It is narrated about Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them) that a man came to him and said: I have declared my wife forbidden to myself. Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them) said: You have spoken incorrectly; she has not become forbidden to you. Then he recited this verse: "O Prophet! Why do you forbid what Allah has made lawful for you?" (Then Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas said) The most severe expiation will be imposed upon you, that is, freeing a slave.