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2763. Narrated Az-Zuhri: 'Urwa bin Az-Zubair said that he asked 'Aishah رضي الله عنها about the meaning of the Qur'anic Verse:
"And if you fear that you shall not be able to deal justly with the orphan-girls then marry (other) women of your choice..." (V.4:2-3)
'Aishah said, "It is about a female orphan under the guardianship of her guardian who
is inclined towards her because of her beauty and wealth, and likes to marry her with a Mahr less than what is given to women of her standard. So they (i.e., guardians) were forbidden to marry the orphans unless they paid them a full appropriate Mahr, (otherwise) they were ordered to marry other women instead of them. Later on the people asked Allāh's Messenger ﷺ about it. So Allāh revealed the following Verse:
'They ask your legal instruction (O Muḥammad ﷺ!) concerning women, say: Allāh instructs you about them,...' (V.4:127)
"And in this Verse, Allāh indicated that if the orphan-girl was beautiful and wealthy, her guardian would have the desire to marry her without giving her an appropriate Mahr equal to what her peers could get, but if she was undesirable for lack of beauty or wealth, then he would not marry her, but seek to marry some other woman instead of her. So, since he did not marry her when he had no inclination towards her, he had not the right to marry her when he had an interest in her, unless he treated her justly by giving her a full Mahr and securing all her rights."
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