Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: "By this is meant the husband."

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: "By this is meant the husband."

Muhammad bin Jubair narrates: His father (Sayyiduna Jubair bin Mut'im, may Allah be pleased with him) married a woman and then divorced her before consummation. He sent her the dowry and said: "I have more right to pardon."

Saeed bin al-Musayyib said: "The one in whose hand is the knot of marriage refers to the husband."

Qadi Shurayh says: "This refers to the husband, meaning if he wishes, he may pay the woman the full dowry." The Shaykh says: Nafi' bin Jubayr, Muhammad bin Ka'b, Tawus, Mujahid, Sha'bi, and Sa'id bin Jubayr have narrated similarly. Ibrahim, Alqamah, and Hasan al-Basri say: "This refers to the guardian."

Qabeesah bin Dhu’aib reports: It was asked from Sayyiduna Uthman Ghani (may Allah be pleased with him) about two such sisters who are in someone’s possession, so Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) said:“I will neither guide you nor prohibit you, because one verse makes them lawful and one verse makes them unlawful.”That questioner left from there, and he met a companion. The narrator named Mu’ammar stated: I think he was Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him), he asked:“What did you ask Sayyiduna Uthman about?”That person told him about his question and also about his answer, so Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said to him:“I will prohibit you, and if I have any (governmental authority) over you and then you commit it, I will punish you.”

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: Sayyiduna Umar bin Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) was asked about this issue: If a mother and her daughter come into the ownership of a person, can he have intercourse with one after the other? Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) replied: "I would not like you to have intercourse with both of them." Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) forbade the questioner from doing so.

Urwah reports: I asked Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him): A slave girl and her mother are in my possession, and both have borne children for me. What is your opinion about this? Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) replied: "One verse makes it lawful and one verse makes it unlawful. I will not do it, nor will any member of my family do it."

Tariq bin Qais narrates: I asked Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both): Can a person have intercourse with both his slave woman and her daughter, while both are his property? So Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) replied: "One verse has made both of them unlawful, and one verse has made them lawful, but I will not do so."

Amr bin Shu'aib narrates from his father, from his grandfather: The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "When a man marries a previously married woman, he should stay with her for three days, then begin the division (among the wives)."