and he guards it for the time of his need so this was the reason for the need to take dwellings and homes. so when he took the home and secured the treasure he needed to protect it in it from whoever wanted it and prevent it from whoever desired it. so if he had appointed a guardian over the treasure watching over its seekers then he would have wasted it before he increased it. so if he gave a fatwa a second time his need to protect it would return and this would not cease to be his habit until he became like the area of an animal that strives to its pasture with the occurrence of its needs. so at that time he needed to he appointed someone else to take care of his property. no one is fit to succeed him in that except the one whose soul finds peace with him. his soul finds peace only with the wife whom god the most high made a comfort for the man. this was the reason for taking the family. when the family is overwhelmed by the matter which god made a reason for the occurrence of offspring and the cause of survival and progeny the child occurs and the number increases and the need for sustenance and preparing its leftovers for times of need increases. at that time he needs helpers and guardians and sufficiency and servants. then he becomes a shepherd and becomes… he who has his own people under his control
ويحرسه لوقت حاجته فكان هذا سبب الحاجة إلى اتخاذ المساكن والمنازل فلما اتخذ المنزل واحرز القنية احتاج إلى حفظها فيه ممن يريدها ومنعها عمن يرومها فلو أنه أقام على القنية حافظا لها راصدا لطلابها إذن أفناها قبل أن يزيد فيها فإذا أفتنى ثانية عادت حاجته إلى حفظها فلا يزال ذلك دأبه حتى يصير في مثل حيز البهيمة التي تسعى إلى مرعاها مع حدوث حاجاتها فاحتاج عند ذلك إلى استخلاف غيره على حفظ قنيته فلم يصلح لخلافته في ذلك ألا من تسكن نفسه إليه ولم تسكن نفسه إلا إلى الزوج التي جعلها الله تعالى ذكره للرجل سكنا وكان ذلك سبب اتخاذ الأهل ولما يغشى الأهل بالأمر الذي جعله الله سببا لحدوث الذرية وعلة البقاء والنسل حدث الولد وكثر العدد وزادت الحاجة إلى الأقوات وإعداد فضلاتها لأوقات الحاجة احتاج عند ذلك إلى الأعوان والقوام وإلى الكفاة والخدام فإذا به صار راعيا وصار من تحت يده له رعية