معنی
What does "incompetent (safīh)" denote in this āyah?
جواب
Imām Ibn al-Jawzī (d. 597/1201) summarized the scholars' opinions in his book "Zād al-Masīr" as follows:
- It refers to the one who is ignorant of financial matters and dictation. [Mujāhid, Ibn Jubayr]
- It refers to a child or woman. [al-Ḥasan] (Ed: because women were typically less aware of financial matters in such societies.)
- It refers to someone young. [al-Ḍaḥḥāk, al-Suddī]
- It refers to someone who squanders money. [Qāḍī Abū Yaʿlā]

