۞ وَٱلۡمُحۡصَنَٰتُ
مِنَ
ٱلنِّسَآءِ
إِلَّا
مَا
مَلَكَتۡ
أَيۡمَٰنُكُمۡۖ
كِتَٰبَ
ٱللَّهِ
عَلَيۡكُمۡۚ
وَأُحِلَّ
لَكُم
مَّا
وَرَآءَ
ذَٰلِكُمۡ
أَن
تَبۡتَغُواْ
بِأَمۡوَٰلِكُم
مُّحۡصِنِينَ
غَيۡرَ
مُسَٰفِحِينَۚ
فَمَا
ٱسۡتَمۡتَعۡتُم
بِهِۦ
مِنۡهُنَّ
فَـَٔاتُوهُنَّ
أُجُورَهُنَّ
فَرِيضَةٗۚ
وَلَا
جُنَاحَ
عَلَيۡكُمۡ
فِيمَا
تَرَٰضَيۡتُم
بِهِۦ
مِنۢ
بَعۡدِ
ٱلۡفَرِيضَةِۚ
إِنَّ
ٱللَّهَ
كَانَ
عَلِيمًا
حَكِيمٗا
٢٤
And [also prohibited to you are all] married women except those your right hands possess.1 [This is] the decree of Allāh upon you. And lawful to you are [all others] beyond these, [provided] that you seek them [in marriage] with [gifts from] your property, desiring chastity, not unlawful sexual intercourse. So for whatever you enjoy [of marriage] from them, give them their due compensation2 as an obligation. And there is no blame upon you for what you mutually agree to beyond the obligation. Indeed, Allāh is ever Knowing and Wise.
— Saheeh International
Also ˹forbidden are˺ married women—except ˹female˺ captives in your possession.1 This is Allah’s commandment to you. Lawful to you are all beyond these—as long as you seek them with your wealth in a legal marriage, not in fornication. Give those you have consummated marriage with their due dowries. It is permissible to be mutually gracious regarding the set dowry. Surely Allah is All-Knowing, All-Wise.
— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
Forbidding Women Already Married, Except for Female Slaves
Allah said,
وَالْمُحْصَنَتُ مِنَ النِّسَآءِ إِلاَّ مَا مَلَكْتَ أَيْمَنُكُمْ
(Also (forbidden are) women already married, except those whom your right hands possess.) The Ayah means, you are prohibited from marrying women who are already marrie
…Forbidding Women Already Married, Except for Female Slaves
Allah said,
وَالْمُحْصَنَتُ مِنَ النِّسَآءِ إِلاَّ مَا مَلَكْتَ أَيْمَنُكُمْ
(Also (forbidden
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