An-Nisa 4:20 وان اردتم استبدال زوج مكان زوج واتيتم احداهن قنطارا فلا تاخذوا منه شييا اتاخذونه بهتانا واثما مبينا ٢٠
وَإِنۡ
أَرَدتُّمُ
ٱسۡتِبۡدَالَ
زَوۡجٖ
مَّكَانَ
زَوۡجٖ
وَءَاتَيۡتُمۡ
إِحۡدَىٰهُنَّ
قِنطَارٗا
فَلَا
تَأۡخُذُواْ
مِنۡهُ
شَيۡـًٔاۚ
أَتَأۡخُذُونَهُۥ
بُهۡتَٰنٗا
وَإِثۡمٗا
مُّبِينٗا
٢٠
If you desire to replace a wife with another and you have given the former ˹even˺ a stack of gold ˹as a dowry˺, do not take any of it back. Would you ˹still˺ take it unjustly and very sinfully?
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Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
Meaning of `Inheriting Women Against Their Will
Al-Bukhari recorded that Ibn `Abbas said about the Ayah,
يَـأَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ لاَ يَحِلُّ لَكُمْ أَن تَرِثُواْ النِّسَآءَ كَرْهاً
(O you who believe! You are not permitted to inherit women against their will,) "Before, the practice was that wh
…Meaning of `Inheriting Women Against Their Will
Al-Bukhari recorded that Ibn `Abbas said about the Ayah,
يَـأَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ لاَ يَحِلُّ لَ
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