An-Nisa (The Women)
Verse 22of 176
وَلَا تَنكِحُوا۟ مَا نَكَحَ ءَابَآؤُكُم مِّنَ ٱلنِّسَآءِ إِلَّا مَا قَدْ سَلَفَ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ فَٰحِشَةًۭ وَمَقْتًۭا وَسَآءَ سَبِيلًا﴿٢٢﴾
Translation (Sahih International)
And do not marry those [women] whom your fathers married, except what has already occurred. Indeed, it was an immorality and hateful [to Allah] and was evil as a way.
Word-by-word meaning
Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)
Meaning of `Inheriting Women Against Their WillAl-Bukhari recorded that Ibn `Abbas said about the Ayah,يَـأَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ لاَ يَحِلُّ لَكُمْ أَن تَرِثُواْ النِّسَآءَ كَرْهاً(O you who believe! You are not permitted to inherit women against their will,) "Before, the practice was that when a man dies, his male relatives used to have the right to do whatever they wanted with his wife.
Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt
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