The fatwa: The answer to the incident is derived by way of metaphor from the youth in age. What is meant by the fatwa here is the indication to them regarding what they have concerning the opinion and management of what has happened to her. She intended by turning to them and returning to consult them and seek their opinions: to win their favor and soothe their hearts so that they may support her and decisively carry out a matter. In the reading of Ibn Mas'ud, may Allah be pleased with him: it means a decisive matter, that is, I do not decide a matter except in your presence. It is said that the people of her consultation were three hundred and thirteen men: each one over ten thousand.