﴿ ۞ وَٱلْمُحْصَنَٰتُ مِنَ ٱلنِّسَآءِ إِلَّا مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَٰنُكُمْ ۖ كِتَٰبَ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ ۚ وَأُحِلَّ لَكُم مَّا وَرَآءَ ذَٰلِكُمْ أَن تَبْتَغُوا۟ بِأَمْوَٰلِكُم مُّحْصِنِينَ غَيْرَ مُسَٰفِحِينَ ۚ فَمَا ٱسْتَمْتَعْتُم بِهِۦ مِنْهُنَّ فَـَٔاتُوهُنَّ أُجُورَهُنَّ فَرِيضَةًۭ ۚ وَلَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْكُمْ فِيمَا تَرَٰضَيْتُم بِهِۦ مِنۢ بَعْدِ ٱلْفَرِيضَةِ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ عَلِيمًا حَكِيمًۭا ﴾

“And [forbidden to you are] all married women other than those whom you rightfully possess [through wedlock]: this is God's ordinance, binding upon you. But lawful to you are all [women] beyond these, for you to seek out, offering them of your possessions, taking them in honest wedlock, and not in fornication. And unto those with whom you desire to enjoy marriage, you shall give the dowers due to them; but you will incur no sin if, after [having agreed upon] this lawful due, you freely agree with one another upon anything [else]: behold, God is indeed all-knowing, wise.”

(And all married women (are forbidden unto you) save those (captives) whom your right hands possess�) [4:24]. Muhammad ibn �Abd al-Rahman al-Bunani informed us> Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Hamdan> Abu Ya�la> �Amr al-Naqid> Abu Ahmad al-Zubayri> Sufyan> �Uthman al-Batti> Abu�l-Khalil> Abu Sa�id al-Khudri who said: �We had captured female prisoners of war on the day of Awtas and because they were already married we disliked having any physical relationship with them. Then we asked the Prophet, Allah bless him and give him peace, about them. And the verse (And all married women (are forbidden unto you) save those (captives) whom your right hands possess) was then revealed, as a result of which we consider it lawful to have a physical relationship with them�. Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn al-Harith informed us> �Abd Allah ibn Muhammad ibn Ja�far> Abu Yahya> Sahl ibn �Uthman> �Abd al-Rahim> Ash�ath ibn Sawwar> �Uthman al-Batti> Abu�l-Khalil> Abu Sa�id who said: �When the Messenger of Allah, Allah bless him and give him peace, captured the people of Awtas as prisoners of war we said: �O Prophet of Allah! How can we possibly have physical relationships with women whose lineage and husband we know very well?� And so this verse was revealed (And all married women (are forbidden unto you) save those (captives) whom your right hands possess)�. Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Ibrahim al-Farisi informed us> Muhammad ibn �Isa ibn �Amrawayh> Ibrahim ibn Muhammad ibn Sufyan> Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj> �Ubayd Allah ibn �Umar al-Qawariri> Yazid ibn Zuray�> Sa�id ibn Abi �Arubah> Qatadah> Abu Salih Abu Khalil> Abu �Alqamah al-Hashimi> Abu Sa�id al-Khudri who reported that on the day of Hunayn the Messenger of Allah, Allah bless him and give him peace, sent an army to Awtas. This army met the enemy in a battle, defeated them and captured many female prisoners from them. But some of the Companions of the Messenger, Allah bless him and give him peace, were uncomfortable about having physical relations with these prisoners because they had husbands who were idolaters, and so Allah, exalted is He, revealed about this (And all married women (are forbidden unto you) save those (captives) whom your right hands possess).