English translation
4529. Narrated Al-Ḥasan: The sister of Ma'quil bin Yasār was divorced by her husband who left her till she had fulfilled her term of Idda (i.e., the period which should elapse before she can remarry) and then he wanted to remarry her but Ma'quil refused, so this Verse was revealed, "Do not prevent them from marrying their (former) husbands..." (V.2:232)
