He said to his wife: "You have held back my guest for my sake; he is forbidden to me." His wife said: "He is forbidden to me." He said: "The guest is forbidden to me." When he finished that, he placed his hand and said: "Eat, in the name of Allah." Then he went to the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) and mentioned what had happened among them. Then Allah, the Almighty, revealed: "O you who have believed, do not prohibit the good things which Allah has made lawful to you."

His saying, the Almighty: "And do not transgress; indeed, Allah does not like transgressors."

[6693] Sa‘id ibn Abi Zaydun, the scribe of al-Firyabi, narrated to us, from al-Firyabi, from Sufyan, from Isma‘il, from Qays ibn Abi Hazim, from ‘Abd Allah ibn Mas‘ud, who said: We used to go on expeditions with the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace), and there were no women with us. We said: Should we not castrate ourselves? The Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) forbade that and granted us a concession to marry a woman [with a dowry of] a garment for a [fixed] term. Then ‘Abd Allah recited: "And do not transgress; indeed, Allah does not like transgressors."

[6694] My father narrated to us, ‘Ali ibn ‘Uthman al-Ahmaqi narrated to us, he said: I heard Qatadah recite this verse: "O you who have believed, do not prohibit the good things which Allah has made lawful to you, and do not transgress; indeed, Allah does not like transgressors." He said: Whoever prohibits what Allah has made lawful has made His forbidden [things] lawful; there is no difference between the two.

[6695] Ahmad ibn ‘Uthman ibn Hakim al-Awdi informed us in what he wrote to me, Ahmad ibn Mufaddal narrated to us, Asbat narrated to us, from al-Suddi, regarding his saying: "Do not prohibit the good things which Allah has made lawful to you, and do not transgress," he says: [It refers] to ‘Uthman ibn Maz‘un: Do not emasculate yourself, for this is transgression.

[6696] Abu Badr ‘Abbad ibn al-Walid al-‘Anbari informed us in what he wrote to me, Habban ibn Hilal narrated to us, Thabit Abu Zayd narrated to us, ‘Asim al-Ahwal narrated to us, from al-Hasan: "And do not transgress; indeed, Allah does not like transgressors." He said: Do not transgress towards what Allah has forbidden for you.

[6697] ‘Amr ibn Thawr al-Qaysari informed us in what he wrote to me, al-Firyabi narrated to us, from Sufyan, from ‘Asim, from al-Hasan, regarding his saying: "And do not transgress; indeed, Allah does not like transgressors." He said: Do not commit what Allah has forbidden you from.

His saying, the Almighty: "Indeed, Allah does not like transgressors."

[6698] I read to Muhammad ibn al-Fadl, Muhammad ibn ‘Ali narrated to us, Muhammad ibn Muzahim narrated to us, from Bukayr ibn Ma‘ruf, from Muqatil ibn Hayyan, regarding his saying: "And do not transgress; indeed, Allah does not like transgressors."