The Difference Between the Term "Wife" and the Term "Woman"
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: I read an article stating that there is a difference between the term "wife" (zawj) and the term "woman" (mar'ah), and it cited verses including[At-Tahrim 66:11]. Is there a valid difference?
Answer:
Yes, indeed. She is called "the woman of so-and-so" and "the wife of so-and-so." "The wife of so-and-so" or "the woman of so-and-so"—the meaning is the same. The woman of Pharaoh, the woman of Noah, and the woman of Lot; Allah called her his wife. Yes, the woman of Abu Lahab[Al-Masad 111:1], up to the phrase "and his wife, the carrier of firewood"—his wife. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: I read an article stating that there is a difference between the term "wife" (zawj) and the term "woman" (mar'ah), and it cited verses including
And Allah presents an example of those who believed: the wife of Pharaoh
وَضَرَبَ اللَّهُ مَثَلًا لِّلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا امْرَأَتَ فِرْعَوْنَAnswer:
Yes, indeed. She is called "the woman of so-and-so" and "the wife of so-and-so." "The wife of so-and-so" or "the woman of so-and-so"—the meaning is the same. The woman of Pharaoh, the woman of Noah, and the woman of Lot; Allah called her his wife. Yes, the woman of Abu Lahab
May the hands of Abu Lahab be ruined
تَبَّتْ يَدَا أَبِي لَهَبٍ
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