Anlam
What is meant by "what God has prescribed for you"?
Cevap
Imām Ibn al-Jawzī (d. 597/1201) summarized the scholars' opinions in his book "Zād al-Masīr" as follows:
- It refers to offspring. [Ibn ʿAbbās, al-Ḥasan, Mujāhid] Some scholars said: since the word mubāsharah (intimacy) may be used to refer to something less than intercourse, this clarifies the permissibility of the kind that may result in children.
- It means the allowance (rukhsah) they were given. [Qatādah, Ibn Zayd]
- It refers to the Night of Value (Laylat al-Qadr). [Reported by Abū al-Jawzā’ from Ibn ʿAbbās]
- It refers to (the rulings of) the Qurʾān, meaning "whatever has been permitted for you and commanded is what should be sought." [al-Zajjāj]

