So, when Zaid finished his desire for her, We gave her into your marriage, so that there may not be a problem for the believers in marrying wives of their adopted sons, when they finish their desire for them; and Allah‘s decree had to be enforced.[1]. Jahsh, Zayd’s wife, rose to meet him. The Prophet proposed the marriage of Zainab with Zaid to her brother, but he refused to let his sister, a noble girl of Hashimite and His narration then continues: فلم يلبث إلا يسيرا حتى شكا إلى النبي- صلّى الله عليه وسلّم- ما يلقى منها فدخل النبي- صلى الله عليه وسلم- فوعظها فلما كلمها أعجبه حسنها وجمالها وظرفها ، وكان أمرا قضاه الله- عز وجل- ثم رجع النبي- صلى الله عليه وسلم- وفي نفسه منها ما شاء الله- عز وجل- فكان النبي- صلى الله عليه وسلم- يسأل زيدا بعد ذلك كيف هي معك؟ فيشكوها إليه فقال له النبي- صلى الله عليه وسلم-: اتق الله وأمسك عليك زوجك وَفِي قلبه غَيْر ذَلِكَ، … ثُمّ إن النَّبِيّ- صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ- أتى زيدا فأبصر زينب قائمة، وكانت حسناء بيضاء من أتم نساء قريش فهويها النبي- صلّى الله عليه وسلّم- فقال: سبحان الله مقلب القلوب. ففطن زيد، فقال: يا رسول الله، ائذن لي في طلاقها فإن فيها كبرا، تعظم علي وتؤذيني بلسانها، فقال النبي- صلى الله عليه وسلم-: أمسك عليك زوجك واتق الله، ثم إن زيدا طلقها بعد ذلك،, Only after some time Zaid complained to the Prophet (ﷺ) regarding what he had suffered with Zainab. Muhammad having seen and admired Zaid's wife Zainab, her husband divorced her. عن معمر , عن قتادة … قال قتادة: جاء زيد النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم فقال: إن زينب اشتد علي لسانها , وأنا أريد أن أطلقها , قال له النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم: {أمسك عليك زوجك واتق الله} [الأحزاب: 37] , والنبي يحب أن يطلقها ويخشى قالة الناس إن أمره أن يطلقها , فأنزل الله تعالى: {وتخفي في نفسك ما الله مبديه وتخشى الناس والله أحق أن تخشاه فلما قضى زيد منها وطرا} [الأحزاب: 37] قال قتادة: لما طلقها زيد {زوجناكها} [الأحزاب: 37], Ma‘mar – Qatada: … Qatada said: Zaid came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said:  Zainab’s has been tough on me with her tongue and I wish to divorce her. If after adoption is somone is not ready to treat his adopted son as his own son, then why to adopt. Glory be to God, who causes hearts to turn!” When Zayd came home, his wife told him that the Messenger of God had come to his house. According to recorded Islamic history, Muhammad took Zaid to the Black Stone of the Ka’ba and said: “Bear testimony, all ye that are present. This is my father and this is my uncle.” The Prophet Muhammad said, “I am the person you know. Maqatil, likewise, is undisputedly rejected. Now there was a covering of haircloth over the doorway, but the wind had lifted the covering so that the doorway was uncovered. The words “fulfilled his desire of her” by themselves give the meaning that Zaid was left with no desire attached to her. ‘Uyainah – ‘Ali b. Zaid b. Jud‘an – ‘Ali b. Hussain who said: Allah, the Almighty, told his Prophet (ﷺ) that Zainab would be among his wives yet when Zaid came to him complaining of Zainab he said, ‘Fear Allah, and keep your wife with you.’ At this Allah said (in the Qur’an): ‘And your concealed in your heard what Allah was about to reveal.’[48]. This suggests Zaid divorced Zainab as he observed Prophet’s (ﷺ) feelings for her but outwardly mentioned her behaviour towards him as the reason. 1081, 1116, 2099, 4101, [45] ‘Uthmani, Muhammad Taqi, In‘am al-Bari, (Karachi: Maktaba al-Hira, 2007) Vol.2, 61, [46] Al-Tabari, Jami‘ al-Bayan fi Tafsir al-Qur’an, Vol.20, 271; reported from Ibn ‘Abbas through an isnad involving ‘Atiyah al-‘Awfi and his descendants. فقال: لا والله يا رسول الله، ما رابني منها شيء، ولا رأيت إلا خيرا فقال له رسول الله ص: امسك عليك زوجك واتق الله، فذلك قول الله عز وجل: «وإذ تقول للذي أنعم الله عليه وأنعمت عليه أمسك عليك زوجك واتق الله وتخفي في نفسك ما الله مبديه» ، تخفى في نفسك ان فارقها تزوجتها. Moreover, he was unanimously considered a weak narrator.