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السنن الكبرى للبيهقي
Sunan al-Kubra al-Bayhaqi
كتاب النكاح
Book of Marriage
باب: ما جاء في قوله تعالى: إلا ما قد سلف
Chapter: Reports on the saying of the Exalted: "Except what has already passed"
Bayhaqi 13926 — Reports on the saying of the Exalted
اُردوEn
وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، أنبأ عَبْدُ الْخَالِقِ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ، ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنِ الْهُذَيْلِ، عَنْ مُقَاتِلِ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ: إِنَّمَا قَالَ اللهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: {إِلَّا مَا قَدْ سَلَفَ} [النساء: ٢٢] " يَعْنِي فِي نِسَاءِ الْآبَاءِ، لِأَنَّ الْعَرَبَ كَانُوا يَنْكِحُونَ نِسَاءَ الْآبَاءِ، ثُمَّ حَرَّمَ النَّسَبَ وَالصِّهْرَ، وَلَمْ يَقُلْ: إِلَّا مَا قَدْ سَلَفَ لِأَنَّ الْعَرَبَ، كَانَتْ لَا تَنْكِحُ النَّسَبَ وَالصِّهْرَ، وَقَالَ فِي الْأُخْتَيْنِ: {إِلَّا مَا قَدْ سَلَفَ} [النساء: ٢٢] لِأَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا يَجْمَعُونَ بَيْنَهُمَا فَحَرَّمَ جَمْعَهُمَا جَمِيعًا إِلَّا مَا قَدْ سَلَفَ قَبْلَ التَّحْرِيمِ {إِنَّ اللهَ كَانَ غَفُورًا رَحِيمًا} [النساء: ٢٣] لِمَا كَانَ مِنْ جِمَاعِ الْأُخْتَيْنِ قَبْلَ التَّحْرِيمِ ".
Muqatil bin Sulayman (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Allah's saying "except what has already passed" [Surah al-Nisa: 22] refers to the wives of fathers, because people used to marry the wives of their fathers. Then He forbade (relations by) lineage and marriage and did not say "except what has already passed" there, because the Arabs did not marry within lineage and in-law relations. And concerning the two sisters He said "except what has already passed", because they used to combine them in their marriage; so the combining of them was forbidden, except what had already happened before the prohibition: "Indeed, Allah is ever Forgiving, Most Merciful." [Surah al-Nisa: 23] that is, regarding combining two sisters in one marriage before the prohibition.
