2231 - My father narrated to us, 'Arim narrated to us, Hammad b. Zayd narrated to us, from Yahya b. 'Atiq, from Muhammad b. Sirin, from Ibn 'Abbas, who said: She is not lawful for him until she marries a husband other than him, and he has consummated the marriage with her.

2232 - Abu Zur'ah narrated to us, 'Amr b. Hammad narrated to us, Asbat narrated to us, from al-Suddi regarding "She is not lawful to him thereafter until she marries a husband other than him," he said: This refers to if he divorced her after two pronouncements, and this is the third. So if she marries a husband other than him, and he divorces her. Abu Muhammad said: It was narrated from Muqatil b. Hayyan similar to that.

His saying, the Most High: "And if he has divorced her"

2233 - I read to Muhammad b. al-Fadl, Muhammad b. 'Ali narrated to us, Muhammad b. Muzahim narrated to us, Bukayr b. Ma'ruf narrated to us, from Muqatil b. Hayyan, regarding his saying: "And if he has divorced her," this refers to the one who has married her after he [the second husband] has had sexual intercourse with her.

His saying, the Most High: "There is no blame upon them if they return to each other"

2234 - Ahmad b. Sinan narrated to us, Yazid b. Harun narrated to us, Hajjaj b. Arta'ah narrated to us, from Mundhir, from Muhammad b. al-Hanafiyyah, who said: 'Ali said: "His saying 'And if he has divorced her, there is no blame upon them if they return to each other' was obscure to me, so I studied the Qur'an and deduced that it means: when the final husband divorces her, she returns to her first husband who divorced her three times."

Abu Muhammad said: It was narrated from Ibn 'Abbas similar to that.

His saying, the Most High: "If they think that they will be able to keep the limits of Allah"

2235 - Hajjaj b. Hamzah narrated to us, Shababah narrated to us, Warqa' narrated to us, from Ibn Abi Najih, from Mujahid, regarding his saying: "If they think that they will be able to keep the limits of Allah," he says: If they think that their marriage is not based on deception.

2236 - I read to Muhammad b. al-Fadl, Muhammad b. 'Ali narrated to us, Muhammad b. Muzahim narrated to us, from Bukayr b. Ma'ruf, from Muqatil b. Hayyan, regarding "If they think that they will be able to keep the limits of Allah," he says: That they will uphold the command of Allah and His obedience.

His saying, the Most High: "And these are the limits of Allah, which He makes clear for a people who know"

2237 - And by the same chain from Muqatil b. Hayyan regarding "And these are the limits of Allah, which He makes clear for a people who know," [he said]: Those are His obedience, which He makes clear for a people who know.