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(17). 3214. Umm Ḥanī' bint Abū Ṭālib said: "The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ proposed to me, but I asked him to excuse me, so he did excuse me. Then Allāh [Most High] revealed: 'Verily We have made lawful to you your wives, to whom you have paid their due, and those whom your right hands possess – whom Allāh has given to you, and the daughters of your paternal uncles, and the daughters of your paternal aunts and the daughters of your maternal uncles, and the daughters of your maternal aunts, who migrated with you, and a believing woman if she offers herself to the Prophet...' [1] She said: "So I was not lawful for him because I did not perform Hijrah; I was one of the Tulaqā'..." [2] (Da'if)
[Abū 'Eisā said:] This Hadīth is Ḥasan [Ṣaḥīḥ], we do not know of it except from this route as a narration of As-Suddī.
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Commentary
This Verse tells about the exemptions and particular qualities granted to the Messenger of Allāh, pertaining to the issues of marriage; first of all the issue of his wives, who were already in his marriage when this Verse was revealed, and he had paid them the dowry, it was explained that they were all lawful
[1] Al-Ahzāb 33:50.
[2] Those that accepted Islām after the conquest of Makkah. (Tuhfat Al-Ahwadhi)
and legal for him; therefore no objection on the issue of their marriage is to be taken into consideration. Then the matter of those women was brought forward whom he ﷺ received from the war captives. He received Juwairiyah in the battle of Banū Muṣṭalaq and Ṣafīyah in the battle of Khaibar. But the Prophet ﷺ married her after setting her free regarding her family status and honor. Then, the issue of women of close relations has been mentioned with detail; if any of them has forsaken her relatives, family ties and her tribe for the sake of Religion and she has migrated too, the Prophet ﷺ was allowed to marry any of those for their courage and in appreciation of their sacrifice.
