Because it is advanced in rank,

and the pronoun was mentioned because the intended meaning of the fidya is food,

and by it is intended the charity of fitr,

Allah - the Exalted - followed the command of fasting

in this verse with the charity of fitr,

just as He followed the second verse with the takbirs of Eid.

3 - The verse permitting sexual relations during the night of fasting:

And His statement - the Exalted -: {Permitted to you on the night of fasting is sexual relations to your wives}

is abrogating His statement - the Exalted -: {As it was ordained upon those before you}

because its implication is agreement with what was upon them of the prohibition of eating and intercourse after sleep,

mentioned it Ibn al-Arabi,

and he related another saying that it was abrogated for what was relative.

I say: The meaning of "as it was prescribed" is the similarity in the very obligation

so there is no abrogation, rather it is a change for what was with them before the legislation

and we did not find evidence that the Prophet - may Allah bless him and grant him peace - legislated that for them,

and even if it were conceded, then that was established relatively (not that he legislated it for them and commanded them with it).

4 - The verse of fighting in the sacred month

And His statement - the Exalted - "They ask you about the sacred month - fighting in it" verse,

is abrogated by His statement: {And fight the polytheists collectively} verse.

It was narrated by Ibn Jarir from Ata ibn Maisarah.

I say: This verse does not indicate the prohibition of fighting, rather it indicates