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 regressive decision?
Answer:
If you want to replace a husband in place of the husband, meaning if you want to leave the wife you have and divorce her, and then marry someone else in her place, then do not do that, but do not take anything from the first prayer[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 want to replace a husband in place of the husband, meaning if you want to leave the wife you have and divorce her, and then marry someone else in her place, then do not do that, but do not take anything from the first prayer
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
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 3 من 25|دروس التفسير في الحرم المكي|تفسير سورة النساء|022-024|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:01:24)
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