معنی
What is "three cycles" referring to in the āyah?
جواب
Imām Ibn al-Jawzī (d. 597/1201) summarized the scholars' opinions in his book "Zād al-Masīr" as follows:
- It refers to menstrual periods. [ʿUmar, ʿAlī, Ibn Masʿūd, Abū Mūsā, ʿUbādah ibn al-Ṣāmit, Abū al-Dardāʾ, ʿIkrimah, al-Ḍaḥḥāk, al-Suddī, Sufyān al-Thawrī, al-Awzāʿī, al-Ḥasan ibn Ṣāliḥ, Abū Ḥanīfah and his companions, and Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal]
- It refers to the times of purity (between menstrual periods). [Zayd ibn Thābit, Ibn ʿUmar, ʿĀʾishah, al-Zuhrī, Abān ibn ʿUthmān, Mālik ibn Anas, and al-Shāfiʿī]

