all of its affairs, except for returning to a husband who divorced her three times, and in cases of adultery (zina), for they are both flogged and not stoned. We will mention this later, if Allah wills. The third category is the spouses of sons, meaning their wives. A man's wife is called his "halila" (22) because she is the place of her husband's wrapper (izar), and she is permissible to him. Therefore, it is prohibited for a man to marry the wives of his sons, and the wives of his grandsons, whether by blood or by nursing, whether near or distant, merely by the act of the contract, due to the saying of the Almighty: "And the wives of your sons." We know of no disagreement regarding this. The fourth category is the wives of the father, so it is prohibited for a man to marry the wife of his father, whether he was near (23) or distant, whether he was an heir (24) or not an heir, by blood or by nursing, due to the saying of the Almighty: "And do not marry those women whom your fathers married, except what has already passed." Al-Bara' ibn 'Azib said: I met my maternal uncle, who was carrying the banner. I said: "Where are you going?" He said: "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) sent me to a man who married his father's wife after he died, to strike off his head or kill him." Narrated by al-Nasa'i (25). In another version, he said: "I met my paternal uncle, al-Harith ibn 'Amr, who was carrying the banner," and he mentioned the report similarly. Narrated by Sa'id and others (26). It is the same regarding this whether it is the wife of his father (27), or the wife of his grandfather from his father's side, or his grandfather from his mother's side, [whether near or far] (28). There is no disagreement among the scholars (27) on this that we are aware of, and praise be to Allah. It is also prohibited for him to marry a woman with whom his father or his son has had intercourse, whether through right-of-possession (milk yamin) or through a relationship of doubt (shubha), just as it is prohibited for him to marry one with whom he has had intercourse via a marriage contract. Ibn al-Mundhir said: The ownership in this...