Sahih al-Bukhari 4934 (Book 67, Hadith 76)
‘If you fear that you shall not be able to deal justly with orphan girls (to the end of the verse) that your
right hands possess?” (4.3) Aisha said, “O my nephew! It was about the female orphan under the
protection of her guardian who was interested in her beauty and wealth and wanted to marry her with
a little or reduced Mahr. So such guardians were forbidden to marry female orphans unless they deal
with them justly and give their full Mahr; and they were ordered to marry women other than
them.”`Aisha added, “(Later) the people asked Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ), for instructions, and then Allah
revealed: ‘They ask your instruction concerning the women . . . And yet whom you desire to marry.’
(4.127) So Allah revealed to them in this Verse that-if a female orphan had wealth and beauty, they
desired to marry her and were interested in her noble descent and the reduction of her Mahr; but if she
was not desired by them because of her lack in fortune and beauty they left her and married some
other woman. So, as they used to leave her when they had no interest in her, they had no right to
marry her if they had the desire to do so, unless they deal justly with her and gave her a full amount of
Mahr.”
Sahih al-Bukhari 4934 (Book 67, Hadith 76)
The above hadith is from the Sahih al-Buhari collection of hadiths. Compiled by the esteemed Islamic scholar Muḥammad ibn Ismā‘īl al-Bukhārī around 847 CE, Sahih al-Bukhari stands as one of the most revered and authoritative collections within Sunni Islam. This monumental work is a primary component of the Kutub al-Sittah, or the six canonical books of hadith. It is distinguished by its rigorous methodology and is often considered the most authentic book after the Quran. The collection is meticulously organized into 97 chapters, encompassing approximately 7,563 individual narrations of the Prophet Muhammad’s sayings, actions, and approvals, forming a vital foundation for Islamic law and practice.
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