يَٰٓأَيُّهَا
ٱلَّذِينَ
ءَامَنُواْ
لَا
يَحِلُّ
لَكُمۡ
أَن
تَرِثُواْ
ٱلنِّسَآءَ
كَرۡهٗاۖ
وَلَا
تَعۡضُلُوهُنَّ
لِتَذۡهَبُواْ
بِبَعۡضِ
مَآ
ءَاتَيۡتُمُوهُنَّ
إِلَّآ
أَن
يَأۡتِينَ
بِفَٰحِشَةٖ
مُّبَيِّنَةٖۚ
وَعَاشِرُوهُنَّ
بِٱلۡمَعۡرُوفِۚ
فَإِن
كَرِهۡتُمُوهُنَّ
فَعَسَىٰٓ
أَن
تَكۡرَهُواْ
شَيۡـٔٗا
وَيَجۡعَلَ
ٱللَّهُ
فِيهِ
خَيۡرٗا
كَثِيرٗا
١٩
O ye who believe! It is not lawful for you forcibly to inherit the women (of your deceased kinsmen), nor (that) ye should put constraint upon them that ye may take away a part of that which ye have given them, unless they be guilty of flagrant lewdness. But consort with them in kindness, for if ye hate them it may happen that ye hate a thing wherein Allah hath placed much good.
— M. Pickthall
O you who have believed, it is not lawful for you to inherit women by compulsion.1 And do not make difficulties for them in order to take [back] part of what you gave them2 unless they commit a clear immorality [i.e., adultery]. And live with them in kindness. For if you dislike them - perhaps you dislike a thing and Allāh makes therein much good.
— Saheeh International
O ye who believe! Ye are forbidden to inherit women against their will. Nor should ye treat them with harshness, that ye may Take away part of the dower ye have given them,-except where they have been guilty of open lewdness; on the contrary live with them on a footing of kindness and equity. If ye take a dislike to them it may be that ye dislike a thing, and Allah brings about through it a great deal of good.
— A. Yusuf Ali
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
Meaning of `Inheriting Women Against Their Will
Al-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 wh
…Meaning of `Inheriting Women Against Their Will
Al-Bukhari recorded that Ibn `Abbas said about the Ayah,
يَـأَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ لاَ يَحِلُّ لَ
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