His saying, the Almighty: "And if you have not entered into them, there is no sin upon you."

5092 - And by the same chain from 'Ali ibn Abi Talhah, from Ibn 'Abbas regarding His saying: "There is no sin upon you," he said: "There is no blame."

5093 - Abu Sa'id al-Ashaj narrated to us, al-Muharibi narrated to us, from Sufyan ibn Dinar, who said: I asked Sa'id ibn Jubayr about a man who married a woman and she died before he had consummated the marriage with her, and she had a daughter; could he marry her daughter? He recited to me: "And your stepdaughters who are under your guardianship from your women whom you have entered into; but if you have not entered into them, there is no sin upon you." He said: "There is no sin upon him to marry her."

His saying, the Almighty: "And the wives of your sons who are from your loins."

5094 - Ja'far ibn Muhammad ibn Harun ibn 'Azrah narrated to us, 'Abd al-Wahhab narrated to us, he said: Sa'id said: Qatadah used to dislike that if a man married a woman, then divorced her before he had consummated the marriage with her, his father should marry her, and he would interpret [this through] the verse: "And the wives of your sons who are from your loins."

5095 - Abu Zur'ah narrated to us, Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr al-Maqdisi narrated to us, Khalid ibn al-Harith narrated to us, from Ash'ath, from al-Hasan and Muhammad: That these verses are general [mubhamat], including: "And the wives of your sons," and "And the mothers of your women." It was narrated from Tawus, Muhammad ibn Sirin, Ibrahim, al-Zuhri, and Makhul something similar.

His saying, the Almighty: "Who are from your loins."

5096 - Sulayman ibn Dawud, the freed slave of Ja'far ibn Abi Talib, narrated to us, Sahl ibn 'Uthman narrated to us, Yahya—meaning ibn Abi Za'idah—narrated to us, Dawud ibn 'Abd al-Rahman narrated to us, from Ibn Jurayj, who said: I asked 'Ata' about: "And the wives of your sons." He said: "We used to discuss, and Allah knows best, that when the Prophet (peace be upon him) married the wife of Zayd, the polytheists in Mecca spoke about that, so Allah the Almighty revealed: 'And the wives of your sons who are from your loins.'"

His saying, the Almighty: "And that you combine two sisters [in marriage]."

5097 - I read to Muhammad ibn 'Abd Allah ibn 'Abd al-Hakam, Ibn Wahb informed us, Malik informed me, from Ibn Shihab, from Qabisah ibn Dhu'ayb, that a man asked 'Uthman ibn 'Affan about two sisters from among those owned by the right hand [slaves], can one combine them [in concubinage]? 'Uthman said: "A verse made them lawful, and a verse made them unlawful, and I would not do that." He left him and met a man from the companions of the Prophet (peace be upon him) and asked him about that. He said: "If I had any authority in the matter and I found anyone doing that, I would have meted out a punishment upon him." Malik said: Ibn Shihab said: "I think it was 'Ali ibn Abi Talib." He said: "And it reached me from al-Zubayr ibn al-'Awwam something similar."