For: The majority including Ibn Abbaas, Qataada, Mujaahid and As-Suddi, Muqaatil, Ikrima, Muhammad ibn Jaabir (implied, according to Dr. Al-Husayni), Al-Qaasim ibn Salaam, An-Nahhaas, Makki, At-Tabari, Ibn Al-Jawzi, Abu-Abdillah Shu`la, Ibn Hazm Al-Andalusi, Abdullah ibn Al-Husayn and Yahya ibn Al-Husayn aka Al-Haadi (according to Aş-Şa`di), Az-Zurqaani, As-Suyooti (in one opinion in his Itqaan book), Muhammad Al-Khudhari (Bek), according to Jamaal `Ataaya, Dr. Mustafa Zayd, Dr. Abdullah Ahmad Al-Husayni (implied), Ali Hasan Al-Areedh, Supreme Council on Islamic Affairs (Egypt), Dr. Mannaa` Al-Qattaan.
Against: Mujaahid (according to Al-Jabri), Ibn Al`Arabi, Abu-Muslim Al-Asfahaani, Al-Fakhr Ar-Raazi, Az-Zamakhshari (implied), Al-Mansoor Billah (who said it was the other way around, according to Aş-Şa`di), As-Suyooti (implied by a second opinion in his exegesis, per Al-Ghaali, page 106), Shah Waliullah Dehlvi, Muhammad Abduh and M. Rasheed Ridha, Muhammad Al-Khudhari (Bek), according to Haani Taahir and Al-Jabri, Al-Jabri, Basheer-ud-Deen Mahmood and Dr. Husayn An-Naqeeb (according to Haani Taahir), Muhammad Al-Madani and Mahmood Shaltoot (according to Nada), Dr. Ahmad Hijaazi As-Saqqa, Dr. Az-Zalmi, Dr. Muhammad Saalih Ali Mustafa, Husaam Al-Ghaali, M. M. Nada, Dr. N.A. Tantaawi, Ihab Hasan Abduh. Dr. Ali Jum`a, Jamaal `Ataaya, Haani Taahir, Dr. Muhammad Al-Bahiyy.
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