Do "those who emigrated with you" in Surat Al-Ahzab refer to all those mentioned or only to "your maternal aunts' daughters"? And why were maternal aunts' daughters singled out with this description?
The verse, "who emigrated with you," is a connected specification referring to the paternal cousins, paternal aunts, maternal uncles, and maternal aunts mentioned previously. Al-Tabari interpreted the verse as Allah permitting the Prophet, peace be upon him, to marry those among them who had emigrated, but not those who had not. It has been said that the mention of emigration here is to indicate the superiority and honor of emigration and emigrants. It has also been said that "emigrated" means they embraced Islam, based on the : "A Muslim is one from whose tongue and hand the Muslims are safe, and an emigrant is one who abandons what Allah the Almighty has forbidden." The placement of "emigrated" after the maternal cousins is appropriate for the context and the Arabic style because they are the last of the close female relatives mentioned whose marriage is permissible, and to avoid repetition.
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