Surah An-Nisa
يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوا۟ لَا يَحِلُّ لَكُمْ أَن تَرِثُوا۟ ٱلنِّسَآءَ كَرْهًا ۖ وَلَا تَعْضُلُوهُنَّ لِتَذْهَبُوا۟ بِبَعْضِ مَآ ءَاتَيْتُمُوهُنَّ إِلَّآ أَن يَأْتِينَ بِفَـٰحِشَةٍ مُّبَيِّنَةٍ ۚ وَعَاشِرُوهُنَّ بِٱلْمَعْرُوفِ ۚ فَإِن كَرِهْتُمُوهُنَّ فَعَسَىٰٓ أَن تَكْرَهُوا۟ شَيْـًٔا وَيَجْعَلَ ٱللَّهُ فِيهِ خَيْرًا كَثِيرًا
Yā ayyuhal-lażīna āmanū lā yaḥillu lakum an tariṡun-nisā'a karhā(n), wa lā ta‘ḍulūhunna litażhabū biba‘ḍi mā ātaitumūhunna illā ay ya'tīna bifāḥisyatim mubayyinah(tin), wa ‘āsyirūhunna bil-ma‘rūf(i), fa in karihtumūhunna fa ‘asā an takrahū syai'aw wa yaj‘alallāhu fīhi khairan kaṡīrā(n).
O you who have believed, it is not lawful for you to inherit women by compulsion. And do not make difficulties for them in order to take [back] part of what you gave them unless they commit a clear immorality. And live with them in kindness. For if you dislike them - perhaps you dislike a thing and Allah makes therein much good.
📝 Footnotes
150) This verse does not imply that it is permissible to treat a wife as an inheritance like property, even if done without coercion. According to the traditions of the ignorance era (jahiliyyah), the eldest son or another family member could inherit the widow left behind by his deceased father.