[His saying, the Exalted: "And Allah is Knowing, Forbearing"]
4947 - Muhammad ibn al-Abbas, the freed slave of the Banu Hashim, narrated to us, Zunayj narrated to us, Salamah narrated to us, Muhammad ibn Ishaq narrated to us: "And Allah is Knowing," meaning: Knowing of what they conceal.
4948 - Abu Zur'ah narrated to us, Yahya ibn Abdullah ibn Bukayr narrated to us, Ibn Lahi'ah narrated to me, Ata' ibn Dinar narrated to me, from Sa'id ibn Jubayr regarding the saying of God the Exalted: "Knowing," meaning: knowledgeable of them.
His saying, the Exalted: "These are the limits of Allah"
[The first interpretation]
4949 - My father narrated to us, Abu Salih, the scribe of al-Layth, narrated to us, Mu'awiyah ibn Salih narrated to me, from Ali ibn Abi Talhah, from Ibn Abbas regarding His saying: "These are the limits of Allah," meaning: obedience to Allah, meaning: the inheritances which He defined.
And the second interpretation:
4950 - Abu Zur'ah narrated to us, Yahya narrated to us, Abdullah narrated to us, Ata' narrated to me, from Sa'id regarding His saying: "These are the limits of Allah," meaning: the custom of Allah and His command regarding the distribution of the inheritance.
And the third interpretation:
4951 - Ahmad ibn Uthman ibn Hakim al-Awdi narrated to us, Ahmad ibn Mufaddal narrated to us, Asbat narrated to us, from al-Suddi regarding His saying: "These are the limits of Allah," meaning: the conditions of Allah.
His saying, the Exalted: "And whoever obeys Allah and His Messenger"
[The first interpretation]
4952 - Usayd ibn Asim narrated to us, al-Husayn ibn Hafs narrated to us, Sufyan narrated to us, from Dawud ibn Abi Hind, from Ikrimah, from Ibn Abbas regarding: "These are the limits of Allah, and whoever obeys Allah and His Messenger," he said: "[This concerns] causing harm in the will." It was narrated from al-Hasan similar to that.
And the second interpretation:
4953 - Abu Sa'id al-Ashajj narrated to us, Abu Khalid narrated to us, from Ibn Jurayj, from Mujahid regarding: "And whoever obeys Allah and His Messenger," he said: "In what He has ordained concerning the inheritances."