The meaning of the saying of Allah the Exalted: "And if you wish to replace one wife with another"
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Question:
What is the meaning of[An-Nisa 4:20] Is it the validity of taking back a wife?
Answer:
"If you wish to replace one wife with another" means that you turn away from the wife you have and divorce her in order to marry someone in her place. There is no harm in that, but do not take anything from the mahr of the first wife[An-Nisa 4:20].
What is the meaning of
But if you want to replace one wife with another
وَإِنْ أَرَدتُّمُ اسْتِبْدَالَ زَوْجٍ مَّكَانَ زَوْجٍAnswer:
"If you wish to replace one wife with another" means that you turn away from the wife you have and divorce her in order to marry someone in her place. There is no harm in that, but do not take anything from the mahr of the first wife
and you have given one of them a great amount [in gifts], do not take [back] from it anything
وَآتَيْتُمْ إِحْدَاهُنَّ قِنطَارًا فَلَا تَأْخُذُوا مِنْهُ شَيْئًا
Source
دروس الحرم، الدرس الثالث - تفسير — alfawzan.live (1:01:13)
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