Tafsir Al-Jalalayn: An-Nisaa, Ayah 22

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وَلَا تَنكِحُوا۟ مَا نَكَحَ ءَابَآؤُكُم مِّنَ ٱلنِّسَآءِ إِلَّا مَا قَدْ سَلَفَ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ فَٰحِشَةًۭ وَمَقْتًۭا وَسَآءَ سَبِيلًا
And do not marry those [women] whom your fathers married, except what has already occurred. Indeed, it was an immorality and hateful [to Allah] and was evil as a way.

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Al-Jalalayn Commentary

And do not marry women whom mā means man your fathers married unless it be a thing of the past which is forgiven you; surely that marrying them is obscene vile and abominable maqtan means it results in maqt ‘severe hate’ from God an evil way an evil path is this.

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He said: (And marry not those women whom your fathers married, except what hath already happened (of that nature) in the past) in the pre-Islamic era. (Lo! It) i.e. marrying the wives of one's father (was ever lewdness) a transgression (and abomination) antagonism, (and an evil way) the worst way to follow. This was revealed about Muhsin Ibn Abi Qays al-Ansari. Allah then showed them the women who are unlawful for them to marry.

Related Hadiths

Sahih Muslim#3315Sahih

that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) forbade combining of four women in marriage: a woman with her father's sister, and a woman with her mother's sister.

Narrated by Abu Huraira (Allah be pleased with him) reported:
Sahih al-Bukhari#4904Sahih

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) forbade that a woman should be married to man along with her paternal or maternal aunt.

Narrated by Narrated Jabir:
Sahih Muslim#3320Sahih

A man must not make proposal of marriage to a woman when his brother has done so already. And he must not offer a price for a thing for which his brother had already offered a price; and a woman must ...

Narrated by Abu Huraira (Allah be pleased with him) reported Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) as saying:
Sahih Muslim#124Sahih

Do not detest your fathers; he who detested his father committed infidelity.

Narrated by It is narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira that the Messenger of Allah (may peace and blessings be upon him) observed:
Jami` at-Tirmidhi#1128Sahih

"The Prophet prohibited marrying a woman along with her paternal aunt or along with her maternal aunt."

Narrated by Ibn Abbas narrated:
Sunan Abu Dawud#2066Sahih

Abu Hurairah reported The Apostle of Allaah(ﷺ) as saying “ A woman should not be married to one who had married her paternal aunt or a paternal aunt to one who had married her brother’s daughter or a ...

Sahih al-Bukhari#4901Sahih

"Forbidden for you (for marriages) are your mothers..." (4:23). 'Abdullah bin Ja'far married the daughter and wife of 'Ali at the same time (they were step-daughter and mother). Ibn Sirin said, "The...

Narrated by Ibn 'Abbas further said, "Seven types of marriages are unlawful because of blood relations, and seven because of marriage relations." Then Ibn 'Abbas recited the Verse:
Sunan an-Nasa'i#3295Sahih

"The Messenger of Allah forbade (being married to) a woman and her paternal aunt or to a woman and her maternal aunt at the same time."

Narrated by Qabisah bin Dhu'aib said that he heard Abu Hurairah say:
Sahih Muslim#3318Sahih

One should not combine in marriage a woman with her father's sister, or her mother's sister.

Narrated by Abu Huraira (Allah be pleased with him) reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:
Sunan an-Nasa'i#3299Sahih

"The Messenger of Allah forbade taking a woman as a co-wife to her paternal aunt or her maternal aunt."

Narrated by It was narrated that Abu Hurairah said:

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