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
Wahai orang-orang yang beriman! Tidak halal bagi kamu mewarisi perempuan dengan jalan paksa1 dan janganlah kamu menyusahkan mereka karena hendak mengambil kembali sebagian dari apa yang telah kamu berikan kepadanya, kecuali apabila mereka melakukan perbuatan keji yang nyata. Dan bergaullah dengan mereka menurut cara yang patut. Jika kamu tidak menyukai mereka, (maka bersabarlah) karena boleh jadi kamu tidak menyukai sesuatu, padahal Allah menjadikan kebaikan yang banyak padanya.
— Indonesian Islamic affairs ministry
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
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
Meaning of `Inheriting Women Against Their Will
Al-Bukhari recorded that Ibn `Abbas said about the Ayah,
يَأَيُّهَا 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 whe
…Meaning of `Inheriting Women Against Their Will
Al-Bukhari recorded that Ibn `Abbas said about the Ayah,
يَأَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ لاَ يَحِلُّ لَك
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