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Shaykh al-Islām also said:

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Allah Most High says:

“And that you complete the prescribed number and glorify Allah for having guided you, and that you may be grateful.”

The particle lām (“that” or “so that”) is connected either to an explicitly stated verb, giving the meaning:

“Allah intends ease for you … and that you complete the prescribed number.”

This is like His saying:

“Allah intends to make clear to you.”

Or it is connected to an omitted verb, meaning: He prescribed this so that you may complete the prescribed number.

The latter interpretation is more common, because He says:

“And that you may be grateful.”

The first interpretation would require the wording to mean, “And He intends that perhaps you will be grateful,” which is a weak construction.

However, the first interpretation may be supported by His words in the verse concerning ablution:

“Allah does not intend to place any hardship upon you, but He intends to purify you and complete His favour upon you, that you may be grateful.”

The verse concerning fasting and the verse concerning purification correspond in both wording and meaning. Thus, His words:

“Allah intends ease for you and does not intend hardship for you”

correspond to His words:

“Allah does not intend to place any hardship upon you,”

and His words:

وَقَالَ شَيْخُ الْإِسْلَامِ: فَصْلٌ: قَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى {وَلِتُكْمِلُوا الْعِدَّةَ وَلِتُكَبِّرُوا اللَّهَ عَلَى مَا هَدَاكُمْ وَلَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ} وَ " اللَّامُ " إمَّا مُتَعَلِّقَةٌ بِمَذْكُورِ: أَيْ {يُرِيدُ اللَّهُ بِكُمُ الْيُسْرَ} . . . وَلِتُكْمِلُوا الْعِدَّةَ} . كَمَا قَالَ: {يُرِيدُ اللَّهُ لِيُبَيِّنَ لَكُمْ} . أَوْ بِمَحْذُوفِ: أَيْ وَلِتُكْمِلُوا الْعِدَّةَ شَرَعَ ذَلِكَ. وَهَذَا أَشْهَرُ لِأَنَّهُ قَالَ: {وَلَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ} فَيَجِبُ عَلَى الْأَوَّلِ أَنْ يُقَالَ وَيُرِيدُ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ وَفِيهِ وَهْنٌ. لَكِنْ يُحْتَجُّ لِلْأَوَّلِ بِقَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى فِي آيَةِ الْوُضُوءِ: {مَا يُرِيدُ اللَّهُ لِيَجْعَلَ عَلَيْكُمْ مِنْ حَرَجٍ وَلَكِنْ يُرِيدُ لِيُطَهِّرَكُمْ وَلِيُتِمَّ نِعْمَتَهُ عَلَيْكُمْ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَشْكُرُونَ} فَإِنَّ آيَةَ الصِّيَامِ وَآيَةَ الطَّهَارَةِ مُتَنَاسِبَتَانِ فِي اللَّفْظِ وَالْمَعْنَى فَقَوْلُهُ: {يُرِيدُ اللَّهُ بِكُمُ الْيُسْرَ وَلَا يُرِيدُ بِكُمُ الْعُسْرَ} بِمَنْزِلَةِ قَوْلِهِ: {مَا يُرِيدُ اللَّهُ لِيَجْعَلَ عَلَيْكُمْ مِنْ حَرَجٍ} وَقَوْلِهِ: