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Surah: An-Nisa (24)
And Married Women Except Those Your Right Hands Possess — Women Forbidden in Marriage
وَٱلۡمُحۡصَنَٰتُ مِنَ ٱلنِّسَآءِ
— النساء الآية 24
Verse: "And married women — except those your right hands possess." (4:24)
"Muhsanat" (married women): Marrying a woman with a living husband is forbidden unless her marriage is dissolved (divorce or death).
Wisdom of specifying the forbidden: Protecting the family and organizing social relationships — most prohibitions are from close relatives to preserve the family.
"Muhsanat" (married women): Marrying a woman with a living husband is forbidden unless her marriage is dissolved (divorce or death).
Wisdom of specifying the forbidden: Protecting the family and organizing social relationships — most prohibitions are from close relatives to preserve the family.
Source: Al-Qurtubi (5/89); Ibn Qudama (7/83); Ibn Al-Arabi (1/330)
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