Hisham reported that 'A'isha said in connection with the words of Allah:
" They ask you the religious verdict about women, say: Allah gives you the verdict about them" (4:126), that these relate to an orphan girl who is in charge of the person and she shares with him in his property (as a heir) even in the date-palm trees and he is reluctant to give her hand in marriage to any other person lest he (her husband) should partake of his property, and thus keep her in a lingering state.