English translation
[7528] 6 - (3018) 'Urwah bin Az-Zubair narrated that he asked 'Āishah about the Verse in which Allāh, the Mighty and Sublime says: "And if you fear that you shall not be able to deal justly with the orphan girls then marry (other) women of your choice, two or three, or four..."[1] She said: "O son of my sister, that refers to an orphan girl who is in the care of her guardian, sharing his wealth and he admires her wealth and her beauty, and her guardian wants to marry her without giving her a fair dowry or giving her what someone else would give her. So they were forbidden to marry them (such orphans) unless they were fair to them, and gave them the full amount to which they were entitled for a dowry, and they were commanded to marry other women of their choice."
'Urwah said: "Āishah said: 'Then after this verse (was revealed), the people began to ask the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ about them (orphan girls) and Allāh, Glorified and Exalted is He, revealed the words: "They ask your legal instruction concerning women, say: Allāh instructs you about them, and about what is recited to 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] She said: 'What Allâh, Glorified and Exalted is He, said to you, is what is recited to you in the Book, the first Verse in which Allâh says: "And if you fear that you shall not be able to deal justly with the orphan girls then marry (other) women of your choice..."[2]' Āishah said: 'And Allâh says in the second Verse: "...yet whom you desire to marry..."[3] as you would not think of marrying an orphan girl in your care when she is lacking in wealth and beauty, so they were forbidden to marry orphan women whose wealth and beauty they desired, unless they did so fairly."
Arabic text
6 - (3018) حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو الطَّاهِرِ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ سَرْحٍ، وَحَرْمَلَةُ بْنُ يَحْيَى التُّجِيبِيُّ - قَالَ أَبُو الطَّاهِرِ: حَدَّثَنَا، وقَالَ حَرْمَلَةُ: أَخْبَرَنَا - ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، أَخْبَرَنِي يُونُسُ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، أَخْبَرَنِي عُرْوَةُ بْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ، أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ عَائِشَةَ، عَنْ قَوْلِ اللهِ: {وَإِنْ خِفْتُمْ أَلَّا تُقْسِطُوا فِي الْيَتَامَى، فَانْكِحُوا مَا طَابَ لَكُمْ مِنَ النِّسَاءِ مَثْنَى وَثُلَاثَ وَرُبَاعَ} [النساء: 3] قَالَتْ: يَا ابْنَ أُخْتِي هِيَ الْيَتِيمَةُ تَكُونُ فِي حَجْرِ وَلِيِّهَا تُشَارِكُهُ فِي مَالِهِ، فَيُعْجِبُهُ مَالُهَا وَجَمَالُهَا، فَيُرِيدُ وَلِيُّهَا أَنْ يَتَزَوَّجَهَا بِغَيْرِ أَنْ يُقْسِطَ فِي صَدَاقِهَا فَيُعْطِيَهَا مِثْلَ مَا يُعْطِيهَا غَيْرُهُ، فَنُهُوا أَنْ يَنْكِحُوهُنَّ إِلَّا أَنْ يُقْسِطُوا لَهُنَّ، وَيَبْلُغُوا بِهِنَّ أَعْلَى سُنَّتِهِنَّ مِنَ الصَّدَاقِ، وَأُمِرُوا أَنْ يَنْكِحُوا مَا طَابَ لَهُمْ مِنَ النِّسَاءِ، سِوَاهُنَّ، قَالَ عُرْوَةُ: قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ: ثُمَّ " إِنَّ النَّاسَ اسْتَفْتَوْا رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بَعْدَ هَذِهِ الْآيَةِ فِيهِنَّ، فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: {يَسْتَفْتُونَكَ فِي النِّسَاءِ، قُلِ اللهُ يُفْتِيكُمْ فِيهِنَّ وَمَا يُتْلَى عَلَيْكُمْ فِي الْكِتَابِ فِي يَتَامَى النِّسَاءِ اللَّاتِي لَا تُؤْتُونَهُنَّ مَا كُتِبَ لَهُنَّ، وَتَرْغَبُونَ أَنْ تَنْكِحُوهُنَّ} [النساء: 127] " قَالَتْ: وَالَّذِي ذَكَرَ اللهُ تَعَالَى، أَنَّهُ يُتْلَى عَلَيْكُمْ فِي الْكِتَابِ، الْآيَةُ الْأُولَى الَّتِي قَالَ اللهُ فِيهَا: {وَإِنْ خِفْتُمْ أَلَّا تُقْسِطُوا فِي الْيَتَامَى، فَانْكِحُوا مَا طَابَ لَكُمْ مِنَ النِّسَاءِ} [النساء: 3]، قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ: وَقَوْلُ اللهِ فِي الْآيَةِ الْأُخْرَى: وَتَرْغَبُونَ أَنْ تَنْكِحُوهُنَّ، رَغْبَةَ أَحَدِكُمْ عَنِ الْيَتِيمَةِ الَّتِي تَكُونُ فِي حَجْرِهِ، حِينَ تَكُونُ قَلِيلَةَ الْمَالِ وَالْجَمَالِ، فَنُهُوا أَنْ يَنْكِحُوا مَا رَغِبُوا فِي مَالِهَا وَجَمَالِهَا مِنْ يَتَامَى النِّسَاءِ، إِلَّا بِالْقِسْطِ، مِنْ أَجْلِ رَغْبَتِهِمْ عَنْهُنَّ،
