16818 - Ali ibn al-Hasan narrated to us: Musaddad narrated to us: Ghadir ibn Farhad narrated to us, who said: I heard Abu 'Imran al-Jawni saying regarding this verse: "And found besides them two women driving back (their flocks)," he said: They were restraining their sheep from one another.
16819 - Ali ibn al-Husayn narrated to us: Ishaq ibn 'Amr narrated to us: al-Sabbah ibn Muharib narrated to us, from Ibn Jurayj, regarding His saying: "Two women driving back," he said: They were preventing the sheep from the water.
His saying, the Exalted: "He said: 'What is the matter with you?'"
16820 - Muhammad ibn 'Abd Allah ibn Abi al-Thalj narrated to us: Yazid ibn Harun narrated to us: Asbagh ibn Zayd al-Warraq reported: al-Qasim ibn Abi Ayyub narrated to us: Sa'id ibn Jubayr narrated to us, from Ibn 'Abbas: "He said: 'What is the matter with you?'" He said: He asked them: "What is the matter with you, standing aside and not watering with the people?"
16821 - Muhammad ibn al-'Abbas narrated to us: 'Abd al-Rahman ibn Salamah narrated to us: Salamah narrated to us, from Muhammad ibn Ishaq: "And found besides the people two women driving back their sheep from the water," and it was the water of Madyan. He felt pity for them and a sense of duty (hisbah) overcame him when he saw their situation and the people prevailing over the water instead of them, so he said: "What is the matter with you?" i.e., what is your situation that you are not watering?
His saying, the Exalted: "They said: 'We do not water.'"
16822 - Muhammad ibn 'Abd Allah ibn Abi al-Thalj narrated to us: Yazid narrated to us: Asbagh reported: al-Qasim narrated to us: Sa'id narrated to us, from Ibn 'Abbas, regarding His saying: "They said: 'We do not water,'" they said: We have no strength to crowd out the people.
16823 - Muhammad ibn Yahya narrated to us: al-'Abbas reported: Yazid narrated to us: Sa'id narrated to us, from Qatadah, regarding His saying: "He said: 'What is the matter with you?' They said: 'We do not water,'" i.e., we are unable to water until the people have finished, then we follow and drink their leftovers.
His saying, the Exalted: "Until the shepherds drive back (their flocks)."
16824 - al-Husayn ibn 'Ali ibn Mihran al-Mituni narrated to us: 'Ali, meaning ibn Bahr, narrated to us: 'Abd al-'Aziz ibn 'Abd al-Samad narrated to us, from 'Ata', from 'Ikrimah and Sa'id ibn Jubayr, from Ibn 'Abbas, regarding His saying: "And when he arrived at the water of Madyan," that when Moses, peace be upon him, arrived at the water of Madyan, he found upon it a party of people watering, and he found besides them two women driving back (their flocks). They said to him: "Water." He said: "Is there no well here?" They replied: "A well that is covered in the winter and uncovered in the summer." So he came to the well and lifted a great rock that a hundred men could not handle. When he lifted the rock, the two women were amazed, and he watered for them.
١٦٨١٨ - حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ، ثنا مُسَدَّدٌ، ثنا غاضرُ بْنُ فَرْهَدٍ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عِمْرَانَ الْجَوْنِيَّ يَقُولُ فِي هَذِهِ الآيَةِ: وَوَجَدَ مِنْ دُونِهِمُ امْرَأَتَيْنِ تَذُودَانِ قَالَ: تَكُفَّانِ أَغْنَامَهُمَا بَعْضُهَا عَلَى بَعْضٍ.
١٦٨١٩ - حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ، ثنا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو، ثنا الصَّبَّاحُ بْنُ مُحَارِبٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ جُرَيْجٍ قَوْلُهُ: امْرَأَتَيْنِ تَذُودَانِ قَالَ: تَمْنَعَانِ الْغَنَمَ مِنَ الْمَاءِ.
قَوْلُهُ تَعَالَى: قَالَ مَا خَطْبُكُمَا
١٦٨٢٠ - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي الثَّلْجِ، ثنا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ أَنْبَأَ أَصْبَغُ ابن زَيْدٍ الْوَرَّاقُ، ثنا الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ أَبِي أَيُّوبَ، ثنا سَعِيدُ بْنُ جُبَيْرٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ مَا خَطْبُكُمَا قَالَ: فَقَالَ لَهُمَا: مَا خَطْبُكُمَا مُعْتَزِلَتَيْنِ لَا تَسْقِيَانِ مَعَ النَّاسِ.
١٦٨٢١ - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَبَّاسِ، ثنا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ، ثنا سَلَمَةُ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ وَوَجَدَ امْرَأَتَيْنِ مِنْ دُونِ الْقَوْمِ تَذُودَانِ غَنَمَهُمَا، عَنِ الْمَاءِ، وَهُوَ مَاءُ مَدْيَنَ، فَوَجَدَ لَهُمَا رَحْمَةً وَدَخَلَتْهُ حِسْبَةٌ لَمَّا رَأَى مَوْضِعَهُمَا وَغَلَبَةَ النَّاسِ عَلَى الْمَاءِ دُونَهُمَا، فَقَالَ: مَا خَطْبُكُمَا؟ أَيْ مَا شَأْنُكُمَا لَا تَسْقِيَانِ.
قَوْلُهُ تَعَالَى: قَالَتَا لا نَسْقِي
١٦٨٢٢ - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي الثَّلْجِ، ثنا يَزِيدُ أَنْبَأَ أَصْبَغُ، ثنا الْقَاسِمُ، ثنا سَعِيدٌ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَوْلُهُ: قَالَتَا لا نَسْقِي قَالَتَا: لَيْسَ لَنَا قُوَّةٌ نُزَاحِمُ الْقَوْمَ.
١٦٨٢٣ - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى أَنْبَأَ الْعَبَّاسُ، ثنا يَزِيدُ، ثنا سَعِيدٌ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ قَوْلُهُ: قَالَ مَا خَطْبُكُمَا قَالَتَا لا نَسْقِي أَيْ لَا نَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ نَسْقِيَ حَتَّى يَسْقِيَ النَّاسُ ثُمَّ نَتَتَبَّعَ فَضَالَتَهُمْ.
قَوْلُهُ تَعَالَى: حَتَّى يُصْدِرَ الرِّعَاءُ
١٦٨٢٤ - حَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مِهْرَانَ الْمِتُونِيُّ، ثنا عَلِيُّ يَعْنِي ابْنَ بَحْرٍ، ثنا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الصَّمَدِ، عَنْ عَطَاءٍ، عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ وَسَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ فِي قَوْلِهِ: وَلَمَّا وَرَدَ مَاءَ مَدْيَنَ أَنَّ مُوسَى صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَمَّا وَرَدَ مَاءَ مَدْيَنَ وَجَدَ عَلَيْهِ أُمَّةً مِنَ النَّاسِ يَسْقُونَ وَوَجَدَ مِنْ دُونِهِمُ امْرَأَتَيْنِ تَذُودَانِ فَقَالَتَا لَهُ: مَاءٌ، فَقَالَ: أَمَا هَاهُنَا بِئْرٌ؟ قَالَتَا: بِئْرٌ يُغَطَّى الشِّتَاءَ وَيُكْشَفُ فِي الصَّيْفِ، فَأَتَى الْبِئْرَ فَرَفَعَ صَخْرَةً عَظِيمَةً لَا يُطِيقُهَا مِائَةُ رَجُلٍ، فَلَمَّا رَفَعَ الصَّخْرَةَ عَجِبَتَا الْمَرْأَتَانِ، فَسَقَى لَهُمَا.
