Sahih al-Bukhari · The Book of Commentary
41- بَابُ: {وَالَّذِينَ يُتَوَفَّوْنَ مِنْكُمْ وَيَذَرُونَ أَزْوَاجًا يَتَرَبَّصْنَ بِأَنْفُسِهِنَّ أَرْبَعَةَ أَشْهُرٍ وَعَشْرًا} إِلَى: {بِمَا تَعْمَلُونَ خَبِيرٌ}:
(41) Chapter. “And those of you who die and leave wives behind them, they (the wives) shall wait (as regards their marriage) for four months and ten days. Then when they have fulfilled their term, there is no sin on you if they (the wives) dispose of themselves in a just and honourable manner (i.e., they can marry). And Allah is Well-Acquainted with what you do.” (V.2:234)
3 hadith · references 4530–4532
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Bukhari · 4530قَدْ نَسَخَتْهَا الْآيَةُ الْأُخْرَى ، فَلِمَ تَكْتُبُهَا أَوْ تَدَعُهَا , قَالَ : يَا ابْنَ أَخِي ، لَا أُغَيِّرُ شَيْئًا مِنْهُ مِنْ مَكَانِهِI said to `Uthman bin `Affan (while he was collecting the Qur'an) regarding the Verse-- "Those of you who die and leave wives ..." (2.240) "This Verse was abrogated by an other Verse. So why should you write it? (Or leav6 narratorsBukhari · 4531كَانَتْ هَذِهِ الْعِدَّةُ تَعْتَدُّ عِنْدَ أَهْلِ زَوْجِهَا وَاجِبٌ ، فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ وَالَّذِينَ يُتَوَفَّوْنَ مِنْكُمْ وَيَذَرُونَ أَزْوَاجًا وَصِيَّةً لأَزْوَاجِهِمْ مَتَاعًا إِلَى الْحَوْلِ غَيْرَ إِخْرَاجٍ فَإِنْ(regarding the Verse)-- "Those of you who die and leave wives behind. They - (their wives) -- shall wait (as regards their marriage ) for four months and ten days)." (2.234) The widow, according to this Verse, was to spe14 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 4532إِنِّي لَجَرِيءٌ إِنْ كَذَبْتُ عَلَى رَجُلٍ فِي جَانِبِ الْكُوفَةِ وَرَفَعَ صَوْتَهُ ، قَالَ : ثُمَّ خَرَجْتُ ، فَلَقِيتُ مَالِكَ بْنَ عَامِرٍ أَوْ مَالِكَ بْنَ عَوْفٍ , قُلْتُ : كَيْفَ كَانَ قَوْلُ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ , فI sat in a gathering in which the chiefs of the Ansar were present, and `Abdur-Rahman bin Abu Laila was amongst them. I mentioned the narration of `Abdullah bin `Utba regarding the question of Subai'a bint Al-Harith. `Ab9 narrators·parallel chain