Tanwîr al-Miqbâs min Tafsîr Ibn ‘Abbâs
He said: (And marry not those women whom your fathers married, except what hath already happened (of that nature) in the past) in the pre-Islamic era. (Lo! It) i.e. marrying the wives of one's father (was ever lewdness) a transgression (and abomination) antagonism, (and an evil way) the worst way to follow. This was revealed about Muhsin Ibn Abi Qays al-Ansari. Allah then showed them the women who are unlawful for them to marry.
Tafsir Ibn 'Abbas, trans. Mokrane Guezzou
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