[The Second Aspect]

10657 - My father told us, Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-A'la told us, Muhammad ibn Thawr told us, from Ma'mar, he said: I was informed from 'Ikrimah that Ibn 'Abbas said: "Unquestionably, they fold up their breasts," [meaning] doubt in Allah and doing evil deeds.

10658 - Hajjaj ibn Hamzah told us, Shababah told us, Warqa' told us, from Ibn Abi Najih, from Mujahid, regarding His saying: "They fold up their breasts": "They narrow them in doubt and disputation regarding the truth."

10659 - My father told us, 'Amr ibn 'Awn told us, Hushaym told us, from Husayn, he said: I heard 'Abd Allah ibn Shaddad regarding His saying: "Unquestionably, they fold up their breasts," he said: "When he was commanded regarding the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, he would cover his head and fold his chest, so that he would not see him."

10660 - Al-'Abbas ibn al-Walid al-Narsi informed us by way of reading, Muhammad ibn Shu'ayb ibn Shabur informed me, 'Uthman ibn 'Ata' informed me, from his father, 'Ata' ibn Abi Muslim al-Khurasani: As for "they fold up their breasts," it is said: "They lower their heads and hunch their chests."

10661 - My father told us, 'Abd al-'Aziz ibn Munib told us, Abu Mu'adh al-Nahwi told us, from 'Ubayd ibn Sulayman, from al-Dahhak regarding His saying: "Unquestionably, they fold up their breasts," he says: "Their chests twist."

10662 - Abu Zur'ah mentioned it, Nasr ibn 'Ali told us, Abu Harun al-Nahwi told us, from Hisham, from al-Hasan: "Unquestionably, they fold up their breasts," he said: "The whispers of the soul."

His saying, the Almighty: "So that they may hide from Him"

[The First Aspect]

10663 - Al-Husayn ibn al-Hasan told us, Ibrahim ibn 'Abd Allah al-Harawi told us, al-Hajjaj told us, he said: Ibn Jurayj said: I heard Muhammad ibn 'Abbad ibn Ja'far say: I heard Ibn 'Abbas recite: "Unquestionably, they fold up their breasts," so I asked him about it, he said: "There were people who were shy to relieve themselves, so they would be exposed to the sky, and to approach their wives, so they would be exposed; then this was revealed regarding them."

The Second Aspect:

10664 - My father told us, Hisham ibn Khalid told us, Shu'ayb ibn Ishaq told us, Sa'id ibn Abi