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An-Nisa 4:24 ۞ والمحصنات من النساء الا ما ملكت ايمانكم كتاب الله عليكم واحل لكم ما وراء ذالكم ان تبتغوا باموالكم محصنين غير مسافحين فما استمتعتم به منهن فاتوهن اجورهن فريضة ولا جناح عليكم فيما تراضيتم به من بعد الفريضة ان الله كان عليما حكيما ٢٤

4:24
۞ 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
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.
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)

Forbidding Women Already Married, Except for Female Slaves

Allah said,

وَالْمُحْصَنَـتُ مِنَ النِّسَآءِ إِلاَّ مَا مَلَكْتَ أَيْمَـنُكُمْ

(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 marr

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Forbidding Women Already Married, Except for Female Slaves

Allah said,

وَالْمُحْصَنَـتُ مِنَ النِّسَآءِ إِلاَّ مَا مَلَكْتَ أَيْمَـنُكُمْ

(Also (forbidde

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Chapter 4, Page 82, Juz 5

24. Also ˹forbidden are˺ married women—except ˹female˺ captives in your possession. 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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