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The giving of an orphan girl in marriage.

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Darussalam · Volume 7

67 - THE BOOK OF AN-NIKĀH(The Wedlock)

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الحديث: 5140 ¦ الجزء: 7 ¦ الصفحة: 18

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5140. Narrated 'Urwa bin Az-Zubair that he asked 'Aishah رضي الله عنها, saying to her, "O Mother! (in what connection was this Verse revealed): 'If you fear that you shall not be able to deal justly with orphan girls (to the end of the verse)... that your right hands possess'?" (V.4:3) 'Aishah رضي الله عنها said, "O my nephew! It was about the female orphan under the protection of her guardian who was interested in her beauty and wealth and wanted to marry her with a little or reduced Mahr. So such guardians were forbidden to marry female orphans unless they deal with them justly and give their full Mahr; and they were ordered to marry women other than them." 'Aishah رضي الله عنها added, "(Later) the people asked Allāh's Messenger ﷺ for instructions, and then Allāh revealed: 'They ask your legal instruction concerning the women... And yet whom you desire to marry.' (V.4:127) So Allāh revealed to them in this Verse that if a female orphan had wealth and beauty, they desired to marry her and were interested in her noble descent and the reduction of her Mahr; but if she was not desired by them because of her lack in fortune and beauty they left her and married some other woman. So, as they used to leave her when they had no interest in her, they had no right to marry her if they had the desire to do so, unless they deal justly with her and gave her a full amount of Mahr."

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5140 - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو اليَمَانِ، أَخْبَرَنَا شُعَيْبٌ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، وَقَالَ اللَّيْثُ: حَدَّثَنِي عُقَيْلٌ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، أَخْبَرَنِي عُرْوَةُ بْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ، أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ عَائِشَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا، قَالَ لَهَا: يَا أُمَّتَاهْ: {وَإِنْ خِفْتُمْ أَلَّا تُقْسِطُوا فِي اليَتَامَى} [النساء: 3]- إِلَى قَوْلِهِ - {مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُكُمْ} [النساء: 3] قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ: يَا ابْنَ أُخْتِي، هَذِهِ اليَتِيمَةُ تَكُونُ فِي حَجْرِ وَلِيِّهَا، فَيَرْغَبُ فِي جَمَالِهَا وَمَالِهَا، وَيُرِيدُ أَنْ يَنْتَقِصَ مِنْ صَدَاقِهَا «فَنُهُوا عَنْ نِكَاحِهِنَّ إِلَّا أَنْ يُقْسِطُوا لَهُنَّ فِي إِكْمَالِ الصَّدَاقِ، وَأُمِرُوا بِنِكَاحِ مَنْ سِوَاهُنَّ مِنَ النِّسَاءِ» قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ: " اسْتَفْتَى النَّاسُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ، فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ: {وَيَسْتَفْتُونَكَ فِي النِّسَاءِ} [النساء: 127]- إِلَى قَوْلِهِ - {وَتَرْغَبُونَ أَنْ تَنْكِحُوهُنَّ} [النساء: 127] فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ لَهُمْ فِي هَذِهِ الآيَةِ: أَنَّ اليَتِيمَةَ إِذَا كَانَتْ ذَاتَ مَالٍ وَجَمَالٍ رَغِبُوا فِي نِكَاحِهَا وَنَسَبِهَا وَالصَّدَاقِ، وَإِذَا كَانَتْ مَرْغُوبًا عَنْهَا فِي قِلَّةِ المَالِ وَالجَمَالِ تَرَكُوهَا وَأَخَذُوا غَيْرَهَا مِنَ النِّسَاءِ " قَالَتْ: فَكَمَا يَتْرُكُونَهَا حِينَ يَرْغَبُونَ عَنْهَا، فَلَيْسَ لَهُمْ أَنْ يَنْكِحُوهَا إِذَا رَغِبُوا فِيهَا، إِلَّا أَنْ يُقْسِطُوا لَهَا وَيُعْطُوهَا حَقَّهَا الأَوْفَى مِنَ الصَّدَاقِ

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