Sahih al-Bukhari 2494

Translation

That he had asked ʿAisha about the meaning of the Statement of Allah: "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." (4.3) She said, "O my nephew! This is about the orphan girl who lives with her guardian and shares his property. Her wealth and beauty may tempt him to marry her without giving her an adequate Mahr (bridal-money) which might have been given by another suitor. So, such guardians were forbidden to marry such orphan girls unless they treated them justly and gave them the most suitable Mahr; otherwise they were ordered to marry any other woman." ʿAisha further said, "After that verse the people again asked the Prophet (about the marriage with orphan 'girls), so Allah revealed the following verses:-- 'They ask your instruction Concerning the women. Say: Allah Instructs you about them And about what is Recited unto you In the Book, concerning The orphan girls to whom You give not the prescribed portions and yet whom you Desire to marry..." (4.127) What is meant by Allah's Saying:-- 'And about what is Recited unto you is the former verse which goes:-- 'If you fear that you shall not Be able to deal justly With the orphan girls, then Marry (other) women of your choice.' (4.3) ʿAisha said, "Allah's saying in the other verse:--'Yet whom you desire to marry' (4.127) means the desire of the guardian to marry an orphan girl under his supervision when she has not much property or beauty (in which case he should treat her justly). The guardians were forbidden to marry their orphan girls possessing property and beauty without being just to them, as they generally refrain from marrying them (when they are neither beautiful nor wealthy).

Notes

• قَالَ عُرْوَةُ قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ ثُمَّ إِنَّ النَّاسَ اسْتَفْتَوْا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم بَعْدَ هَذِهِ الآيَةِ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ [quran sura="4" aya_start="127" aya_end="127"]{وَيَسْتَفْتُونَكَ فِي النِّسَاءِ}[/quran] إِلَى قَوْلِهِ [quran sura="4" aya_start="127" aya_end="127"]{وَتَرْغَبُونَ أَنْ تَنْكِحُوهُنَّ}[/quran][/quran] وَالَّذِي ذَكَرَ اللَّهُ أَنَّهُ يُتْلَى عَلَيْكُمْ فِي الْكِتَابِ الآيَةُ الأُولَى الَّتِي قَالَ فِيهَا [quran sura="4" aya_start="3" aya_end="3"]{وَإِنْ خِفْتُمْ أَنْ لاَ تُقْسِطُوا فِي الْيَتَامَى فَانْكِحُوا مَا طَابَ لَكُمْ مِنَ النِّسَاءِ}[/quran] قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ وَقَوْلُ اللَّهِ فِي الآيَةِ الأُخْرَى [quran sura="4" aya_start="127" aya_end="127"]{وَتَرْغَبُونَ أَنْ تَنْكِحُوهُنَّ}[/quran] يَعْنِي هِيَ رَغْبَةُ أَحَدِكُمْ لِيَتِيمَتِهِ الَّتِي تَكُونُ فِي حَجْرِهِ، حِينَ تَكُونُ قَلِيلَةَ الْمَالِ وَالْجَمَالِ، فَنُهُوا أَنْ يَنْكِحُوا مَا رَغِبُوا فِي مَالِهَا وَجَمَالِهَا مِنْ يَتَامَى النِّسَاءِ إِلاَّ بِالْقِسْطِ مِنْ، أَجْلِ رَغْبَتِهِمْ عَنْهُنَّ

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Sahih Muslim 3018cMusannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 17681Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 17682Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 17689Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 17691

Narrators

1. 1
   ʿĀʾishah bt. Abū Bakr al-Ṣiddīq

   Mother of the Believers, the most knowledgeable woman in jurisprudence absolutely (afqah al-nisāʾ muṭlaqan)d. 57 AH, or 58 AH
   عَائِشَةُ بِنْتُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الصِّدِّيقِأم المؤمنين ، أفقه النساء مطلقا
   سأل
2. 2
   ʿUrwah b. al-Zubayr

   trustworthy (thiqah), a jurist (faqīh), well-known (mashhūr)d. 91 AH, or 92, or 93 AH, or 94 AH, or 95 AH, or 99 AH, or 100 AH, or 101 AH
   عُرْوَةُثقة فقيه مشهور
   أخبرني
3. 3
   al-Zuhrī

   The jurist and memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), whose eminence, precision and reliability are agreed upond. Ḍamrah b. Rabīʿah and others said: 123 AH. The nephew of al-Zuhrī and others said: 124 AH. Ibn Yūnus and others said: 125 AH
   ابْنِ شِهَابٍالفقيه الحافظ ، متفق على جلالته وإتقانه وثبته
   عن
4. 4
   Ṣāliḥ

   trustworthy (thiqah), firmly reliable (thabt), jurist (faqīh)d. after 130 AH, or after 140 AH
   صَالِحٍثقة ثبت ، فقيه
   عن
5. 5
   Ibrāhīm b. Saʿd Abū Isḥāq al-Zuhrī

   Trustworthy (thiqah) and an authority (ḥujjah); he was spoken about without any valid ground for criticism.d. 182 AH, or 183 AH, or 184 AH, or 185 AH
   إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ سَعْدٍثقة حجة ، تُكُلِّم فيه بلا قادح
   حدثنا
6. 6
   ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. ʿAbdullāh

   trustworthy (thiqah)d. between 211 and 220 AH
   عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْعَامِرِيُّ الْأُوَيْسِيُّثقة
   حدثنا
7. 7
   al-Bukhārī

   a mountain of memorization and the leader of the world in the comprehension of hadith (jabal al-ḥifẓ wa-imām al-dunyā fī fiqh al-ḥadīth)d. 256 AH
   الْبُخَارِيُّجبل الحفظ وإمام الدنيا في فقه الحديث

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