13262 - From al-Hasan, may Allah be pleased with him, regarding His saying: "Indeed, your Lord extends provision for whom He wills and restricts [it]," he said: "He extends it for this one as a ruse against him, and He restricts it for that one out of consideration for him."

13263 - From Zayd, he said: "Everything [every instance] in the Qur'an [referring to this term], its meaning is 'to restrict/lessen'."

His saying, the Almighty: "And do not kill your children out of fear of poverty"

13264 - From Qatadah, may Allah be pleased with him, regarding His saying: "And do not kill your children out of fear of poverty," meaning fear of destitution. The people of the Jahiliyyah used to kill their daughters for fear of destitution, so Allah admonished them regarding that and informed them that their provision and the provision of their children is upon Allah. He said: "We provide for them and for you. Indeed, their killing is a great error [khat'an kabiran]," meaning a great sin.

13265 - From Ibn Abbas, may Allah be pleased with them both, regarding His saying: "out of fear of poverty [imlaq]," he said: "Fear of poverty." He said: "And do the Arabs know that?" He said: "Yes. Have you not heard the poet saying: 'And indeed I am, despite the poverty [imlaq], O my people, noble; preparing for my guests roasted meat.'"

His saying, the Almighty: "A great error [khat'an kabiran]"

13266 - From al-Hasan, may Allah be pleased with him, that he recited: "khat'an kabiran," with a hamzah, from [the root] al-khata' (error) and al-sawab (correctness).

His saying, the Almighty: "And do not approach unlawful sexual intercourse [zina]"

13267 - From al-Suddi, may Allah be pleased with him, regarding His saying: "And do not approach unlawful sexual intercourse," he said: "On the day this verse was revealed, there were no prescribed punishments [hudud], then the punishments came after that in Surat al-Nur."

13268 - From Qatadah, may Allah be pleased with him, regarding His saying: "And do not approach unlawful sexual intercourse. Indeed, it is ever an immorality." Qatadah reported from al-Hasan, may Allah be pleased with him: "That the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) used to say: 'The servant does not commit adultery while committing it as a believer; nor does he commit plunder [robbery] while committing it as a believer; nor does he steal while stealing as a believer; nor does he drink wine while drinking it as a believer; nor does he embezzle [ghulul] while embezzling as a believer.' It was said: 'O Messenger of Allah, by Allah, we used to think that he commits that while he is a believer?' The Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) said: 'If he does anything of that, faith is stripped from his heart, but if he repents, Allah will accept his repentance.'"