‘Ata’ ibn Dinar told me, from Sa‘id ibn Jubayr, regarding His saying: "Until he reaches his maturity," he said: "Eighteen years."(1)
The Fifth Aspect:
8090 - Ahmad ibn ‘Uthman ibn Hakim informed us, in what he wrote to me, Ahmad ibn Mufaddal told us, Asbat told us, from al-Suddi, regarding His saying: "Until he reaches his maturity," as for his maturity, it is thirty years.
[The Sixth Aspect:]
8091 - Abu ‘Abd Allah Muhammad ibn Hammad al-Tahrani told me, Hafs ibn ‘Umar informed us, al-Hakam ibn Aban told us, from ‘Ikrimah, regarding His saying: "his maturity," he said: "Twenty-five years."
And the Seventh Aspect:
8092 - It was mentioned from Abu Ma‘shar, from Muhammad ibn Qays, regarding His saying: "his maturity," fifteen years.
His saying, the Exalted: "And fulfill the measure and the weight with justice."
8093 - Abu Zur‘ah told us, Minjab ibn al-Harith told us, Bishr ibn ‘Umarah informed us, from Abu Rawq, from al-Dahhak, from Ibn ‘Abbas, regarding the saying of Allah: "with justice," he said: "Meaning with fairness."
His saying, the Exalted: "We charge no soul except with that within its capacity."
8094 - My father told us, Abu Salih the scribe of al-Layth told us, Mu‘awiyah ibn Salih told me, from ‘Ali ibn Abi Talhah, from Ibn ‘Abbas, regarding His saying: "We charge no soul except with that within its capacity," he said: "They are the believers; Allah has expanded for them the matter of their religion, for He said: 'And has not placed upon you in the religion any difficulty.'"
[His saying: "except with that within its capacity."]
[The First Aspect]
8095 - Abu Zur‘ah told us, Yahya ibn ‘Abd Allah ibn Bukayr told us, Ibn Lahi‘ah told me, ‘Ata’ ibn Dinar told me, from Sa‘id ibn Jubayr, regarding the saying of Allah: "except with that within its capacity," meaning: "Except for its capability."
And the Second Aspect:
8096 - My father told us, Mahmud ibn Ghaylan told us, ‘Abdan ibn ‘Uthman ibn Jabalah told us, ‘Abbad ibn al-‘Awwam told us, from Isma‘il ibn Abi Khalid, from ‘Amir al-Sha‘bi: "We charge no soul except with that within its capacity," [meaning] except what it has done for itself."
(1) Ibn Kathir 3/359.
حَدَّثَنِي عَطَاءُ بْنُ دِينَارٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ: قَوْلُهُ: حَتَّى يَبْلُغَ أَشُدَّهُ
، قَالَ: ثَمَانِيَ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً «١» .
الْوَجْهُ الْخَامِسُ:
٨٠٩٠ - أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ حَكِيمٍ فِيمَا كَتَبَ إِلَيَّ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُفَضَّلٍ ثنا أَسْبَاطٌ عَنِ السُّدِّيِّ: قَوْلُهُ: حَتَّى يبلغ أشده
، أما أشده فثلاثون سنة.
[الوجه السادس:]
٨٠٩١ - حدثي أَبُو عَبْدِ اللَّهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَمَّادٍ الطِّهْرَانِيُّ أنا حَفْصُ بْنُ عمر ثنا الحكم ابن أَبَانَ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ، فِي قَوْلِهِ: أَشَدَّهُ
، قَالَ: خَمْسٌ وَعِشْرُونَ سَنَةً.
وَالْوَجْهُ السَّابِعُ:
٨٠٩٢ - ذُكِرَ عَنْ أَبِي مَعْشَرٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ: قَوْلُهُ: أَشَدَّهُ
خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ سَنَةً.
قَوْلُهُ تَعَالَى: وَأَوْفُوا الْكَيْلَ وَالْمِيزَانَ بِالْقِسْطِ.
٨٠٩٣ - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو زُرْعَةَ ثنا مِنْجَابُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ أَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ عُمَارَةَ عَنْ أَبِي رَوْقٍ عَنِ الضَّحَّاكِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، فِي قَوْلِ اللَّهِ: بِالْقِسْطِ
، قَالَ: يَعْنِي بِالْعَدْلِ.
قَوْلُهُ تَعَالَى: لَا نُكَلِّفُ نَفْسًا إِلا وُسْعَهَا.
٨٠٩٤ - حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي ثنا أَبُو صَالِحٍ كَاتِبُ اللَّيْثِ حَدَّثَنِي مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ ابْنِ أَبِي طَلْحَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، فِي قَوْلِهِ: لا نُكَلِّفُ نَفْسًا إِلا وُسْعَهَا
قَالَ: هُمُ الْمُؤْمِنُونَ، وَسَّعَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ أَمْرَ دِينِهِمْ فَقَالَ: مَا جَعَلَ عَلَيْكُمْ فِي الدِّينِ مِنْ حَرَجٍ.
[قوله: إلا وسعها.]
[الوجه الأول]
٨٠٩٥ - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو زُرْعَةَ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ بُكَيْرٍ حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ حَدَّثَنِي عَطَاءُ بْنُ دِينَارٍ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنُ جُبَيْرٍ، فِي قَوْلِ اللَّهِ: إِلا وُسْعَهَا
يَعْنِي: إِلا طَاقَتَهَا.
وَالوجه الثَّانِي:
٨٠٩٦ - حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي ثنا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلانَ ثنا عَبْدَانُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ جَبَلَةَ ثنا عَبَّادُ بْنُ الْعَوَّامِ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِيلَ بْنِ أَبِي خَالِدٍ عَنْ عَامِرِ الشَّعْبِيِّ: لا نُكَلِّفُ نَفْسًا إِلا وُسْعَهَا
إِلا مَا عَمِلَتْ لَهَا.
(١) . ابن كثير ٣/ ٣٥٩.