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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Continuation of the interpretation of the verse: ((And if you wish to replace one wife with another, even if you have given one of them a qintar...)).

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Continuation of the interpretation of the noble verse:
But if you want to replace one wife with another and you have given one of them a great amount [in gifts], do not take [back] from it anything. Would you take it in injustice and manifest sin? وإن أردتم استبدال زوج مكان زوج وآتيتم إحداهن قنطارا فلا تأخذوا منه شيئا أتأخذونه بهتانا وإثما مبينا
[An-Nisa 4:20]
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I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Shaytan. Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He, said:
But if you want to replace one wife with another and you have given one of them a great amount [in gifts], do not take [back] from it anything. Would you take it in injustice and manifest sin? وإن أردتم استبدال زوج مكان زوج وآتيتم إحداهن قنطارا فلا تأخذوا منه شيئا أتأخذونه بهتانا وإثما مبينا
[An-Nisa 4:20]
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If you wish إن أردتم
means you chose. Here, "wish" means will and choice. And His saying:
To replace one wife استبدال زوج
means taking a wife in place of a wife, meaning you wished to seek the first wife and take a new wife in her place.
And you have given one of them a qintar وآتيتم إحداهن قنطارا
One of them إحداهن
the first or the second?
One of them إحداهن
, the verse is ambiguous, but since the matter involves replacement, the one being replaced is the first, meaning "and if you have given one of them," and she is the first. However, it is valid that it could refer to the second, by marrying a second wife but not desiring her and wishing to divorce her, so the verse is general for this and that. And His saying:
You have given آتيتم
with a long hamza means you gave. As for the short hamza "you came", it means you arrived.
And you have given one of them a qintar وآتيتم إحداهن قنطارا
You have given آتيتم
means you gave; it takes two objects that are not originally a subject and a predicate. In this verse, the first object is
One of them إحداهن
and the second is
a qintar قنطارا
. If someone asks: What is the sign that it took objects that are not a subject and a predicate? We say: The sign is that if it is valid to report the second about the first, then their origin is a subject and a predicate. If it is not valid, then their origin is not a subject and a predicate. Here, if one said: "They are a qintar," is that valid? It is not valid.
and you have given one of them a great amount [in gifts], do not take [back] from it anything وآتيتم إحداهن قنطارا فلا تأخذوا منه شيئا
[An-Nisa 4:20]
This "fa" (so) is a connector for the answer, and the answer was connected with "fa" because it is a request
do not take فلا تأخذوا
and "la" (not) is a prohibitive particle. The evidence that it is prohibitive is the jussive form of the verb. And when the answer is a request sentence, it must be connected with "fa." A verse of poetry was composed on this; will you recite it for us?
Nominal request, and with a static verb, and with "ma," and with "qad," and with "lan," and with the negation of the future.
Here
do not take فلا تأخذوا
is from which category? It is a request.
do not take [back] from it فلا تأخذوا منه
[An-Nisa 4:20]
means from what you gave them,
Anything شيئا
"shay'an" (something) is an indefinite noun in the context of negation, encompassing both little and much. Do not take anything from it. Why? Because she has the mahr (bridal gift) for what was made lawful of her private parts, as will come in the verse after it.
And how could you take it while you have gone in unto each other and they have taken from you a solemn covenant? وكيف تأخذونه وقد أفضى بعضكم إلى بعض وأخذن منكم ميثاقا غليظا
[An-Nisa 4:21]
It is established from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that making the private parts lawful is a cause for the full mahr, as will come in the benefits.
do not take [back] from it anything. Would you take it in injustice and manifest sin? فلا تأخذوا منه شيئا أتأخذونه بهتانا وإثما مبينا
[An-Nisa 4:20]
The question here is for rebuke, meaning Allah the Exalted rebukes those who try to take something from it and denies it to them. And His saying:
by false accusation بهتانا
means falsely, and He denies it to them. And His saying:
a clear sin اسما مبينا
means a clear and obvious punishment or sin. So "mubina" (clear) here means clear, even though it is from a quadriliteral root, because the quadriliteral "abana" can be both intransitive and transitive. If I say: "Abana yabun..." We need an example of the intransitive and an example of the transitive? "Abana" O Shaykh? Yes, "The teacher clarified the issue." Is this transitive or intransitive? Transitive. "The teacher clarified the issue." And what is the intransitive? "Abana..." meaning it became clear and obvious. Here
and a clear sin وإثما مبينا
is from the intransitive "abana" or the transitive? It is from the intransitive "abana," meaning a clear sin.
Source alathar.net

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