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Meaning Of The Saying Of Allâh, The Mighty And Sublime: “O Prophet! Why Do You Forbid (For Yourself) That Which Allâh Has Allowed To You.”[1]

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Darussalam · Volume 4

27. The Book Of Divorce

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الجزء: 6 ¦ الصفحة: 151

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3449. It was narrated that Ibn ‘Abbâs said: “A man came to him and said: ‘I have made my wife forbidden to myself.’ He said: ‘You are lying, she is not forbidden to you.’ Then he recited this Verse: ‘O Prophet! Why do you forbid (for yourself) that which Allâh has allowed to you.’[2] (And he said): ‘You have to offer the severest form of expiation: Freeing a slave.’” (Hasan)

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٣٤٢٠ - أَخْبَرَنَا ‌عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الصَّمَدِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ الْمَوْصِلِيُّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ‌مَخْلَدٌ، عَنْ ‌سُفْيَانَ ، عَنْ ‌سَالِمٍ ، عَنْ ‌سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ ، عَنِ ‌ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ: «أَتَاهُ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ: إِنِّي جَعَلْتُ امْرَأَتِي عَلَيَّ حَرَامًا قَالَ: كَذَبْتَ لَيْسَتْ عَلَيْكَ بِحَرَامٍ، ثُمَّ تَلَا هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ: {يَا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ لِمَ تُحَرِّمُ مَا أَحَلَّ اللهُ لَكَ} عَلَيْكَ أَغْلَظُ الْكَفَّارَةِ عِتْقُ رَقَبَةٍ».

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    [1] At-Tahrîm 66:1.

  2. 2

    [2] At-Tahrîm 66:1.

Commentary

1. 'You are lying' means your calling your wife unlawful to yourself is a lie and something wrong, because how could a wife be unlawful? 2. 'The severest form' because you have said the most detestable thing. The wife would not become unlawful, but you will have to undergo a severe punishment for having uttered such words. (See Hadith 3411). 3. 'Freeing a slave': The apparent wording of the Glorious Qur'an corroborates Kaffarah Al-Yamin (atonement for swearing) in such situations, which consist of, in addition to freeing of a slave, feeding people who are poor or short of money, or to provide clothing, or fasting also.