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Which verse abrogated the practice of a divorced woman marrying the husband's brother or paying money for her freedom, a custom prevalent in Jahiliyyah?

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Source: FtawySummary from Ftawy's records · added here Sep 2, 20261 min readAlso available in العربية
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The noble verse: "O you who have believed, it is not lawful for you to inherit women by compulsion. And do not make difficulties for them in order to take a part of what you have given them" was revealed concerning a woman whose husband had died, as his guardians were more entitled to his wife after his death. They had the right to marry her, or to give her in marriage, or to prevent her marriage. So the verse came to forbid this coercive inheritance of women.

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