Fath al-Rabbani

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was forbidden from marrying certain types of women; he could only marry believing women who had migrated. Then the command came: { لَا یَحِلُّ لَکَ النِّسَائُ مِنْ بَعْدُ وَلَا أَ نْ تَبَدَّلَ بِہِنَّ مِنْ أَ زْوَاجٍ وَلَوْ أَ عْجَبَکَ حُسْنُہُنَّ إِلَّا مَا مَلَکَتْ یَمِینُکَ} … After this, women are not lawful for you, nor is it for you to exchange them for other wives, even if their beauty pleases you, except those whom your right hand possesses. Thus, Allah made believing slave women lawful and also made lawful that believing woman who offers herself to the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). And Allah made every woman of a religion other than Islam unlawful for the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: {یٰٓاَیُّہَا النَّبِیُّ اِنَّآ اَحْلَلْنَا لَکَ اَزْوَاجَکَ الّٰتِیْٓ اٰتَیْتَ اُجُوْرَہُنَّ وَمَا مَلَکَتْ یَمِیْنُکَ مِمَّآ اَفَائَ اللّٰہُ عَلَیْکَ وَبَنٰتِ عَمِّکَ وَبَنٰتِ عَمّٰتِکَ وَبَنٰتِ خَالِکَ وَبَنٰتِ خٰلٰتِکَ الّٰتِیْ ہَاجَرْنَ مَعَکَ ْ وَامْرَاَۃً مُّؤْمِنَۃً اِنْ وَّہَبَتْ نَفْسَہَا لِلنَّبِیِّ اِنْ اَرَادَ النَّبِیُّ اَنْ یَّسْتَنْکِحَہَا ٓ خَالِصَۃً لَّکَ مِنْ دُوْنِ الْمُؤْمِنِیْنَ} … O Prophet! Indeed, We have made lawful to you your wives to whom you have given their dowries and those whom your right hand possesses from what Allah has returned to you as spoils, and the daughters of your paternal uncles and the daughters of your paternal aunts and the daughters of your maternal uncles and the daughters of your maternal aunts who migrated with you, and any believing woman if she offers herself to the Prophet, if the Prophet wishes to marry her. This is exclusively for you, not for the believers. Indeed, We know what We have enjoined upon them concerning their wives and those whom their right hands possess, so that there will be no difficulty upon you. And Allah is ever Forgiving, Most Merciful.