A word by the Shaykh regarding the verses of zihar and the meaning of zihar.
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The Shaykh : As for the verses of zihar, Allah the Exalted said: [Al-Mujadila 58:2].
Zihar is when a man says to his wife: "You are to me like the back of my mother."
Allah the Exalted described this statement with two descriptions, saying:[Al-Mujadila 58:2] It is an abomination because it is forbidden, and a lie because it is falsehood.
Is your wife, who is the most lawful of women to you, like your mother, who is the most forbidden of those who are forbidden to you? Answer?
The students: No.
The Shaykh : No, so it is a lie and falsehood.
Therefore, Allah the Exalted said in Surat al-Ahzab:[Al-Ahzab 33:4].
Those who pronounce thihar among you [to separate] from their wives - they are not [consequently] their mothers. Their mothers are none but those who gave birth to them
الَّذِينَ يُظَاهِرُونَ مِنْكُمْ مِنْ نِسَائِهِمْ * مَا هُنَّ أُمَّهَاتِهِمْ إِنْ أُمَّهَاتُهُمْ إِلَّا اللَّائِي وَلَدْنَهُمْZihar is when a man says to his wife: "You are to me like the back of my mother."
Allah the Exalted described this statement with two descriptions, saying:
And indeed, they are saying an objectionable statement and a falsehood.
وإِنَّهُمْ لَيَقُولُونَ مُنْكَرًا مِنَ الْقَوْلِ وَزُورًاIs your wife, who is the most lawful of women to you, like your mother, who is the most forbidden of those who are forbidden to you? Answer?
The students: No.
The Shaykh : No, so it is a lie and falsehood.
Therefore, Allah the Exalted said in Surat al-Ahzab: