حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ حَدَّثَنَا أَسْبَاطُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ حَدَّثَنَا الشَّيْبَانِيُّ سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ فَيْرُوزٍ عَنْ عِکْرِمَةَ عَنْ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ الشَّيْبَانِيُّ وَحَدَّثَنِي عَطَائٌ أَبُو الحَسَنِ السُّوَائِيُّ وَلَا أَظُنُّهُ إِلَّا ذَکَرَهُ عَنْ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا يَحِلُّ لَکُمْ أَنْ تَرِثُوا النِّسَائَ کَرْهًا الْآيَةَ قَالَ کَانُوا إِذَا مَاتَ الرَّجُلُ کَانَ أَوْلِيَاؤُهُ أَحَقَّ بِامْرَأَتِهِ إِنْ شَائَ بَعْضُهُمْ تَزَوَّجَهَا وَإِنْ شَائُوا زَوَّجَهَا وَإِنْ شَائُوا لَمْ يُزَوِّجْهَا فَهُمْ أَحَقُّ بِهَا مِنْ أَهْلِهَا فَنَزَلَتْ هَذِهِ الْآيَةُ فِي ذَلِکَ
صحیح بخاری · Hadith 6948
Narrated Ibn `Abbas: Regarding the Qur'anic Verse: 'O you who believe! You are forbidden to inherit women against their will.' (4.19) The custom (in the Pre-lslamic Period) was that if a man died, his relatives used to have the right to inherit his wife, and if one of them wished, he could marry her, or they could marry her to somebody else, or prevent her from marrying if they wished, for they had more right to dispose of her than her own relatives. Therefore this Verse was revealed concerning this matter.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020