[Machine] To choose four of them.  

أَنْ يَتَخَيَّرَ مِنْهُنَّ أَرْبَعًا  

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ chose four of them as authentic words, and the rest of the narrations mentioned in this chapter are mentioned in the chapter of a man greeting women, and he has more than four women with him.  

النَّبِيُّ ﷺ اخْتَرْ مِنْهُنَّ أَرْبَعًا لَفْظُ مُسَدَّدٍ وَسَائِرُ الْأَحَادِيثِ الَّتِي رُوِيَتْ فِي هَذَا الْبَابِ مَذْكُورَةٌ فِي بَابِ الرَّجُلِ يُسْلِمُ وَعِنْدَهُ أَكْثَرُ مِنْ أَرْبَعِ نِسْوَةٍ  

[Machine] In His saying {And if you fear that you will not deal justly with the orphan girls, then marry those that please you of [other] women, two or three or four...} [An-Nisa 3], regarding the orphans, it is said that they used to marry ten young girls in the times of ignorance and they used to honor the orphans. So, they investigated the matters related to their religion regarding the orphans and they left what they used to marry in the times of ignorance. Allah the Almighty said {And if you fear that you will not deal justly with the orphan girls, then marry those that please you of [other] women, two or three or four...}[An-Nisa 3] and He prohibited them from what they used to marry in the times of ignorance.  

فِي قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى {وَإِنْ خِفْتُمْ أَلَّا تُقْسِطُوا} [النساء 3] فِي الْيَتَامَى قَالَ كَانُوا فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ يَنْكِحُونَ عَشْرًا مِنَ النِّسَاءِ الْأَيَامَى وَكَانُوا يُعَظِّمُونَ شَأْنَ الْيَتِيمِ فَتَفَقَّدُوا أَمْرَ دِينِهِمْ بِشَأْنِ الْيَتَامَى وَتَرَكُوا مَا كَانُوا يَنْكِحُونَ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ قَالَ اللهُ تَعَالَى {وَإِنْ خِفْتُمْ أَلَّا تُقْسِطُوا فِي الْيَتَامَى فَانْكِحُوا مَا طَابَ لَكُمْ مِنَ النِّسَاءِ مَثْنَى وَثُلَاثَ وَرُبَاعَ} [النساء 3] وَنَهَاهُمْ عَمَّا كَانُوا يَنْكِحُونَ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ  

[Machine] He marries more than four, then he is responsible for the same obligations as his mother and sister. We have narrated from Ubaydah As-Salmani in his statement in the verse {the Book of Allah is upon you} [An-Nisa 4:24]. He said, "Four women." Likewise, it was narrated from Al-Hasan Al-Basri.  

يَتَزَوَّجَ فَوْقَ أَرْبَعٍ فَإِنْ فَعَلَ فَهِيَ عَلَيْهِ مِثْلُ أُمِّهِ وَأُخْتِهِ وَرُوِّينَا عَنْ عُبَيْدَةَ السَّلْمَانِيِّ فِي قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى {كِتَابَ اللهِ عَلَيْكُمْ} [النساء 24] قَالَ أَرْبَعُ نِسْوَةٍ وَكَذَلِكَ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ الْبَصْرِيِّ  

[Machine] Um Sa'id, the mother of Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "I used to pour water for Ali while he performed ablution. He then said, 'O Um Sa'id, I miss being a groom.' I said, 'What prevents you, O Commander of the Believers?' He replied, 'Being away from them for four [months].' I said, 'Divorce one of them and marry another.' He said, 'Indeed, divorce is repulsive; I detest it.'"  

أَنَّ أُمَّ سَعِيدٍ أُمَّ وَلَدِ عَلِيٍّ رَضِيَ اللهُ عنه حَدَّثَتْهَا قَالَتْ كُنْتُ أَصُبُّ عَلَى عَلِيٍّ ؓ الْمَاءَ وَهُوَ يَتَوَضَّأُ فَقَالَ يَا أُمَّ سَعِيدٍ قَدِ اشْتَقْتُ أَنْ أَكُونَ عَرُوسًا قَالَتْ فَقُلْتُ وَيْحَكَ مَا يَمْنَعُكَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ؟ قَالَ أَبَعْدَ أَرْبَعٍ؟ قَالَتْ فَقُلْتُ تُطَلِّقُ وَاحِدَةً مِنْهُنَّ وَتَزَوَّجْ أُخْرَى قَالَ إِنَّ الطَّلَاقَ قَبِيحٌ أَكْرَهُهُ