Surah An-Nisa
۞ وَٱلْمُحْصَنَـٰتُ مِنَ ٱلنِّسَآءِ إِلَّا مَا مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَـٰنُكُمْ ۖ كِتَـٰبَ ٱللَّهِ عَلَيْكُمْ ۚ وَأُحِلَّ لَكُم مَّا وَرَآءَ ذَٰلِكُمْ أَن تَبْتَغُوا۟ بِأَمْوَٰلِكُم مُّحْصِنِينَ غَيْرَ مُسَـٰفِحِينَ ۚ فَمَا ٱسْتَمْتَعْتُم بِهِۦ مِنْهُنَّ فَـَٔاتُوهُنَّ أُجُورَهُنَّ فَرِيضَةً ۚ وَلَا جُنَاحَ عَلَيْكُمْ فِيمَا تَرَٰضَيْتُم بِهِۦ مِنۢ بَعْدِ ٱلْفَرِيضَةِ ۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ كَانَ عَلِيمًا حَكِيمًا
Wal-muḥṣanātu minan-nisā'i illā mā malakat aimānukum, kitāballāhi ‘alaikum, wa uḥilla lakum mā warā'a żālikum an tabtagū bi'amwālikum muḥṣinīna gaira musāfiḥīn(a), famastamta‘tum bihī minhunna fa ātūhunna ujūrahunna farīḍah(tan), wa lā junāḥa ‘alaikum fīmā tarāḍaitum bihī mim ba‘dil-farīḍah(ti), innallāha kāna ‘alīman ḥakīmā(n).
And [also prohibited to you are all] married women except those your right hands possess. [This is] the decree of Allah upon you. And lawful to you are [all others] beyond these, [provided] that you seek them [in marriage] with [gifts from] your property, desiring chastity, not unlawful sexual intercourse. So for whatever you enjoy [of marriage] from them, give them their due compensation as an obligation. And there is no blame upon you for what you mutually agree to beyond the obligation. Indeed, Allah is ever Knowing and Wise.
📝 Footnotes
152) This refers to female captives of war who are held as bondwomen, whose husbands were not captured along with them (see Surah an-Nisā’ 4:3). 153) This means that a wife may choose to waive her right to part or all of the specified dower (mahr), or the husband may choose to pay more than the dower that was initially agreed upon.