5274 - My father narrated to us, Abu Salamah narrated to us, he said: Hammad said: I said to Humayd: "What is al-mubarrich (the injurious strike)?" Humayd said: I said to al-Hasan: "What is al-mubarrich?" He said: "That which leaves no mark."
5275 - Muhammad ibn Isma'il al-Ahmasi narrated to us, Muhammad ibn al-Salt narrated to us, from Sufyan ibn 'Uyaynah, from Ibn Jurayj, from 'Ata' regarding the saying of Allah the Exalted: "And strike them," he said: With a siwak (toothstick) or its equivalent.
His saying the Exalted: "Then if they obey you"
5276 - Sulayman ibn Dawud, the freed slave of 'Abd Allah ibn Ja'far ibn Abi Talib, narrated to us, 'Uthman ibn 'Uthman narrated to us, 'Abd al-Rahim and 'Ubaydah, meaning: Ibn Humayd, narrated to us, from al-Hasan ibn 'Ubayd Allah al-Nakha'i, from Muslim ibn Subayh, who said: I heard Ibn 'Abbas saying regarding His saying: "Then if they obey you," he said: If she obeys him in the bed, then he should not seek any means against her. Something similar was narrated from 'Ikrimah.
His saying the Exalted: "Seek not a way against them"
[The first interpretation]
5277 - My father narrated to us, Abu Salih narrated to us, Mu'awiyah ibn Salih narrated to me, from 'Ali ibn Abi Talhah, from Ibn 'Abbas regarding his saying: "Seek not a way against them," he says: If she obeys you, do not manufacture excuses against her. Something similar was narrated from 'Ata' and Qatadah.
And the second interpretation:
5278 - I read to Muhammad ibn al-Fadl, Muhammad ibn 'Ali narrated to us, Abu Wahb Muhammad ibn Muzahim reported from Bukayr ibn Ma'ruf, from Muqatil ibn Hayyan regarding His saying: "Seek not a way against them," so Allah has forbidden striking them in the event of obedience.
His saying the Exalted: "Indeed, Allah is ever Exalted and Grand"
5279 - Abu Sa'id al-Ashajj narrated to us, Ishaq ibn Sulayman narrated to us, 'Amr ibn Abi Qays narrated to us, from Mutarrif, from al-Minhal ibn 'Amr, from Sa'id ibn Jubayr, from Ibn 'Abbas who said: A man came to him and said: O Abu 'Abbas, I heard Allah saying: "And Allah was..." as if it were a thing that once was. He (Ibn 'Abbas) said: As for His saying: "And Allah was," it means He has always existed and will always exist, and He is the First, the Last, the Manifest, and the Hidden.
