Sahih al-Bukhari · The Book of Al-Ikrah (Coercion)

5- بَابُ مِنَ الإِكْرَاهِ:

(5) Chapter. (An example of hateful) compulsion (i.e., to do a thing against one’s will is from being under coercion).

1 hadith · references 6948–6948

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Bukhari · 6948كَانُوا إِذَا مَاتَ الرَّجُلُ كَانَ أَوْلِيَاؤُهُ أَحَقَّ بِامْرَأَتِهِ ، إِنْ شَاءَ بَعْضُهُمْ تَزَوَّجَهَا ، وَإِنْ شَاءُوا زَوَّجَهَا ، وَإِنْ شَاءُوا لَمْ يُزَوِّجْهَا ، فَهُمْ أَحَقُّ بِهَا مِنْ أَهْلِهَا ، فَنَزَلَRegarding the Qur'anic Verse 'O you who believe! You are forbidden to inherit women against their will.' (4.19) The custom (in the Pre-lslamic Period) was that if a man died, his relatives used to have the right to inher6 narrators