حَتَّى إِذَا سَلَخَا جُمَادَى سِتَّةً ۞ جَزْءًا فَطَالَ صِيَامُهُ وَصِيَامُهَا
They passed six months of the cold season without taking water; the period of abstention from drinking became long for both male and female.
Salakhā describes the passage of a period. Jumādā is associated here with the cold season in the commentary. Jazʾan concerns refraining from water and ṣiyām similarly denotes abstention from drinking; this is not the technical religious fast.
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Labīd ibn Rabīʿah: Wild Asses, Thirst, Desert Travel and the Watercourse (Verses 25–35)
حَتَّى إِذَا سَلَخَا جُمَادَى سِتَّةً ۞ جَزْءًا فَطَالَ صِيَامُهُ وَصِيَامُهَا
They passed six months of the cold season without taking water; the period of abstention from drinking became long for both male and female.
Salakhā describes the passage of a period. Jumādā is associated here with the cold season in the commentary. Jazʾan concerns refraining from water and ṣiyām similarly denotes abstention from drinking; this is not the technical religious fast.