The saying of the Exalted: “And if you desire to replace one wife with another, even if you have given one of them a qintar...”
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The questioner : The saying of the Exalted: [An-Nisa 4:20] It is possible that “one of them” refers to one of the two women, but His saying: [An-Nisa 4:20] implies that he has divorced the first one?
The Shaykh : Yes, perhaps the relationship between them becomes bad, as we have mentioned. Perhaps the relationship between them becomes bad, and he wants to divorce her and replace her with a third wife. What is the meaning of that? No, it has a meaning. How? Absolutely, if it were the first one, Allah would have specified it. So if He said:, it is because it has a benefit, which is that it applies to both this one and that one.
But if you want to replace one wife with another and you have given one of them a great amount
وإن أردتم استبدال زوج مكان زوج وآتيتم إحداهن قنطارا ...if you want to replace
... إن أردتم استبدال ...The Shaykh : Yes, perhaps the relationship between them becomes bad, as we have mentioned. Perhaps the relationship between them becomes bad, and he wants to divorce her and replace her with a third wife. What is the meaning of that? No, it has a meaning. How? Absolutely, if it were the first one, Allah would have specified it. So if He said: