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Bayhaqi 13848 — Collected chapters on the free women who are lawful

وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ، وَأَبُو سَعِيدِ بْنُ أَبِي عَمْرٍو قَالَا: ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ، ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مَرْزُوقٍ، ثنا أَبُو عَامِرٍ، عَنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ، عَنْ سِمَاكٍ، عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُمَا: {وَالْمُحْصَنَاتُ مِنَ النِّسَاءِ إِلَّا مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُكُمْ كِتَابَ اللهِ عَلَيْكُمْ} [النساء: ٢٤] قَالَ: " لَا يَحِلُّ لِمُسْلِمٍ أَنْ يَتَزَوَّجَ فَوْقَ أَرْبَعٍ، فَإِنْ فَعَلَ فَهِيَ عَلَيْهِ مِثْلُ أُمِّهِ وَأُخْتِهِ "، وَرُوِّينَا عَنْ عُبَيْدَةَ السَّلْمَانِيِّ فِي قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى: {كِتَابَ اللهِ عَلَيْكُمْ} [النساء: ٢٤] قَالَ: " أَرْبَعُ نِسْوَةٍ "، وَكَذَلِكَ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ الْبَصْرِيِّ.
Ikrimah (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) concerning this saying of Allah Almighty: "And (forbidden to you are) married women, except those your right hands possess. (This is) the decree of Allah upon you." [Surah al-Nisa: 24] He said: It is not permissible for a Muslim to marry more than four; if he does, then she is (forbidden) to him like his mother and his sister.
Ubaydah al-Salmani (may Allah have mercy on him) said concerning this saying of Allah Almighty, "the decree of Allah upon you": It means four women. The same is narrated from al-Hasan al-Basri (may Allah have mercy on him).
Hadith Reference السنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب النكاح / 13848
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