Sahih al-Bukhari 2494

Hadith text

Narrated `Urwa bin Az-Zubair:That he had asked `Aisha about the meaning of the Statement of Allah: "If you fear that you shall not Be able to deal justly With the orphan girls, then Marry (Other) women of your choice Two or three or four." (4.3) She said, "O my nephew! This is about the orphan girl who lives with her guardian and shares his property. Her wealth and beauty may tempt him to marry her without giving her an adequate Mahr (bridal-money) which might have been given by another suitor. So, such guardians were forbidden to marry such orphan girls unless they treated them justly and gave them the most suitable Mahr; otherwise they were ordered to marry any other woman." `Aisha further said, "After that verse the people again asked the Prophet (about the marriage with orphan 'girls), so Allah revealed the following verses:-- 'They ask your instruction Concerning the women. Say: Allah Instructs you about them And about what is Recited unto you In the Book, concerning The orphan girls to whom You give not the prescribed portions and yet whom you Desire to marry..." (4.127) What is meant by Allah's Saying:-- 'And about what is Recited unto you is the former verse which goes:-- 'If you fear that you shall not Be able to deal justly With the orphan girls, then Marry (other) women of your choice.' (4.3) `Aisha said, "Allah's saying in the other verse:--'Yet whom you desire to marry' (4.127) means the desire of the guardian to marry an orphan girl under his supervision when she has not much property or beauty (in which case he should treat her justly). The guardians were forbidden to marry their orphan girls possessing property and beauty without being just to them, as they generally refrain from marrying them (when they are neither beautiful nor wealthy)

Urwa bin Az-Zubair bataate hain: Unhone Ayesha se Allah ke is farmaan ka matlab pucha: "Agar tumhe dar hai ke tum yateem ladkiyon ke saath insaaf nahi kar paoge, to (doosri) auraton se shaadi karo jo tumhe pasand hon, do, teen, ya chaar" (4:3). Unhone kaha: "Aye mere bhatije! Yeh un yateem ladkiyon ke baare mein hai jo apne sarparast ke saath rehti hain aur uski jaidad mein hissedaar hoti hain. Uski daulat aur khoobsurati use lalach de sakti hai ke woh usse bina munasib mehar diye shaadi kare jo koi doosra suitor deta. Isliye aise sarparaston ko aisi yateem ladkiyon se shaadi karne se mana kiya gaya jab tak woh unke saath insaaf na karen aur unhe behtareen mehar na den; warna unhe kisi doosri aurat se shaadi karne ka hukum diya gaya." Ayesha ne aage kaha: "Us ayat ke baad, logon ne Nabi se phir pucha (yateem ladkiyon se shaadi ke baare mein), isliye Allah ne yeh ayaat nazil ki: 'Woh tumse aurton ke baare mein hidayat maangte hain. Kaho: Allah tumhe unke baare mein aur Kitaab mein tumhe padhi jaane wali baaton ke baare mein hidayat deta hai, un yateem ladkiyon ke baare mein jinhe tum unka muqarrar hissa nahi dete phir bhi unse shaadi karne ki khwahish rakhte ho...' (4:127)." Allah ke farmaan "aur Kitaab mein tumhe padhi jaane wali baaton ke baare mein" ka matlab pehli ayat hai jo yeh hai: "Agar tumhe dar hai ke tum yateem ladkiyon ke saath insaaf nahi kar paoge, to (doosri) auraton se shaadi karo jo tumhe pasand hon" (4:3). Ayesha ne kaha: "Allah ka doosri ayat mein farmaan 'phir bhi unse shaadi karne ki khwahish rakhte ho' (4:127) ka matlab hai us sarparast ki khwahish jo apni dekhbhal mein wali yateem ladki se shaadi karna chahta hai jab uski koi khaas jaidad ya khoobsurati na ho (aisi surat mein use uske saath insaaf karna chahiye). Sarparaston ko apni yateem ladkiyon se, jinke paas jaidad aur khoobsurati thi, bina unse insaaf kiye shaadi karne se mana kiya gaya, kyunke woh unhe (jab woh na khoobsurat na maldaar hoti) hi bindar shaadi karne se bachte."

Sahih al-Bukhari 2494 · Book 47, Hadith 12