8060 - Musa ibn Harun al-Tusi informed us, in what he wrote to me, al-Husayn ibn Muhammad al-Marwazi told us, Shayban ibn 'Abd al-Rahman told us, from Qatadah, regarding His saying: "And do not kill your children out of poverty," he said: "Out of fear of want. The people of the Jahiliyyah used to kill their daughters for fear of want and captivity." It was also narrated from al-Dahhak and al-Suddi something similar.

His saying: "And do not approach immoralities."

[The First Aspect]

8061 - Abu Zur'ah al-Dimashqi told us, Muhammad ibn Bakkar told us, Sa'id ibn Bashir told us, from Qatadah, from al-Hasan, from 'Imran ibn Husayn, that the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said: "What do you say about the fornicator, the thief, and the drunkard?" They said: "Allah and His Messenger know best." He said: "These are immoralities, and there is a punishment for them."

8062 - My father informed us, Abu Tahir told us, Ibn Wahb told us, Ibn Lahi'ah told us, from Yazid ibn Abi Habib, from Muhammad ibn 'Ubayd, that Abu Hazim al-Rahawi told him that he heard his master say: "The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) used to say: 'Begging from people is among the immoralities.'"

The Second Aspect:

8063 - My father told us, Muhammad ibn al-Musaffa told us, Muhammad ibn Harb told us, Abu Salamah, meaning Sulayman ibn Sulaym, told me, from Yahya ibn Jabir, who said: "It reached me that among the immoralities which Allah forbade in His Book is a man marrying a woman, and when she satisfies his desires through her child, he divorces her without any suspicion [of impropriety]."

The Third Aspect:

8064 - Al-'Abbas ibn Muhammad al-Duri told us, Muhammad ibn Bakkar told us, Abu Ma'shar told us, from Muhammad ibn Qays, regarding the saying of Allah, exalted be He: "And do not approach immoralities," he said: "They used to walk around the House [the Kaaba] naked."

The Fourth Aspect:

8065 - Abu Zur'ah told us, Yahya ibn 'Abd Allah ibn Bukayr told us, Ibn Lahi'ah told me, from 'Ata' ibn Dinar, from Sa'id ibn Jubayr, regarding His saying: "immoralities," meaning: fornication."