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(18). 3215. Ibn 'Abbās said: "All types of women were prohibited for the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ except for the believing women among those who emigrated. (Allāh) said: 'It is not lawful for you (to marry other) women after this, nor to change them for other wives even though their beauty attracts you, except those whom your right hand possesses.'[1] – And Allāh made your believing girls lawful 'And a believing woman if she offers herself to the Prophet'[2] and He made every woman of a religion other than Islam unlawful." Then He said: "And whoever disbelieves in faith then fruitless is his work; and in the Hereafter he will be among the losers."[3] And He said: "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" up to His saying: "A privilege to only you, not for the (rest of) the believers."[4] He made the other types of women unlawful." (Hasan)
[1] Al-Ahzāb 33:52.
[2] Al-Ahzāb 33:50.
[3] Al-Mā'idah 5:5.
[4] Al-Ahzāb 33:50.
[Abū 'Eisā said:] This Hadīth is Hasan. We only know of it as a narration of 'Abdul-Ḥamīd bin Bahrām. I heard Aḥmad bin Al-Ḥasan mentioning from Aḥmad bin Ḥanbal, saying: "There is no harm in the narrations of 'Abdul-Ḥamīd bin Bahrām from Shahr bin Hawshab."
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After the Revelation of this principle, the Prophet ﷺ was allowed to marry only three types of women; a) very close relative woman who had emigrated with him, b) whom the Prophet received from the spoils of war or through another way like, Māriyah Qibṭiyah and Raiḥānah; c) and those who presented themselves to the Prophet ﷺ and he liked to marry with them.
