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Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Qabisa ibn Dhu'ayb that a man asked Uthman ibn Affan whether one could have intercourse with two sisters who one owned. Uthman said, "One ayat makes them halal, and one ayat makes them haram. As for me, I wouldn't like to do it." The man left him and met one of the companions of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and asked him about it, and he said, "Had I any authority and I found someone who had done it, I would punish him as an example." Ibn Shihab added, "I think that it was Ali ibn Abi Talib

وحدثني عن مالك، عن ابن شهاب، عن قبيصة بن ذويب، ان رجلا، سال عثمان بن عفان عن الاختين، من ملك اليمين هل يجمع بينهما فقال عثمان احلتهما اية وحرمتهما اية فاما انا فلا احب ان اصنع ذلك . قال فخرج من عنده فلقي رجلا من اصحاب رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم فساله عن ذلك فقال لو كان لي من الامر شىء ثم وجدت احدا فعل ذلك لجعلته نكالا . قال ابن شهاب اراه علي بن ابي طالب