Sahih al-Bukhari 5092

Hadith text

Narrated 'Urwa:that he asked `Aisha regarding the Verse: 'If you fear that you shall not be able to deal justly with the orphans (4.3) She said, "O my nephew! This Verse refers to the orphan girl who is under the guardianship of her guardian who likes her beauty and wealth and wishes to (marry her and) curtails her Mahr. Such guardians have been forbidden to marry them unless they do justice by giving them their full Mahr, and they have been ordered to marry other than them. The people asked for the verdict of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) after that, so Allah revealed: 'They ask your instruction concerning the women . . . whom you desire to marry.' (4.127) So Allah revealed to them that if the orphan girl had beauty and wealth, they desired to marry her and for her family status. They can only marry them if they give them their full Mahr. And if they had no desire to marry them because of their lack of wealth and beauty, they would leave them and marry other women. So, as they used to leave them, when they had no interest, in them, they were forbidden to marry them when they had such interest, unless they treated them justly and gave them their full Mahr Apostle said, 'If at all there is evil omen, it is in the horse, the woman and the house." a lady is to be warded off. And the Statement of Allah: 'Truly, among your wives and your children, there are enemies for you (i.e may stop you from the obedience of Allah)

Urwa bataate hain ke unhone Aisha se is Aayat ke baare mein pucha: 'Agar tumhe dar ho ke tum yateemon ke saath insaaf nahi kar sakoge...' (4:3) Unhone kaha, 'Aye mere bhatije! Ye Aayat us yateem ladki ke baare mein hai jo apne sarparast ki nigraani mein hoti thi, jise uski khoobsurati aur daulat pasand aati thi aur wo (usse nikaah karke) uska Mahr kam karna chaahta tha. Aise sarparaston ko rok diya gaya ke wo unse tab tak nikaah na karein jab tak unke saath insaaf na karein aur unhein poora Mahr na dein, aur unhein hukm diya gaya ke iske bajaaye kisi aur se nikaah karein. Log iske baad Allah ke Rasool (SAW) se fatwa maangne lage, isliye Allah ne naazil farmaya: "Wo aapse auraton ke baare mein hukm poochte hain... jinse tum nikaah karna chahte ho." (4:127) To Allah ne unhein bataya ke agar yateem ladki khoobsurat aur ameer ho, to wo uske khaandaani rutbe ki wajah se bhi usse nikaah karna chaahte hain. Wo unse sirf tabhi nikaah kar sakte hain jab unhein poora Mahr dein. Aur agar unki uske paas maal aur khoobsurati kam hone ki wajah se koi dilchaspi na ho, to wo unhein chhod kar kisi aur aurat se nikaah kar lete. To jaise wo unhein dilchaspi na hone par chhod dete the, unhein rok diya gaya ke jab unmein dilchaspi ho, to unse nikaah na karein, jab tak insaaf na karein aur poora Mahr na dein.' Nabi (SAW) ne kaha, 'Agar kisi cheez mein bad-shugooni ho sakti hai, to wo ghode, aurat aur ghar mein hai' - yaani aurat se bachna chaahiye. Aur Allah ka farmaan: 'Beshak tumhaari biwiyon aur bacchon mein se kuch tumhaare dushman hain (yaani Allah ki itaa'at se rok sakte hain).'

Sahih al-Bukhari 5092 · Book 67, Hadith 30