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bayhaqi:13812Abū ʿAlī al-Rūdhbārī > Muḥammad b. Bakr > Abū Dāwud > Aḥmad b. ʿAmr b. al-Sarḥ al-Miṣrī / Abū al-Ṭāhir > Ibn Wahb > Yūnus Fadhakarah Binaḥwih

[Machine] "And Rabee'ah said regarding the saying of Allah ﷻ {And if you fear that you will not deal justly with the orphan girls} [An-Nisa' 3], He [Rabee'ah] said: He [Allah] is saying to leave them if you fear, then you are allowed to marry four."  

البيهقي:١٣٨١٢وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الرُّوذْبَارِيُّ أنبأ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَكْرٍ ثنا أَبُو دَاوُدَ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ السَّرْحِ الْمِصْرِيُّ وَهُوَ أَبُو الطَّاهِرِ ثنا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ أَخْبَرَنِي يُونُسُ فَذَكَرَهُ بِنَحْوِهِ وَقَالَ فِي آخِرِهِ قَالَ يُونُسُ

وَقَالَ رَبِيعَةُ فِي قَوْلِ اللهِ ﷻ {وَإِنْ خِفْتُمْ أَلَّا تُقْسِطُوا فِي الْيَتَامَى} [النساء 3] قَالَ يَقُولُ اتْرُكُوهُنَّ إِنْ خِفْتُمْ فَقَدْ أَحْلَلْتُ لَكُمْ أَرْبَعًا