[41]. The opinion is attributed to al-Zuhri (d. 124/742) and Bakr b. [37] This suggests Zaid divorced Zainab as he observed Prophet’s (ﷺ) feelings for her but outwardly mentioned her behaviour towards him as the reason. 563, 1406, 1961, 2586, [44] See Ahmad b. Hanbal, al-Musnad, No. 6848, [22] Al-‘Asqalani, Ibn Hajar, Tahdhib al-Tahdhib, (Hyderabad: Da’ira Ma’arif, 1326 AH) Vol.9, 418, [23] Al-Albani, Nasir al-Din, Silsala Ahadith al-Da‘ifa, No. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. al-Tabari vol.39 p.182. Likewise, Zainab was Prophet Muhammad’s cousin and he had ample opportunity to marry her before her marriage to Zaid was even a nascent possibility. As for the apprehension of taunts from people, it was said, ‘and you were fearing people, while Allah is more entitled to be feared by you.’ In other words, ‘when you knew that this thing is going to take place as a matter destined by Allah – without there being any apprehension or danger of His displeasure in that case – then, simply because of the apprehension of taunts from people, such remarks were not appropriate.’[2]. Therefore, the admonition was revealed in the words which mean, ‘you were concealing in your heart what Allah was going to reveal.’ When the information about his marriage with Zainab was conveyed to him from Allah and the intention of marriage had already crossed his heart, then, the act of hiding this intention and indulging in such formal remarks was not appropriate to his station. [27] Moreover, since ‘Ikrimah was only a tabi‘i his report can at best be mursal. Accordingly, Al-Albani,[43] and Shu’aib al-Arna’ut[44] in their critical researches have often noted the cases when multiple chains of reports do not raise authenticity level of a hadith, in fact multiplies the weakness. Jahsh, has been a subject of a lot of disputation for centuries. The treatment Zaid received by Zainab, led to divorce at the end, as the following authentic reports tell us: Sahih al-Bukhari: “Narrated Anas: Zaid bin Haritha came to the Prophet COMPLAINING ABOUT HIS WIFE. Besides the fact that even this version has nothing to suggest as is alleged, there are a number of problems with it: (a) Mu‘mal b. Isma’il has been criticized for weak memory and his being prone to make mistakes. As to the reports authentically traceable back to Anas and Qatada they contain nothing that may coincide or confirm the narratives that suggest the Prophet (ﷺ) hid his instantaneously developed longing for Zainab. It was likewise reported from Isma‘il al-Suddi (d. Moreover, it is supported by another chain of narrators back to Qatada via Yazid b. Zurai‘ and Sa‘id b. Abi ‘Arubah. It is generally discussed in connection with Qur’an 33:37. If there was to be an attraction why did the prophet (pbuh) not encourage her to marry none but himself? At this Allah revealed: “When you (O Prophet,) were saying to the one who was favored by Allah and favored by you … and Allah‘s decree had to be enforced.”[17]. The multiplicity of links, therefore, only signifies compounded weakness. Had Prophet Muhammad engaged in any unbecoming behavior, no shortage of critics existed during his lifetime. That was why he urged Zaid not to divorce her, in order not to get involved into that trial. Likewise, Ahmad Shakir (d. 1377/1957) noted: إذا كان ضعف الحديث لسوء حفظ الراوي أو نحو ذلك فإنه يرقى إلى درجة الحسن أو الصحة بتعدد طرقه إن كانت كذلك ، وأما إذا كان ضعف الحديث لفسق الراوي أو اتهامه بالكذب ، ثم جاء من طرق أخرى من هذا النوع ، فانه لا يرقى إلى الحسن بل يزداد ضعفاً إلى ضعف ، إذ أن تفرد المتهمين بالكذب أو المجروحين في عدالتهم بحديث لا يرويه غيرهم يرجح عند الباحث المحقق التهمة ويؤيد