[Machine] The first fitnah (trial) has raged on and affected a number of men who were companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , who participated in the Battle of Badr. We have been informed that they believed that the matter of fitnah should not be dismissed and should not be established upon a man who had killed someone when interpreting the Qur'an, nor should there be retaliation for a woman who was captured in war, and it is not seen that there should be a punishment for her, and there should be no cursing between her and her husband, and no one should intercede on her behalf except that they be subject to the penalty prescribed, and it is seen that she should be returned to her first husband after fulfilling her waiting period from her other husband, and it is seen that her first husband should inherit from her.  

قَدْ هَاجَتِ الْفِتْنَةُ الْأُولَى وَأَدْرَكَتْ يَعْنِي الْفِتْنَةَ رِجَالًا ذَوِي عَدَدٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مِمَّنْ شَهِدَ مَعَهُ بَدْرًا وَبَلَغَنَا أَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا يَرَوْنَ أَنْ يُهْدَرَ أَمْرُ الْفِتْنَةِ وَلَا يُقَامُ فِيهَا عَلَى رَجُلٍ قَاتِلٍ فِي تَأْوِيلِ الْقُرْآنِ قِصَاصٌ فِيمَنْ قَتَلَ وَلَا حَدٌّ فِي سِبَاءِ امْرَأَةٍ سُبِيَتْ وَلَا يُرَى عَلَيْهَا حَدٌّ وَلَا بَيْنَهَا وَبَيْنَ زَوْجِهَا مُلَاعَنَةٌ وَلَا يُرَى أَنْ يَقْفُوهَا أَحَدٌ إِلَّا جُلِدَ الْحَدَّ وَيُرَى أَنْ تُرَدَّ إِلَى زَوْجِهَا الْأَوَّلِ بَعْدَ أَنْ تَعْتَدَّ فَتَقْضِيَ عِدَّتَهَا مِنْ زَوْجِهَا الْآخَرِ وَيُرَى أَنْ يَرِثَهَا زَوْجُهَا الْأَوَّلُ