Narrated Ibn `Abbas:
Regarding the Qur'anic Verse: 'O you who believe! You are forbidden to inherit women against their
will.' (4.19) The custom (in the Pre-lslamic Period) was that if a man died, his relatives used to have
the right to inherit his wife, and if one of them wished, he could marry her, or they could marry her to
somebody else, or prevent her from marrying if they wished, for they had more right to dispose of her
than her own relatives. Therefore this Verse was revealed concerning this matter.
Narrated Abdullah ibn Abbas:
About the Qur'anic verse: "It is not lawful for you forcibly to inherit the woman (of your deceased kinsmen), nor (that) ye should put constraint upon them. When a man died, his relatives ha…
Ibn ‘Abbas explained the Qur’anic verse It is not lawful for you forcibly to inherit the woman (of your deceased kinsmen) nor (that) ye should put constraint upon them that ye may take away a part of that which ye have g…
Narrated Ibn `Abbas:
regarding the Divine Verse: "O you who believe! You are forbidden to inherit women against their
will, and you should not treat them with harshness that you may take back part of the (Mahr) dower
yo…