ضعف رواياتهم, When the weakness of a hadith is due to bad memory of a narrator or a weakness of the similar kind it rises to the degree of hasan or sahih provided there are multiple chains of narrators. There might actually be two if not more links between Sha‘bi and the persons involved should the narrative be accepted. Muhammad b. al-Sa’ib al-Kalbi (d. 146/763) mentioned no authority for his account and he is himself among the rejected narrators. Khadeeja’s necklace”. All it says is that the Prophet (ﷺ) wished that Zaid divorced her on his own accord and that he may not have to tell him to do it. John of Damascus who was known to the Muslims as Yuhanna b. Mansur b. Sarjun al-Damishqi, was son of a secretary of the Umayyad Caliph Hisham b. Naturally, the guesswork about another person’s feelings especially of someone you never have had the opportunity to interact with does not establish anything. Ghamidi, Muwatta, and the Return of ‘Eisa, Opposition to Rajm (Stoning): Analysis and Refutation. Nothing is known about the one narrating from him i.e. Ibn ‘Adi mentions this report through the following isnad: حدثنا الساجي، حدثنا الحسن بن علي الواسطي، قال: حدثنا علي بن نوح، حدثنا محمد بن كثير، حدثنا سليم مولى الشعبي عن الشعبي …, Al-Saji – al-Hasan b. Prophetic Medicine: Notions, Conceptions, and Caveats. Zainab (unspecified) Sahih Muslim vol.2 no.2641,2642 p.575,576. In order to legitimize the action, Allah then gave Mohamed a quran to confirm his acceptance of the marriage and nullifying adoption henceforth. I do admit that I never knew this and, I was stunned when I first learnt this from a real Mullah. Moreover, whereas mursal reports are accepted in legal rulings by most of the jurists and criteria regarding reports with biographical data and import in terms of history is less stringent these two facts do not go hand in hand because the very scholars who took care to relate narrations of legal import from the companions alone did not mind narrating other material from their own peers. While the Messenger of God was talking with ‘A’ishah, a fainting overcame him. May not this fact, and his undoubted faithfulness to Khadija till her dying day, and till he himself was fifty years of age, give us additional ground to hope that calumny or misconception has been at work in the story of Zeinab?” [1]. Why was the Prophet ﷺ commanded to do so? It happened as Allah had decreed. Zainab was Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)'s cousin. Did Muhammad connive Zainab and Zaid to divorce? Zainab Qayyum Education: Zainab has attained the degree of Master in Literature from Kinnaird College. See, al-‘Asqalani, Ibn Hajar, Fath al-Bari, (Beirut: Dar al-Ma‘rifa, 1379 AH) Vol.8, 523, [50] Al-Tha‘labi, Abu Ishaq, al-Kashaf wa al-Bayan ‘an Tafsir al-Qur’an, (Beirut: Dar Ihya’ al-Turath, 2002) Vol.8, 48, [51] Al-Qurtubi, Shams al-Din, al-Jami‘ li-Ahkam al-Qur’an, (Cairo: Dar al-Kutab al-Misriya, 1964) vol.14, 190-191, [52] Al-Tirmidhi, Hakim, Nawadir al-Usul fi Ahadith al-Rasul, (Cairo: Maktaba al-Imam al-Bukhari, 2008) Vol.1, 597, [53] Ibn al-‘Arabi, Ahkam al-Qur’an, (Beirut: DKI, 2003) Vol.3, 578, [54] Al-Andalusi, Abu Hayyan, al-Bahr al-Muhit fi al-Tafsir, (Beirut: Dar al-Fekr, 1420) Vol.8, 482, [55] Al-Jawziyya, Ibn al-Qayyim, Za’ad al-Ma’ad fi Hadyi Khair al-‘Ibad, (Beirut: al-Resalah Publishers, 1992) Ed. But our shy-guy bridegroom Muhammad was worried what people would gossip if he swooped onto Zainab, the ex-wife of his own adopted son. Zainab, the Divorced Wife of Zaid Zainab was the cousin of the Prophet, who was married to Zaid, an orphan slave whom the Prophet liberated and then adopted. See, al-Turifi, ‘Abdul ‘Aziz, al-Taqrir fi Asanid al-Tafsir, (Riyadh: Dar al-Minhaj, 2011 ) 67-68, [47] Al-Tabari, Jami‘ al-Bayan fi Tafsir