An-Nisaa 4:22 ولا تنكحوا ما نكح اباوكم من النساء الا ما قد سلف انه كان فاحشة ومقتا وساء سبيلا ٢٢
وَلَا
تَنكِحُواْ
مَا
نَكَحَ
ءَابَآؤُكُم
مِّنَ
ٱلنِّسَآءِ
إِلَّا
مَا
قَدۡ
سَلَفَۚ
إِنَّهُۥ
كَانَ
فَٰحِشَةٗ
وَمَقۡتٗا
وَسَآءَ
سَبِيلًا
٢٢
Do not marry former wives of your fathers—except what was done previously. It was indeed a shameful, despicable, and evil practice.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran
And do not marry those [women] whom your fathers married, except what has already occurred.1 Indeed, it was an immorality and hateful [to Allāh] and was evil as a way.
— Saheeh International
Soma Tafsir
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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