Bayan halittar Adamu da Hauwa'u da zama a Aljanna, Allah Ya ce musu ku ci daga cikinta daga duk wata ni'ima da kuke so, amma kada ku kusanci wannan itaciyar domin kuna cikin azzalumai.  (Bakara: 35)

Amma shaidan ya yaudare su, suka ci ’ya’yan itacen da aka haramta kuma saboda wannan rashin biyayya, aka yanke musu hukuncin kore su daga sama su zauna a duniya. Baya ga wannan ayar, an kuma ambaci wannan bishiya a cikin wasu ayoyi biyu na Alqur’ani (Araf: 19; Taha: 120).

Ba a ambata a cikin Alqur’ani mece ce wannan itaciya da ‘ya’yanta ba. Sai dai a cikin hadisai da tafsirin akwai manyan ra'ayoyi guda biyu game da wannan lamari:

1. Fito: Wasu malaman tafsiri sun yi la’akari da bayyanar bishiyar kuma kowannensu kamar yadda wasu hadisai suka ce haramun ne bishiyar alkama, da inabi, da ɓaure, da dabino, da bergamot, da kafur, da jujube. Tambayar za ta iya tasowa game da dalilin da ya sa wasu masu sharhi suka ɗauka cewa itacen alkama, alkama itace? Amsa ita ce, a cikin al’adar Kur’ani, ana kiran “itace” da sunan “shrub” da “shuka” ban da bishiya. Misali ya zo a cikin kissar Sayyidina Yunus (a.s) cewa: "Kuma Muka tsirar da wata itãciya ta kankana a kusa da shi" (Saffat: 146).

Don haka babu matsala ta fuskar ma’ana cewa wasu hadisai sun dauki ma’anar “shajar” alkama.

Kwanan nan, a cikin shahararrun al'adun mutane, wani lokaci ana ɗaukar apple a matsayin haramtacciyar 'ya'yan itace, wannan imani yana rinjayar al'adu da tunani na yammacin duniya, inda wasu suka ɗauki apple a matsayin alamar gwaji na Adamu da zunubinsa na farko. Babu daya daga cikin hadisai da tafsirin Musulunci da ya dauki haramtattun 'ya'yan itacen a matsayin tuffa. Tabbas a cikin wasu hadisai na Imamai (a.s) dangane da masu tambaya ko menene wannan itaciya, yana cewa: A ranar kiyama komai yana hannun mumini, 'ya'yan Aljannah ba kamarsu ba ne. ’ya’yan itacen duniya, inda kawai ake samun ‘ya’yanta na musamman daga bishiya; A nan ne idan mumini ya so, za a samu 'ya'yan itatuwa daban-daban daga wata bishiya ko daji.

2. Abubuwan da ba a bayyana ba: A cikin Alkur’ani, an yi amfani da itaciya sau daya a ma’anarta wadda ba ta bayyana ba: itaciya la’ananniya” (Isra’i: 60). Wasu malaman tafsiri, bisa wasu hadisai, suma sun fassara haramtacciyar bishiyar da ma'anarta wadda ba ta bayyana ba. A cikin wadannan tafsirin, bishiyar da aka haramta ita ce “bishiyar kishi” da wani nau’in gasa ko wani abu makamancin haka da ake kama mutum a ciki, ba shakka ba hassada da ta kai matakin zunubi ba.

Adamu (a.s) ya san halin da ‘ya’yansa suke ciki a nan gaba, kuma a cikinsu ya ga manyan annabawa da waliyyai wadanda suka fi shi girma. A wannan lokacin ya yi fatan cewa matsayinsu ya zama nasa, kuma wannan “buri” ya nisantar da shi daga sama, kuma ita ce haramtacciyar bishiyarsa.