The Holy Quran with Five Volume Commentary (Vol 2) — Page 375
PT. 7 AL-MA'IDAH CH. 5 أُحِلَّ لَكُمْ صَيْدُ الْبَحْرِ وَطَعَامُهُ مَتَاعًا The game of the sea and the. 97 eating thereof have been made لكُمْ وَلِلسَّيَّارَةِ وَحُرِّمَ عَلَيْكُمْ صَيْدُ lawful for you as a provision for الْبَرِّ مَا دُمْتُمْ حُرُمَا وَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ الَّذِى إِلَيْهِ تُحْشَرُونَ you and the travellers; but "forbidden to you is the game of the land as long as you are in a state of pilgrimage. And fear Allah to Whom you shall be gathered. 724 جَعَلَ اللهُ الكَعْبَةَ الْبَيْتَ الْحَرَام Allah has made the Kabah. 98 the inviolable House, as a قِيمًا لِلنَّاسِ وَالشَّهْرَ الْحَرَامَ وَالْهَدْيَ means of support and uplift for وَالْقَلَابِدَ ذلِكَ لِتَعْلَمُوا أَنَّ اللهَ يَعْلَمُ Month and the offerings and the مَا فِي السَّمواتِ وَمَا فِي الْأَرْضِ وَاَنَّ اللَّهَ بِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ عَلِيمٌ mankind, as also the Sacred Canimals with collars. That is so that you may know that Allah knows what is in the heavens and what is in the earth, and that Allah knows all things well. 725 a5:2, 96. 2:126; 3:97-98. 5:3. offer a goat. If the like of the game killed cannot be found, then an animal costing approximately as much as the game killed should be offered, or failing that, the pilgrim should spend the estimated price of the game in feeding the poor, which is two per head according to some theologians and one ε according to others, a being roughly two handfuls of corn while a ε is four times as much as a. If, however, the pilgrim is unable to do even that, he should fast for as many days as the number of the poor he could feed with the estimated price of the game killed. The fasting and the feeding of 815 the poor, as the case may be, should preferably be done at Mecca. 724. Commentary: The word (sea) here includes rivers, streams, lakes, ponds, etc. See 7:139. As during the time of Pilgrimage, hunting on land is likely to prove inconvenient and even dangerous to pilgrims visiting the Ka'bah, whereas the catching of sea-game does not interfere with traffic, so the former has been prohibited and the latter allowed. 725. Important Words: Ls (means of support and uplift) is