معنی
What is meant by "from where God commanded"?
جواب
Imām Ibn al-Jawzī (d. 597/1201) summarized the scholars' opinions in his book "Zād al-Masīr" as follows:
- It means "approach them after purification, not during menstruation." [Ibn ʿAbbās, Abū Razīn, Qatādah, al-Suddī, and others]
- It means "approach them from the place of menstruation, which Allah had commanded you to avoid." [Mujāhid] Those who support this view argue that the phrase "commanded you" here implies "forbade you," as forbidding something is a command to avoid it, and "min" (from) has the meaning of "fī" (in), similar to the usage in "when the call is made to prayer on Friday" [62:9].
- It means "approach them through lawful marriage, not through illicit relations." [Ibn al-Ḥanafiyyah]
- It means "approach them from the permissible ways to engage with a woman, and do not come near them in situations where it is inappropriate, such as when they are fasting, or you are in retreat in the masjid (iʿtikāf), or in a state of iḥrām." [Al-Zajjāj, Ibn Kaysān]

