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قَوْلُهُ تَعَالَى: {لَا يَحِلُّ لَكُمْ أَنْ تَرِثُوا النِّسَاءَ كَرْهًا} [النساء: 19]

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[Machine] For him to marry his wife after divorcing her, and this was common practice for them during the time of ignorance. Then Allah revealed, "It is not lawful for you to inherit women by compulsion." [Quran 4:19]  

الكبرى للنسائي:١١٠٢٩أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ الْمُنْذِرِ عَنِ ابْنِ فُضَيْلٍ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ §لَمَّا تُوُفِّيَ أَبُو قَيْسِ بْنِ الْأَسْلَتِ أَرَادَ ابْنُهُ

أَنْ يَتَزَوَّجَ امْرَأَتَهُ مِنْ بَعْدِهِ فَكَانَ ذَلِكَ لَهُمْ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ فَأَنْزَلَ اللهُ ﷻ {لَا يَحِلُّ لَكُمْ أَنْ تَرِثُوا النِّسَاءَ كَرْهًا} [النساء 19]