al-Qur’an, Vol.20, 271-272; al-Tabarani, Mu’jam al-Kabir, Vol.24, 45 No. It is perhaps beneficial to briefly comment here on Dr. Yasir Qadi’s treatment of the issue in an episode of his series on the Sirah of the Prophet (ﷺ); [64] Deffrrari, Roy Joseph, The Fathers of the Church: A New Translation, Vol. On this account he was reprimanded that as a Prophet (ﷺ) he should have feared Allah more than the people. In an exchange of letters between Leo III (r. 717–41) and ‘Umar b. In fact a number of scholars have stated that his reports are hasan. What lends support to the idea that the story must have originated and developed during the course of Christian-Muslim polemical disputations is its comparison with the story of David and Bathsheba in Bible, 2-Samuel, chapter 11. But Allah SWT said for the Prophet to marry Zayd's ex wife. After divorced,Allah instructed Muhammah to take her as his wife,because Allah wanted to make a clear difference between the realtionship and … [29] Musa b. Ya’qub himself has been criticized for poor memory. He was from the generation that succeeded the followers of the companions and died in the year 182/798. Muhammad's Marriage to Zainab Bint Jashsh . The story of Zainab bint Jahsh’s marriage to Zaid, their divorce, and subsequently her marriage to the Prophet (ﷺ) is yet another episode of the Prophet’s life that has been a regular subject of detractors be they the first opponents of the Prophet or those among the orientalists and missionaries who find no other way to raise question about the cause of Islam and the character and demeanor of the Prophet except by picking on baseless narratives that have been preserved in the classical Islamic texts only due to the methodology of the early scholars who sought to collect everything they came across leaving the research and critique to the learned readers contemporary to them and those from the posterity. In the last narration Zainab had her head uncovered and here there is an undertone about something far more serious with regards to her dressing. ‘Abd al-A‘la — Ibn Wahb — Ibn Zayd, who said: The Messenger of God had married Zayd b. Harithah to Zaynab bt. C’mon now Britney, you know that Jesus insisted the new covenant. Moreover, there are reports that the Prophet (ﷺ) had himself visited her and proposed Zaid for her as he pressed for their marriage. He is commonly regarded as the third person to have accepted Islam, after Muhammad's wife Khadija bint Khuwaylid, and Muhammad's cousin Ali ibn Abi Talib. At this the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: ‘Praise be to Allah who turns the hearts.’ Zaid observed that the Prophet (ﷺ) desired for Zainab and said, ‘O Messenger of Allah! Moreover, despite being recognized for vast knowledge he has been condemned as a narrator. It makes Zaid look to divorce Zainab as he thought the Prophet had developed liking for her. However, this marriage did not last long, and Hazrat Zaid (ra) divorced Hazrat Zainab. ‘Amir a1-Aslami — Muhammad b. Yahya b. Habban, who said: The Messenger of God came to the house of Zayd b. Harithah. In fact, in history reports even companions at times narrated from others besides. [23], We do not know when Sulaim was born or when he died. 578, 1288, 1446, 3319, 5549; al-Irwa’, No. Why did Prophet Muhammad marry his daughter-in-law? Telling Someone to Bite Their Father’s Genitals: Explicit Phrase or Misunderstood Expression? al-Tabari vol.39 p.180-182. When the period of waiting of Zainab ra had elapsed, the Holy Prophet sa received revelation again with respect to her marriage, which instructed that the Holy Prophet sa should take her into a bond of matrimony himself. al-Tabari vol.39 p.180-182. In any case, according to the proposal and desire of the Holy Prophet sa, the marriage