The law on gleaning did not stipulate how much produce farmers were to leave for the needy. It was up to them whether the borders of unreaped grain around the edges of their fields would be wide or narrow.
فَكَانَ ٱلْأَمْرُ مَتْرُوكًا لَهُمْ لِيُحَدِّدُوا هَلْ يُبْقُونَ مَسَاحَةً صَغِيرَةً أَمْ كَبِيرَةً فِي أَطْرَافِ حَقْلِهِمْ دُونَ حَصَادٍ .‏