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2494. Narrated 'Urwa bin Az-Zubair that he had asked 'Aishah رضي الله عنها about the meaning of the Statement of Allāh تعالى:
"And if you fear that you shall not be able to deal justly... (up to)... or four..." (V.4:3)
She said, "O my nephew! This is about the orphan girl who lives with her guardian and shares his property. Her wealth and beauty may tempt him to marry her without giving her an adequate Mahr (bridal-money) which might have been given by another suitor. So, such guardians were forbidden to marry such
orphan girls unless they treated them justly and gave them the most suitable Mahr ; otherwise they were ordered to marry any other woman.” ‘Aishah further said, “After that Verse the people again asked the Prophet ﷺ (about the marriage with orphan girls), so Allāh تعالى revealed the following Verses :
‘They ask your legal instruction concerning women... (up to)... and yet whom you desire to marry...’ (V.4:127)
What is meant by Allāh’s Saying :
‘And about what is recited unto you’ is the former Verse which goes :
‘And if you fear that you shall not be able to deal justly with the orphan girls, then marry (other) women of your choice...’
‘Aishah رضي الله عنها said, “Allāh’s Saying in the other Verse :
‘...Yet whom you desire to marry...’ means the desire of the guardian to marry an orphan girl under his supervision when she has not much property or beauty (in which case he should treat her justly). The guardians were forbidden to marry the orphan girls under their care possessing property and beauty without being just to them, as they generally refrain from marrying them (when they are neither beautiful nor wealthy).”
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