5026 - Abu Sa'id al-Ashaj narrated to us, 'Abdah ibn Sulayman narrated to us, from al-A'mash, from Khaythamah, who said: What you read in the Quran as "O you who have believed," it is in the Torah: "O you poor ones."

5027 - My father narrated to us, Nu'aym ibn Hammad narrated to us, 'Abd Allah ibn al-Mubarak narrated to us, Mis'ar informed us, Ma'n and 'Awn—or one of them—narrated to us that a man came to 'Abd Allah ibn Mas'ud and said: Advise me. He said: When you hear Allah the Exalted saying, "O you who have believed," then lend it your ear, for it is either some good He is commanding, or some evil He is forbidding.

His saying, the Exalted: "It is not lawful for you to inherit women by compulsion."

5028 - My father narrated to us, Abu Salih narrated to us, Mu'awiyah ibn Salih narrated to me, from 'Ali ibn Abi Talhah, from Ibn 'Abbas regarding his saying: "O you who have believed, it is not lawful for you to inherit women by compulsion," he said: When a man would die and leave a female servant, his heir would throw his garment over her and prevent her. If she were beautiful, he would marry her; and if she were ugly, he would restrain her until she died, then he would inherit her.

5029 - 'Ammar ibn Khalid narrated to us, Asbat narrated to us, from al-Shaybani, from 'Ikrimah, from Ibn 'Abbas—and Abu Ishaq mentioned it, and 'Ata' Abu al-Hasan al-Suwa'i mentioned it, and I think he only mentioned it from Ibn 'Abbas—regarding His saying: "It is not lawful for you to inherit women by compulsion," he said: When a man died, his guardians had more right to his female servants than the guardian of the woman herself. If one of them wished, he would marry her; and if they wished, they would marry her off. This verse was revealed regarding that. (It was also narrated from Abu Mijlaz something similar).

5030 - Abu Sa'id al-Ashaj narrated to us, Ibn Fudayl narrated to us, Yahya ibn Sa'id narrated to us, from Muhammad ibn Abi Umamah ibn Sahl ibn Hunayf, from his father, who said: When Abu Qays al-Aslat passed away, his son wanted to marry his wife, and that was common practice for them in the Jahiliyyah (pre-Islamic era), so Allah the Exalted revealed: "It is not lawful for you to inherit women by compulsion."

5031 - Abu Sa'id al-Ashaj narrated to us, from 'Ubayd Allah ibn Musa, from Isra'il, from al-Suddi, from Abu Malik, who said: In the Jahiliyyah, when a woman's husband died, his guardian would come and throw a garment over her. If he had a son or a brother, he would restrain her until she grew old or died, and then he would inherit her. If she escaped and went to her family before he threw the garment over her, she was saved. So Allah the Almighty revealed: "It is not lawful for you to inherit women by compulsion."

5032 - Al-Husayn ibn al-Sakan al-Basri narrated to us, Abu Zayd—meaning the grammarian—narrated to us, Qays narrated to us, from Salim, from Mujahid: "It is not lawful for you to inherit women by compulsion": This is when a man has an orphan girl under his guardianship, and he is in charge of her affairs, so he restrains her in the hope that his own wife will die so he may marry her, or his son may marry her.