: 16258: That: 3: Al-Bukhari narrated from the hadith of Ibn 'Abbas that the Prophet (peace and blessings of God be upon him), when he was informed that the people of Persia had appointed the daughter of Chosroes as their ruler, said: "A people who entrust their affairs to a woman will never succeed." Qadi Abu Bakr ibn al-'Arabi said: "This is an explicit text that a woman may not be a caliph, and there is no disagreement regarding this." Narrated by al-Bukhari (6/10, 9/75), al-Tirmidhi (hadith no. 2262), al-Nasa'i (8/227), al-Bayhaqi (3/90, 10/116, 118), al-Hakim (3/118, 119), Sharh al-Sunnah (10/77), al-Mishkat (3693), al-Baghawi (5/143), al-Qurtubi (1/355, 13/183), and al-Durar (136).

2867: 16261: Serving her: 1: Tafsir Ibn Kathir: (3/360).

: 16264: A display: 2: The previous source.

2868: 16268: And the earth: 1: Tafsir Ibn Kathir: (3/361).

: 16269: The secret: 2: Tafsir al-Qurtubi: (7/4903).

: 16270: 'Ikrimah: 3: The previous source.

: 16272: The water: 4: Tafsir Ibn Kathir: (3/361).

2869: 16276: The Merciful: 1: Surah al-Hashr, verse: 22.

: 16279: Most knowing: 2: Ibn Kathir said regarding the saying of the Almighty: "Lord of the Great Throne," meaning: the One than whom there is nothing greater among created beings. Since the hoopoe was a caller to goodness, the worship of God alone, and prostrating to Him, he was forbidden from being killed—as narrated by Imam Ahmad, Abu Dawud, and Ibn Majah from Abu Hurayrah (may God be pleased with him), who said: "The Prophet (peace and blessings of God be upon him) forbade the killing of four creatures: the ant, the bee, the hoopoe, and the shrike." See Tafsir Ibn Kathir: (3/361).