adjudicating between people. He addressed various cases involving prescribed punishments, such as unlawful sexual intercourse, theft, sodomy, the execution of sorcerers and spies, and others (5/ 5 - 100). He then mentioned some of the Prophet’s rulings concerning conquests, military campaigns, the distribution of spoils and wealth of various kinds, and certain questions concerning jihad, military campaigns, and the conduct of warfare (5/ 101 - 136). These rulings had already been discussed in detail in the third volume, devoted to military campaigns and the conduct of warfare, to which he frequently refers in this section.

He then turned to the rulings and judicial decisions concerning marriage and related matters (5/ 137 - 165), followed by an extensive discussion of women whom one is forbidden to marry (5/ 166 - 177). He then addressed questions concerning sexual intercourse, polygyny, the allocation of time among wives, and marital rulings (5/ 178 - 269).

He next moved on to the rulings concerning divorce in exchange for compensation and divorce generally, discussing at length divorce contrary to the sunnah and triple divorce pronounced in a single utterance (5/ 270 - 405). He then addressed questions concerning marital separation, zihār (a declaration prohibiting marital relations), īlā’ (an oath of sexual abstinence), li‘ān (mutual imprecation), and acknowledgment of a child’s lineage (5/ 406 - 592).

In the sixth volume, the author discussed the Prophet’s ruling (peace and blessings be upon him) concerning who has the greater right to custody of a child, dwelling at length on whether the child should be allowed to choose between the two parents. He then mentioned the Prophet’s ruling (peace and blessings be upon him) concerning the maintenance of wives. Here he explained at length that an irrevocably divorced woman is entitled to neither maintenance nor accommodation, as stated in the hadith of Fātima bint Qays. He gave an extensive account of the objections raised against this hadith, then answered them and demonstrated their invalidity.

After completing this discussion, he devoted a chapter to the obligation to provide maintenance for relatives, followed by a lengthy chapter on the Prophet’s ruling (peace and blessings be upon him) concerning breastfeeding: which marriages it prohibits and which it does not, the amount of breastfeeding that establishes such prohibitions, and whether breastfeeding an adult has any legal effect. He then mentioned the Prophet’s ruling (peace and blessings be upon him) concerning waiting periods, discussing in detail whether “qurū’” means menstrual periods or intervals of purity, presenting and examining the evidence advanced by both sides