[Machine] Aisha, the wife of the Prophet pbuh, informed him that in the time of ignorance (pre-Islamic period), marriage used to have four steps. One of these steps is when a man proposes to another man's wife and seeks her consent, then he marries her. The hadith mentioned this as previously stated.
أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ زَوْجَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَخْبَرَتْهُ أَنَّ النِّكَاحَ كَانَ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ عَلَى أَرْبَعَةِ أَنْحَاءٍ فَنِكَاحٌ مِنْهَا نِكَاحُ النَّاسِ الْيَوْمَ يَخْطُبُ الرَّجُلُ إِلَى الرَّجُلِ وَلِيَّتَهُ فَيُصْدِقُهَا ثُمَّ يَنْكِحُهَا فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ كَمَا مَضَى