His saying: "And a provision for a while."

8324 - Abu Zur‘ah told us, ‘Amr ibn Hammad told us, Asbat told us, from al-Suddi: His saying: "And a provision for a while," he says: A sustenance until death.

His saying, the Almighty: "For a while."

8325 - Abu Sa‘id al-Ashajj told us, ‘Ubayd Allah ibn Musa told us, Isra’il reported from al-Suddi, from ‘Ikrimah, from Ibn ‘Abbas: "And a provision for a while," he said: Life.

8326 - My father told us, Muhammad ibn Hatim al-Zimmi told us, ‘Abidah ibn Humayd told us, from ‘Ammar al-Duhni, from Humayd al-Madani, from Kurayb, from Ibn ‘Abbas: His saying: "And a provision for a while," he said: Until he passes on to Paradise or to the Fire.

8327 - ‘Abd Allah ibn Ahmad ibn ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn ‘Abd Allah ibn Sa‘d told us, my father told me, from his father, from Ibrahim al-Sa’igh, from Yazid al-Nahwi, he said: ‘Ikrimah said regarding "And a provision for a while": The while that cannot be perceived.

His saying, the Almighty: "O children of Adam, We have bestowed upon you clothing to conceal your private parts."

[The first interpretation]

8328 - Hajjaj ibn Hamzah told us, Shababah told us, Warqa’ told us, from Ibn Abi Najih, from Mujahid regarding His saying: "Clothing to conceal your private parts," he said: A group of Arabs used to circumambulate the House (the Ka‘bah) naked, and none of them would wear a garment in which he had circumambulated it.

8329 - My father told us, ‘Abd al-‘Aziz ibn Munib told us, Abu Mu‘adh told us, from ‘Ubayd ibn Sulayman, from al-Dahhak: "Clothing to conceal your private parts," meaning the clothes of a man that he wears.

8330 - ‘Ali ibn al-Husayn told us, ‘Uthman ibn Abi Shaybah told us, Abu Hafs al-Abbar ‘Umar ibn ‘Abd al-Rahman told us, from ‘Isa ibn al-Musayyib, from Zayd ibn ‘Ali, he said: He was asked about this verse: "O children of Adam, We have bestowed upon you clothing to conceal your private parts." He said: The clothing that conceals your private parts is the clothing of the common people.