Interpretation of Verses 238-242 Journal Article

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3 Fakhr al-Razi says under verse 240: There are three opinions regarding this verse; however, the view of the majority of commentators is that it is abrogated, and they say: At the beginning of Islam, the wife of a deceased person benefited from maintenance for one year and did not have the right to remarry; at most, she was free to choose whether to stay in the house or leave, and if she left, she would be deprived of receiving living expenses, but she had to observe the waiting period for one year. [The verse is abrogated in terms of the waiting period (iddah) of death] It must be noted that in none of the fatwas of the scholars of jurisprudence is such a ruling observed, which consists of the necessity of housing the wife for one year in the residential home after the husband's death, paying maintenance, and prohibiting marriage to others. After emphasizing the protection of the matter of prayer, which is itself the head of worship and at the same time a means that grants a person stability and steadfastness in implementing commands and prevents the commission of abominations and sins; following the previous subject regarding the rulings of divorce, He said: (والّذین یتوفّون منکم ویذرون أزواجا)(240). 3. In Tafsir al-Burhan, Nur al-Thaqalayn, al-Ayyashi, and Ali bin Ibrahim Qummi, by quoting several narrations, the phrase: (فإن خفتم فرجالا أو رکبانا) is interpreted as the Prayer of Fear (Salat al-Khawf), the manner and instances of which, such as fear of a predator or a thief, during travel or combat and fighting the enemy on the battlefield, are documented in jurisprudence books.