معنی
Who are the idolatresses (mushrikāt) that believers are prohibited from marrying in this āyah?
جواب
Imām Ibn al-Jawzī (d. 597/1201) summarized the scholars' opinions in his book "Zād al-Masīr" as follows:
- It encompasses both women of the People of the Book (e.g., Jews and Christians) and all other polytheists. [Majority]
- It specifically refers to idol-worshipping polytheist women. [Saʿīd ibn Jubayr, al-Nakhaʿī, Qatādah]

