المعنى
What is it that prevented them from travelling?
الجواب
Imām Ibn al-Jawzī (d. 597/1201) summarized the scholars' opinions in his book "Zād al-Masīr" as follows:
- Poverty. [Ibn ʿAbbās]
- Their illnesses. [Ibn Jubayr, Ibn Zayd]
- Their commitment to jihād. [Al-Zajjāj]