘b ibn ‘Ujrah came up to <strong>Al</strong>lah’s Messenger with lice <strong>al</strong>l<br />
over his forehead. He said: ‘O Messenger of <strong>Al</strong>lah! <strong>The</strong>se lice are devouring me’. <strong>The</strong> Messenger of <strong>Al</strong>lah<br />
said to him: ‘Shave your head off and offer expiation for it’. And so Ka‘b shaved his head off and offered a<br />
cow for sacrifice. <strong>Al</strong>lah, glorious and majestic is He, then reve<strong>al</strong>ed regarding this incident (And whoever<br />
among you is sick or hath an ailment of the head…)”.<br />
Said Ibn ‘Abbas: “<strong>The</strong> Messenger of <strong>Al</strong>lah, <strong>Al</strong>lah bless him and give him peace, said: ‘Three days for the<br />
fast, an ewe for sacrifice, and <strong>al</strong>msgiving is to be distributed on six poor people, two dry measures for<br />
each one of them’ ”.<br />
Muhammad ibn Muhammad <strong>al</strong>-Mansuri informed us> ‘<strong>Al</strong>i ibn ‘Umar <strong>al</strong>-Hafiz> ‘Abd <strong>Al</strong>lah ibn <strong>al</strong>-Muhtadi><br />
Tahir ibn ‘Isa ibn Ishaq <strong>al</strong>-Tamimi> Zuhayr ibn ‘Abbad> Mus‘ab ibn Mahan> Sufyan <strong>al</strong>-Thawri> Ibn<br />
Abi Najih> Mujahid> ‘Abd <strong>al</strong>-Rahman ibn Abi Layla> Ka‘b ibn ‘Ujrah who said: “<strong>The</strong> Messenger of <strong>Al</strong>lah,<br />
<strong>Al</strong>lah bless him and give him peace, passed by him at Hudaybiyyah while he was trying to lit a fire<br />
under his pot and said: ‘Are the lice hurting you’ He said: ‘Yes!’ <strong>The</strong> Messenger of <strong>Al</strong>lah said: ‘Shave your<br />
hair’. <strong>The</strong>n this verse was reve<strong>al</strong>ed (And whoever among you is sick or hath an ailment of the head must<br />
pay a ransom of fasting or <strong>al</strong>msgiving or offering). <strong>The</strong> Messenger of <strong>Al</strong>lah said: ‘‘Three days for the fast,<br />
the <strong>al</strong>msgiving is to be distributed on six poor people, two dry measures for each one of them, and an<br />
ewe for sacrifice’ ”.<br />
‘Abd <strong>Al</strong>lah ibn ‘Abbas <strong>al</strong>-Harawi informed me in writing that <strong>al</strong>-‘Abbas ibn <strong>al</strong>-Fadl ibn Zakariyya related<br />
to them> Ahmad ibn Najdah> Sa‘id ibn Mansur> Abu ‘Awana> ‘Abd <strong>al</strong>-Rahman <strong>al</strong>-Asfahani> ‘Abd <strong>Al</strong>lah<br />
ibn Ma‘qil who said: “We were sitting in the mosque when Ka‘b ibn ‘Ujrah came and sat with us. He said:<br />
‘It was about me that this verse was reve<strong>al</strong>ed (And whoever among you is sick or hath an ailment of the<br />
head…)’. I said: ‘What happened to you’ He said: ‘We traveled with the Messenger of <strong>Al</strong>lah, <strong>Al</strong>lah bless<br />
him and give him peace, in a state of ritu<strong>al</strong> consecration. Lice got to my head, beard, moustache and even<br />
to my eyebrows. I mentioned this to the Prophet, <strong>Al</strong>lah bless him and give him peace, and he said: ‘I did<br />
not know that you were suffering this much. C<strong>al</strong>l for the barber’. <strong>The</strong> barber came and shaved my head<br />
off. <strong>The</strong> Prophet then said to me: ‘Can you afford to offer a sacrifice’ I said: no! (an ewe was to be offered<br />
as sacrifice)’. He said: ‘In that case, fast for three days or feed the equiv<strong>al</strong>ent of three measures to six poor<br />
people’. And so this verse was reve<strong>al</strong>ed specific<strong>al</strong>ly about me but apply to <strong>al</strong>l people in gener<strong>al</strong>’ ”.<br />
(…So make provision for yourselves; for the best provision is to ward off evil…) [2:197].<br />
‘Amr ibn Abu ‘Amr <strong>al</strong>-Muzakki informed us> Muhammad ibn <strong>al</strong>-Makki> Muhammad ibn Yusuf> Muhammad<br />
ibn Isma‘il> Yahya ibn Bashir> Shababah> Warqa’> ‘Amr ibn Dinar> ‘Ikrima> Ibn ‘Abbas who<br />
said: “<strong>The</strong> People of Yemen were in the habit of going to the pilgrimage without taking any provision<br />
with them. <strong>The</strong>y used to say: ‘We are the ones who trust in <strong>Al</strong>lah’. But once in Mecca, they used to beg<br />
from people. And so <strong>Al</strong>lah, glorious and majestic is He, reve<strong>al</strong>ed this verse (So make provision for your-<br />
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Durr, :514-515 (the printed edition of Durr has ‘Abd <strong>Al</strong>lah ibn Maghfil instead of ‘Abd <strong>Al</strong>lah ibn Ma‘qil); Tabari, :231.<br />
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