The Implication of the Statement of Allah the Exalted: (And your stepdaughters in your care)

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The Implication of the Statement of Allah the Exalted: (And your stepdaughters in your care)

Allah the Exalted says:

and your step-daughters under your guardianship [born] of your wives unto whom you have gone in. But if you have not gone in unto them, there is no sin upon you.

وَرَبَائِبُكُمُ اللَّاتِي فِي حُجُورِكُمْ مِنْ نِسَائِكُمُ اللَّاتِي دَخَلْتُمْ بِهِنَّ فَإِنْ لَمْ تَكُونُوا دَخَلْتُمْ بِهِنَّ فَلا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْكُمْ

[Surat al-Nisa: 23] Does this statement have an implication?

Allah the Exalted said:

your step-daughters under your guardianship [born] of your wives unto whom you have gone in

وَرَبَائِبُكُمُ اللَّاتِي فِي حُجُورِكُمْ مِنْ نِسَائِكُمُ اللَّاتِي دَخَلْتُمْ بِهِنَّ

[Surat al-Nisa: 23] This is qualified by two conditions: the first is that she be in one's care.

And the second: That one has entered with her mother:

of your wives unto whom you have gone in

مِنْ نِسَائِكُمُ اللَّاتِي دَخَلْتُمْ بِهِنَّ

[Surat al-Nisa: 23] .

Then he said:

But if you have not gone in unto them, there is no sin upon you.

فَإِنْ لَمْ تَكُونُوا دَخَلْتُمْ بِهِنَّ فَلا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْكُمْ

[Surat al-Nisa: 23] So it explicitly states the implication of the condition, which is:

of your wives unto whom you have gone in

مِنْ نِسَائِكُمُ اللَّاتِي دَخَلْتُمْ بِهِنَّ

[Surat al-Nisa: 23] and it is silent regarding the implication of the second condition, which is:

your step-daughters under your guardianship

وَرَبَائِبُكُمُ اللَّاتِي فِي حُجُورِكُمْ

[Surat al-Nisa: 23] This indicates that being in his care is not a condition, and that the stepdaughter is forbidden to the husband of her mother whether she is in his care or not, and the indication from the verse is clear.

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