Tafsir Ibn Abbas: An-Nisaa, Ayah 28
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God desires to lighten things for you and make the rulings of the Law easier for you; for man was created weak unable to abstain from women and passions.
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Atiyyah ibn Sa'd al-Awfi said: I recited to Abdullah ibn Umar the verse: "It is Allah Who created you in a state of (helplessness) weakness (min da'f)." He said: (Read) min du'f. I recited it to the ...
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that he recited the following to the Prophet (ﷺ): "Who created you in the weakness (Min Da'f)" So he said: "Min Du'f" (Another chain) with similar in meaning.
"I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: 'Bring me the weak, for you only receive provision and Divine support by virtue of your weak ones.'"
What prompted him to do this? He said: He wanted that his Ummah should not be put to (unnecessary) hardship.
I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: Seek for me weak persons, for you are provided means of subsistence and helped through your weaklings. Abu Dawud said: Zaid b. Artat is the brother of 'Adi b....
"Why?" He said: "So that there would not be any hardship on his Ummah."
Ibn Abbas Commentary
(Allah would make the burden light for you) He wishes to make things easy for you by marrying captives in case of necessity, (for man was created weak) in that he cannot do without women.