What is meant by the exception in the saying of Allah the Exalted: “And do not marry those [women] whom your fathers married, except for what has already occurred”
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Regarding His saying (Glorified and Exalted is He):[An-Nisa 4:22], what is meant by the exception here?
Answer:
That is, what occurred before the prohibition in the pre-Islamic age of ignorance (jahiliyyah), which Allah has forgiven. They did not refrain from this in the beginning. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Regarding His saying (Glorified and Exalted is He):
And do not marry those [women] whom your fathers married, except what has already occurred
وَلَا تَنكِحُوا مَا نَكَحَ آبَاؤُكُم مِّنَ النِّسَاءِ إِلَّا مَا قَدْ سَلَفَAnswer:
That is, what occurred before the prohibition in the pre-Islamic age of ignorance (jahiliyyah), which Allah has forgiven. They did not refrain from this in the beginning. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [2241 -3022] ما المراد بالاستثناء في قوله تعالى (ولا تنكحوا ما نكح آباؤكم من النساء إلا ما قد سلف) — youtube.com
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