The benefits of the verse: “Forbidden to you are your mothers, your daughters, your sisters…”
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The following is derived from this noble verse: the prohibition of marrying these seven categories of relatives by blood, all of them, based on His saying: . If someone were to ask: “The reference here is a reference of prohibition to the persons themselves, so what makes you specify this as being about marriage? Is it not permissible for someone to say: [An-Nisa 4:23] meaning, do not look at them? Do not kill them? Who restricts the prohibition to marriage?” The context. We say that the context is the verse preceding it, [An-Nisa 4:22]. So the context in the preceding verse, and in this one as well, all of it is about marriage. Therefore, it is established that the intended meaning is marriage. And what some scholars have claimed from the verse, that there is a general statement in it that is ambiguous between such and such and such, has no basis. And among its benefits is: the establishment of prohibition through breastfeeding, based on His saying: [An-Nisa 4:23].
It is estimated that it is a short time, so he stands waiting for the imam to enter. And perhaps, as happened today, he stands without any exaggeration, just enough for him to pray four rak'ahs. And this is a deprivation. When a person enters, it is prescribed for him to pray the greeting of the mosque at length. Then, if he is able to do so, he does so. And if the iqamah is called while he is in the second rak'ah, he completes it lightly. And if he is in the first rak'ah, he breaks it off so that he may obtain the reward of the greeting of the mosque, and he does not stand.
It is forbidden for you
حرمت عليكمProhibited to you [for marriage] are your mothers
حرمت عليكم أمهاتكمAnd do not marry those [women] whom your fathers married
ولا تنكحوا ما نكح آبائكم من النساء ...your [milk] mothers who nursed you
وأمهاتكم اللاتي أرضعنكمIt is estimated that it is a short time, so he stands waiting for the imam to enter. And perhaps, as happened today, he stands without any exaggeration, just enough for him to pray four rak'ahs. And this is a deprivation. When a person enters, it is prescribed for him to pray the greeting of the mosque at length. Then, if he is able to do so, he does so. And if the iqamah is called while he is in the second rak'ah, he completes it lightly. And if he is in the first rak'ah, he breaks it off so that he may obtain the reward of the greeting of the mosque, and he does not stand.
