A discussion on the meanings of the verse: “And the married women, except those your right hands possess. This is the command of Allah upon you…”
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I seek refuge in Allah from the accursed Shaytan. Allah, Blessed and Exalted is He, said: [An-Nisa 4:24]The Shaykh : The waw is a conjunction. So what is it conjoined to?
The student: It is conjoined to,
The Shaykh : Which women?
The student:[An-Nisa 4:24],
The Shaykh :[An-Nisa 4:24] Yes, how is it conjoined?
The student: It is conjoined to “mothers,” meaning the married women are forbidden.
The Shaykh : What is meant by “the married women” in the verse? Does it mean married women?
The student: Married women who are captives,
The Shaykh : Captive married women.
The Shaykh : What is obligatory if a woman is captured and the one who owns her among the soldiers wants to have intercourse with her?
The student: She must be purified by one menstrual cycle.
The Shaykh : Meaning, he does not have intercourse with her until she is purified by one menstrual cycle, meaning until she menstruates, unless she is pregnant, in which case until she gives birth.
The Shaykh : A man who married two sisters through breastfeeding?
The student: It is not permissible,
The Shaykh : What is the evidence?
The student: The evidence is the saying of Allah, Mighty and Majestic:[An-Nisa 4:23],
The Shaykh : What if someone claims that the meaning is between two sisters by blood?
The student: We say, the hadith of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):Sahih Muslim 1445i
The Shaykh : So if marrying two sisters by blood is forbidden, then marrying two sisters by breastfeeding is forbidden.
The Shaykh : His saying, Exalted is He:[An-Nisa 4:24] is in the accusative case. Who put it in the accusative case? What is the meaning?
The student: “Obey the book of Allah upon you.”
The Shaykh : What does “book” mean here?
The student: “Obey what Allah has written upon you,”
The Shaykh : And “book” here means “the written,” i.e., the recited.
The Shaykh : What is your evidence that “writing” comes to mean “obligation”?
The student: His saying, Exalted is He:[Al-Baqarah 2:183] [An-Nisa 4:103].
And [also prohibited to you are all] married women except those your right hands possess
والمحصنات من النساء إلا ما ملكت أيمانكمThe student: It is conjoined to
Women
النساءThe Shaykh : Which women?
The student:
And [also prohibited to you are all] married women
والمحصنات من النساءThe Shaykh :
And [also prohibited to you are all] married women except those your right hands possess
والمحصنات من النساء إلا ما ملكت أيمانكمThe student: It is conjoined to “mothers,” meaning the married women are forbidden.
The Shaykh : What is meant by “the married women” in the verse? Does it mean married women?
The student: Married women who are captives,
The Shaykh : Captive married women.
The Shaykh : What is obligatory if a woman is captured and the one who owns her among the soldiers wants to have intercourse with her?
The student: She must be purified by one menstrual cycle.
The Shaykh : Meaning, he does not have intercourse with her until she is purified by one menstrual cycle, meaning until she menstruates, unless she is pregnant, in which case until she gives birth.
The Shaykh : A man who married two sisters through breastfeeding?
The student: It is not permissible,
The Shaykh : What is the evidence?
The student: The evidence is the saying of Allah, Mighty and Majestic:
and that you take [in marriage] two sisters simultaneously
وأن تجمعوا بين الأختينThe Shaykh : What if someone claims that the meaning is between two sisters by blood?
The student: We say, the hadith of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him):
on account of fosterage as one is Mahram on account of consanguinity
يحرم من الرضاعة ما يحرم من النسبThe Shaykh : So if marrying two sisters by blood is forbidden, then marrying two sisters by breastfeeding is forbidden.
The Shaykh : His saying, Exalted is He:
the decree of Allah upon you
كتاب الله عليكمThe student: “Obey the book of Allah upon you.”
The Shaykh : What does “book” mean here?
The student: “Obey what Allah has written upon you,”
The Shaykh : And “book” here means “the written,” i.e., the recited.
The Shaykh : What is your evidence that “writing” comes to mean “obligation”?
The student: His saying, Exalted is He: