অর্থ
What is meant by the heir's obligation "similar to that"?
উত্তর
Imām Ibn al-Jawzī (d. 597/1201) summarized the scholars' opinions in his book "Zād al-Masīr" as follows:
- It refers to the payment for nursing and the maintenance expenses. [Reported from ʿUmar, Zayd ibn Thābit, al-Ḥasan, ʿAṭāʾ, Mujāhid, Ibrāhīm, Qatādah, Qabīṣah ibn Dhuʾayb, al-Suddī; chosen by Ibn Qutaybah]
- It refers to the prohibition against harm. [Reported from Ibn ʿAbbās, al-Shaʿbī, al-Zuhrī; chosen by al-Zajjāj]
- It points to all of these matters collectively. [Reported from Saʿīd ibn Jubayr, Mujāhid, Muqātil, Abū Sulaymān al-Dimashqī; chosen by al-Qāḍī Abū Yaʿlā] This is supported by the fact that it is conjoined (with the conjunction "and") to what came before it, and it is established that the father must provide sustenance and clothing and should not cause harm, so "similar to that" must indicate all that is required of the father.

