English translation
[7531] 8 - (...) It was narrated from ‘Āishah concerning the Verse, “...And about what is recited unto you in the Book concerning the orphan girls whom you give not the prescribed portions (as regards dowry and inheritance) and yet whom you desire to marry..."[1] – that she said: "It was revealed concerning an orphan girl who is in the care of a man, and she shares in his wealth, and he is reluctant to marry her himself, but he does not want to give her in marriage to someone else who will share his wealth. So he prevents her from marrying, and he does not marry her himself nor give her in marriage to someone else."
