1- عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ جَمِيعاً عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي عُمَيْرٍ عَنْ حَمَّادٍ عَنِ الْحَلَبِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ (عَلَيْهِ السَّلام) قَالَ
سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ قَوْلِ اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ يا أَيُّهَا النَّبِيُّ إِنَّا أَحْلَلْنا لَكَ أَزْواجَكَ قُلْتُ كَمْ أُحِلَّ لَهُ مِنَ النِّسَاءِ قَالَ مَا شَاءَ مِنْ شَيْءٍ قُلْتُ قَوْلُهُ لا يَحِلُّ لَكَ النِّساءُ مِنْ بَعْدُ وَلا أَنْ تَبَدَّلَ بِهِنَّ مِنْ أَزْواجٍ فَقَالَ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) أَنْ يَنْكِحَ مَا شَاءَ مِنْ بَنَاتِ عَمِّهِ وَبَنَاتِ عَمَّاتِهِ وَبَنَاتِ خَالِهِ وَبَنَاتِ خَالاتِهِ وَأَزْوَاجِهِ اللاتِي هَاجَرْنَ مَعَهُ وَأُحِلَّ لَهُ أَنْ يَنْكِحَ مِنْ عُرْضِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ بِغَيْرِ مَهْرٍ وَهِيَ الْهِبَةُ وَلا تَحِلُّ الْهِبَةُ إِلا لِرَسُولِ اللهِ (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) فَأَمَّا لِغَيْرِ رَسُولِ اللهِ (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) فَلا يَصْلُحُ نِكَاحٌ إِلا بِمَهْرٍ وَذَلِكَ مَعْنَى قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى وَامْرَأَةً مُؤْمِنَةً إِنْ وَهَبَتْ نَفْسَها لِلنَّبِيِّ قُلْتُ أَرَأَيْتَ قَوْلَهُ تُرْجِي مَنْ تَشاءُ مِنْهُنَّ وَتُؤْوِي إِلَيْكَ مَنْ تَشاءُ قَالَ مَنْ آوَى فَقَدْ نَكَحَ وَمَنْ أَرْجَأَ فَلَمْ يَنْكِحْ قُلْتُ قَوْلُهُ لا يَحِلُّ لَكَ النِّساءُ مِنْ بَعْدُ قَالَ إِنَّمَا عَنَى بِهِ النِّسَاءَ اللاتِي حَرَّمَ عَلَيْهِ فِي هَذِهِ الآيَةِ حُرِّمَتْ عَلَيْكُمْ أُمَّهاتُكُمْ وَبَناتُكُمْ وَأَخَواتُكُمْ إِلَى آخِرِ الآيَةِ وَلَوْ كَانَ الأمْرُ كَمَا يَقُولُونَ كَانَ قَدْ أَحَلَّ لَكُمْ مَا لَمْ يَحِلَّ لَهُ إِنَّ أَحَدَكُمْ يَسْتَبْدِلُ كُلَّمَا أَرَادَ وَلَكِنْ لَيْسَ الأمْرُ كَمَا يَقُولُونَ إِنَّ اللهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ أَحَلَّ لِنَبِيِّهِ (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِه) مَا أَرَادَ مِنَ النِّسَاءِ إِلا مَا حَرَّمَ عَلَيْهِ فِي هَذِهِ الآيَةِ الَّتِي فِي النِّسَاءِ.
1. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from and Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad all from Ibn Abi ‘Umayr from Hammad from af-Halabiy who has said the following:
“This is concerning my question before abu ‘ Abd Allah 
, about the words of Allah, most Majestic, most Glorious, ‘O Holy prophet, we have made your wives lawful for you’ (33:50) and that how many wives has He made lawful for him (the Holy Prophet)? He (the Imam) said, ‘As many as he wanted were lawful for him? I then asked about His words, ‘Thereafter women are not lawful for you and it also is not lawful to exchange with wives? (33:53) He (the Imam) said, ‘The Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, had permission to marry as many as he wanted of the daughters of his uncle, daughters of his aunts, daughters of his maternal uncles daughters of his maternal aunts and his wives who migrated with him and it was made lawful for him to marry whoever of believing women presented themselves to him without mahr (dower) as a gift and that such a gift is not lawful for people other than the Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause. For people other than the Messenger of Allah marriage without mahr (dower) is not valid and that is the meaning of the words of the most High, “and a believing woman who gifts herself to the Holy Prophet?’ (33:49) I then asked about the meaning of His words, ‘You can defer whoever you like and accommodate whoever you like? (33:51) He (the Imam) said, ‘Whoever came forward he married and those who did not he did not marry? I then asked about the meaning of, ‘Thereafter women are not lawful for you? He (the Imam) said, ‘It refers to the women mentioned in this verse, “Unlawful to you for marriage are your mothers, daughters, sisters . . ?’ (4:23) Had it been as they say it is, it became lawful for you those who are not lawful for him, that one of you could exchange whenever he wanted but it is not as they say. Allah, most Majestic, most Glorious, made it lawful for His Holy prophet, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, whatever he wanted of women except those unlawful in this verse? (4:23)”
