A man vowed to cut the hand of his slave and imprison him for a 'time' (hin), so 'Umar ibn 'Abd al-'Aziz asked me about it, and I said: His hand is not to be cut, and he shall imprison him for the 'time' once a year. Then he recited: "They will surely imprison him until a time."

The Third Aspect:

11591 - Abu Sa'id al-Ashajj narrated to us, Waki' narrated to us, from Sufyan, from Ibn al-Asbahani, from 'Ikrimah and Tariq, from Sa'id ibn Jubayr, both said: "The time (al-hin) is six months."

The Fourth Aspect:

11592 - My father narrated to us, Sahl ibn 'Uthman narrated to us, 'Ali ibn Mushir narrated to us, from 'Asim, from 'Ikrimah regarding His saying: "Until a time," he said: Seven years.

The Fifth Aspect:

11593 - 'Abd Allah ibn Ahmad al-Razi narrated to us, my father narrated to me, from his father, from Ibrahim al-Sa'igh, from Yazid al-Nahwi, he said: And I asked him—meaning 'Ikrimah—about a man who vowed: "I will surely imprison my slave for a time (hin), and if I do not imprison him for a time, he is free." 'Ikrimah said: "There are 'times' that can be attained, and 'times' that cannot be attained. As for the 'time' that cannot be attained, Allah the Exalted says: 'They will surely imprison him until a time.'"

His saying, the Exalted: "And there entered with him in the prison two young men."

11594 - Abu Zur'ah narrated to us, Safwan narrated to us, al-Walid narrated to us, Sa'id ibn Bashir narrated to us, Qatadah narrated to us, from Sa'id ibn Jubayr, from Ibn 'Abbas regarding the saying of Allah the Almighty: "And there entered with him in the prison two young men," one of them was the king's overseer of his food, and the other was the king's cupbearer of his drink.

11595 - 'Ali ibn al-Husayn narrated to us, Abu al-Jumahir narrated to us, Sa'id ibn Bashir narrated to us, from Qatadah, from 'Azrah, from Ibn Jubayr, from Ibn 'Abbas, similarly.

11596 - My father narrated to us, Hisham ibn Khalid narrated to us, Shu'ayb ibn Ishaq narrated to us, Sa'id narrated to us, from Qatadah regarding "And there entered with him in the prison two young men," he said: One of them was the king's baker in charge of his food, and the other was his cupbearer in charge of his drink.