سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ قَوْلِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ يا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ إِنَّا أَحْلَلْنا لَكَ أَزْواجَكَ قُلْتُ كَمْ أُحِلَّ لَهُ مِنَ النِّسَاءِ قَالَ مَا شَاءَ مِنْ شَيْءٍ قُلْتُ قَوْلُهُ لا يَحِلُّ لَكَ النِّساءُ مِنْ بَعْدُ وَ لا أَنْ تَبَدَّلَ بِهِنَّ مِنْ أَزْواجٍ فَقَالَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) أَنْ يَنْكِحَ مَا شَاءَ مِنْ بَنَاتِ عَمِّهِ وَ بَنَاتِ عَمَّاتِهِ وَ بَنَاتِ خَالِهِ وَ بَنَاتِ خَالَاتِهِ وَ أَزْوَاجِهِ اللَّاتِي هَاجَرْنَ مَعَهُ وَ أُحِلَّ لَهُ أَنْ يَنْكِحَ مِنْ عُرْضِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ بِغَيْرِ مَهْرٍ وَ هِيَ الْهِبَةُ وَ لَا تَحِلُّ الْهِبَةُ إِلَّا لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) فَأَمَّا لِغَيْرِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) فَلَا يَصْلُحُ نِكَاحٌ إِلَّا بِمَهْرٍ وَ ذَلِكَ مَعْنَى قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى وَ امْرَأَةً مُؤْمِنَةً إِنْ وَهَبَتْ نَفْسَها لِلنَّبِيِّ قُلْتُ أَ رَأَيْتَ قَوْلَهُ تُرْجِي مَنْ تَشاءُ مِنْهُنَّ وَ تُؤْوِي إِلَيْكَ مَنْ تَشاءُ قَالَ مَنْ آوَى فَقَدْ نَكَحَ وَ مَنْ أَرْجَأَ فَلَمْ يَنْكِحْ قُلْتُ قَوْلُهُ لا يَحِلُّ لَكَ النِّساءُ مِنْ بَعْدُ قَالَ إِنَّمَا عَنَى بِهِ النِّسَاءَ اللَّاتِي حَرَّمَ عَلَيْهِ فِي هَذِهِ الْآيَةِ حُرِّمَتْ عَلَيْكُمْ أُمَّهاتُكُمْ وَ بَناتُكُمْ وَ أَخَواتُكُمْ إِلَى آخِرِ الْآيَةِ وَ لَوْ كَانَ الْأَمْرُ كَمَا يَقُولُونَ كَانَ قَدْ أَحَلَّ لَكُمْ مَا لَمْ يَحِلَّ لَهُ إِنَّ أَحَدَكُمْ يَسْتَبْدِلُ كُلَّمَا أَرَادَ وَ لَكِنْ لَيْسَ الْأَمْرُ كَمَا يَقُولُونَ إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَ جَلَّ أَحَلَّ لِنَبِيِّهِ ( صلى الله عليه وآله ) مَا أَرَادَ مِنَ النِّسَاءِ إِلَّا مَا حَرَّمَ عَلَيْهِ فِي هَذِهِ الْآيَةِ الَّتِي فِي النِّسَاءِ .
Translation
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father, and Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, altogether from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Hammad, from Al Halby, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup>, said, ‘I asked him<sup>asws</sup> about the Words of Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic <span class="ibTxt"><a href="/#/books/quran:33#h50"><a href="/books/quran:33#h50">[33:50]</a></a> O Prophet! Surely We have Made lawful for you, your wives</span>, how many from the women were Permissible for him<sup>saww</sup>?’ He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘Whatever he<sup>saww</sup> so desired from anything’. I said, ‘(What about) His<sup>azwj</sup> Words <span class="ibTxt"><a href="/#/books/quran:33#h52"><a href="/books/quran:33#h52">[33:52]</a></a> It is not Permissible for you to take women afterwards, nor that you should change them for other wives</span>?’ So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘For Rasool-Allah<sup>saww</sup> is that he<sup>saww</sup> could marry from a daughter of his<sup>saww</sup> paternal uncle and a daughter of his<sup>saww</sup> paternal aunt, and a daughter of his<sup>saww</sup> maternal uncle and a daughter of his<sup>saww</sup> maternal aunt, and his<sup>saww</sup> wives who emigrated with him<sup>saww</sup>; and is was Permissible for him<sup>saww</sup> that he<sup>saww</sup> marries the ones who present themselves from the Believers without a dower, and it is the gifting, and the gifting is not Permissible except for Rasool-Allah<sup>saww</sup>. So as for the others than Rasool-Allah<sup>saww</sup>, so a marriage is not correct except with a dower, and that is the Meaning of the Words of the Exalted <span class="ibTxt"><a href="/#/books/quran:33#h50"><a href="/books/quran:33#h50">[33:50]</a></a> and a believing woman if she gave herself to the Prophet</span>’. I said, ‘What is your<sup>asws</sup> view of His<sup>azwj</sup> Words <span class="ibTxt"><a href="/#/books/quran:33#h51"><a href="/books/quran:33#h51">[33:51]</a></a> You may put off whom you please of them, and you may take to you whom you please</span>?’ He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘The one who came forward he<sup>saww</sup> married and the one who stayed back he<sup>saww</sup> did not marry’. I said, ‘(What about) His<sup>azwj</sup> Words <span class="ibTxt"><a href="/#/books/quran:33#h52"><a href="/books/quran:33#h52">[33:52]</a></a> It is not Permissible for you to take women afterwards</span>?’ But rather it Means by the women who were Prohibited unto him<sup>saww</sup> in this Verse <span class="ibTxt"><a href="/#/books/quran:4#h23"><a href="/books/quran:4#h23">[4:23]</a></a> Forbidden to you are your mothers and your daughters and your sisters </span>– up to the end of the Verse. And had the matter been as they (people) are saying it to be, it would have been Permissible for you what was not Permissible for him<sup>saww</sup> if one of you changed (wives) whenever he so wanted to. But, the matter is not as they are saying it to be. Allah<sup>azwj</sup> Mighty and Majestic Permitted for His<sup>azwj</sup> Prophet whatever he<sup>saww</sup> so wanted from the women except what was Prohibited unto him<sup>saww</sup> in this Verse which is in the women (Chapter 4 of the Holy Quran)’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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