What is the meaning of the saying of Allah the Exalted: “And your stepdaughters in your care…”? Does this condition have a legal implication?
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The questioner : Peace be upon you, and Allah's mercy and blessings.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace and the mercy of Allah.
The questioner : The saying of Allah the Exalted:[An-Nisa 4:23] Does this condition have a legal implication or not?
The Shaykh : Read the verse?
The questioner :[An-Nisa 4:23].
The Shaykh : Complete it.
The questioner :[An-Nisa 4:23] .
The Shaykh : Complete it.
The questioner :[An-Nisa 4:23] .
The Shaykh : So, that is enough, stop. Allah the Exalted said:[An-Nisa 4:23] So this is qualified by two conditions:
The first: that she be in his care.
And the second: that he have had intercourse with her mother:[An-Nisa 4:23].
Then He said:[An-Nisa 4:23] So He made explicit the implication of the first condition, which is: [An-Nisa 4:23] and He was silent about the implication of the second condition, which is: [An-Nisa 4:23] 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. Do you understand?
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : And the indication from the verse is clear.
The Shaykh : And upon you be peace and the mercy of Allah.
The questioner : The saying of Allah the Exalted:
your step-daughters under your guardianship
وَرَبَائِبُكُمُ اللَّاتِي فِي حُجُورِكُمْThe Shaykh : Read the verse?
The questioner :
your step-daughters under your guardianship
وَرَبَائِبُكُمُ اللَّاتِي فِي حُجُورِكُمْ مِنْ نِسَائِكُمُThe Shaykh : Complete it.
The questioner :
unto whom you have gone in
اللَّاتِي دَخَلْتُمْ بِهِنَّThe Shaykh : Complete it.
The questioner :
But if you have not gone in unto them, there is no sin upon you.
فَإِنْ لَمْ تَكُونُوا دَخَلْتُمْ بِهِنَّ فَلا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْكُمْThe Shaykh : So, that is enough, stop. 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 بِهِنَّThe first: that she be in his care.
And the second: that he have had intercourse with her mother:
of your wives unto whom you have gone in
مِنْ نِسَائِكُمُ اللَّاتِي دَخَلْتُمْ بِهِنَّThen He said:
But if you have not gone in unto them, there is no sin upon you.
فَإِنْ لَمْ تَكُونُوا دَخَلْتُمْ بِهِنَّ فَلا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْكُمْof your wives unto whom you have gone in
مِنْ نِسَائِكُمُ اللَّاتِي دَخَلْتُمْ بِهِنَّyour step-daughters under your guardianship
وَرَبَائِبُكُمُ اللَّاتِي فِي حُجُورِكُمْ}The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : And the indication from the verse is clear.