of Zainab ra and Zaid ra took place. Why? Zaid was out at the time, and Zainab was combing her hair. Accordingly, he divorced her and the prophet married her. Zaid (Zayd) was a freed slave whom Muhammad publicly adopted as his son. Anas b. Malik (d. 92/712), a close companion of Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) has reported on the issue. While not a single critic of Prophet Muhammad’s time attributed to him any wrongdoing, contemporary critics somehow find an opportunity to do so. Shu’aib al-Arna’ut and his team have accordingly graded this report as da’if (weak). Zayd immediately went to see the Muhammad and offered to divorce his wife. Qur’an 4:95 and Exemption for the Blind Man, “Slave for Slave, Woman for Woman”: Qur’an 2:178 Explained, Qur’an’s Prophecy about the Jews and the Followers of Christ. Moreover, drawing on earliest sources its possible origin has also been suggested. When the Prophet’s “adopted” son Zayd divorced his wife, Allah commanded the Prophet ﷺ to marry his ex-wife. Zainab proudly reported this happening to her husband. Accordingly we find ‘Abdul Malik. Taking into account the above narration as well the following students of Hammad b. Zaid (d. 179/795) have  narrated this hadith via Thabit (d. 127/745) from Anas: حدثنا مؤمل بن إسماعيل، حدثنا حماد بن زيد، حدثنا ثابت، عن أنس قال: أتى رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم منزل زيد بن حارثة، فرأى امرأته زينب فكأنه دخله – لا أدري من قول حماد، أو في الحديث – فجاء زيد يشكوها إليه، فقال له النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم: ” أمسك عليك زوجك، واتق الله ” قال: فنزلت: {واتق الله وتخفي في نفسك ما الله مبديه} [الأحزاب: 37] ، إلى قوله {زوجناكها} [الأحزاب: 37] يعني زينب, Mu‘mal b. Isma’il – Hammad b. Zaid – Thabit – Anas who said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) came to Zaid b. Haritha’s place, and saw his wife Zainab. The Prophet's Meeting with Bahira: A Critical Study of Narrations, 5. Allah had made known to the prophet that Zaid would divorce his wife Zainab and that she would become his (The Prophet's) wife, but still the Prophet kept replying to Zaid's complaints by … 362, [41a] al-Zaili’i, Jamal al-Din, Nasb al-Raya li-Ahadith al-Hidaya, (Beirut: al-Rayan Foundation, 1997) Vol.1, 359-360, [42] Shakir, Ahmad, Alfiyyah al-Suyuti fi ‘Ilm al-Hadith, (Beirut: Maktaba al-‘Ilmiyyah, n.d) 10, [43] See for instance, al-Albani, Silsala al-Ahadith al-Da‘ifa, Vol.3, 618 No. She was also willing to marry the Prophet (ﷺ). This was backed by a divine commandment by Allah (God) in the Quran. When Zayd realized that muhamad was attracted to his wife Zainab, he wants to divorce her so that muhamad could have her. [19] He is especially criticized for his mistakes with chains of reports that he did not relate well. Muhammad himself dissolved the original adoption of Zaid when the above revelation came. Then he himself had arranged her marriage with Hadrat Zaid under his personal influence, although her whole family had opposed it. It is, therefore, mu‘dal (truncated). Anwar Choudhry: Lot of information here. ‘Abdah al-Dhabbi (d. 245/859), who adds that Zaid wanted to divorce Zainab and had come to consult with the Prophet, Muhammad b. Suleman al-Asadi (d. 246/861). Zainab was the wife of Zayd. وقال الكلبي: إن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم أتى زينب زائرا، فأبصرها قائمة فأعجبته، فقال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم سبحان الله مقلب القلوب، فرأى زيد أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قد هويها فقال: يا رسول الله ائذن لي في طلاقها، فإن فيها كبرا وإنها تؤذيني بلسانها، فقال له رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: اتق الله وأمسك عليك زوجك، فأمسكها زيد ما شاء الله ثم طلقها، فلما انقضت عدتها أنزل الله نكاحها رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم من السماء, [Muhammad b. al-Sa’ib] al-Kalbi said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) came to visit Zainab and while he saw her standing she attracted his admiration. It mentions nothing about his alleged feelings about Zainab. He rather desired that Zaid would part with Zainab without him involving in the matter in any degree. Zainab bint Jahsh died when she was 53 years old. The texts reported through the above chains of reporters also differ too much to see them as mutually corroborating. Did Muhammad connive Zainab and Zaid to divorce? Al-Sha‘bi is reported to have dubbed him as one who collects firewood in the dark not knowing if he puts his hand on a piece of wood or a snake and is thus killed by a snake. A lot has been written on the subject including dedicated treatises and lengthy discussions covering both the narrative authenticity and the textual analysis. When Zaid learnt about this incident he offered the prophet that he would divorce Zainab in order that the prophet may marry her. Zayd ibn Harithah (Arabic: زَيْد ٱبْن حَارِثَة ‎, Zayd ibn Ḥārithah) (c. 581–629 CE), was an early Muslim, sahabah and the adopted son of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad.. Here the Prophet (ﷺ) goes to advise and admonish Zainab and while he talked to her, he was impressed by her looks. Zaniab divorced Zaid because the marriage was not working out, and Prophet Muhammad offered to marry her. Alleged statement that Zaid first divorced his wife Zainab just so that Mohammed might marry her. The true reason Zaid wanted to divorce Zainab was due to the arguments and the personal issues they had at home. ‘Abdul ‘Aziz ibn Juraij (d. 150/767) relating the subsequent verse 38 of the surah with the Biblical story of Dawud/David. [2] Shafi’, Muhammad, Ma’arif al-Qur’an, translated by Muhammad Shamim (Karachi: Maktaba-e-Darul’Uloom, n.d.) Vol.7, 161-163, [3] Al-Bukhari, Muhammad b. 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Vol.24, 43 Hadith 116, [7] Al-Baihaqi, Sunan al-Kubra, (Beirut: DKI, 2003) Hadith 13915, [8] Al-Tirmidhi, al-Jami‘ al-Kabir, Hadith 3212; al-Bazzar, al-Musnad, (Madina: Maktaba al-‘Ulum wa al-Hikam, 2005) Vol.13, 287 Hadith 6860, [9] Al-Nasa’i, Sunan al-Kubra, (Beirut: al-Resalah Publishers, 2001) Hadith 11343, [10] al-Bazzar, al-Musnad, Vol.13, 287 Hadith 6860, [11] Ahmad b. Hanbal, al-Musnad, (Beirut: al-Resalah Publishers, 2001) Edited by Shu‘aib al-Arna’ut et al. He devoted himself to theological studies and commented on Islam as a heresy. Thanks . 15348, [32] Al-Albani, Nasir al-Din, Silsala Ahadith al-Da‘ifa, No. Zaid used to come to the prophet and make complaints about his wife Zainab. Wair, p. 35). The bold "keep your wife and fear allahh" How did allahh call Zainab Muhammad's wife as Zaid was yet to divorce her. 7026, [31] Al-Haithami, Nur al-Din, Majm‘ al-Zawa’id, (Cairo: Maktaba al-Qudsi, 1994) Vol.9, 247 No. 114, [15] Al-Mizzi, Abu al-Hajjaj, Tahdhib al-Kamal, (Beirut: al-Resalah Publishers, 2000) Vol.23, 510, [16] Al-Dhahabi, al-Mu’qiza fi ‘Ilm al-Mustalah al-Hadith, (Aleppo: Matbu’at al-Islamiya, 1412 AH) 40, [17] Ibn Ishaq, al-Sirah al-Nabawiyyah, (Beirut: DKI, 2004) 283, [18] Ibn ‘Adi, al-Kamil fi al-Du‘afa, (Beirut: DKI, 1997)  Vol.4, 333, [19] Abu Zur‘ah, al-Du‘afa, (Madina: Islamic University: 1982) Vol.2, 432; Ibn ‘Adi, al-Kamil fi al- al-Du‘afa, Vol.4, 333 No. 1427, See also, Silsala Da’ifa, Nos. However, he did say overtly: “Glory be to God the Almighty! [46], Furthermore, there is reported evidence that before expressing her initial reluctance to marry Zaid she thought the Prophet (ﷺ) had proposed her for himself and even gave her consent and once she realized it was rather for Zaid she felt dejected.[47]. ‘Abdullah b. Al-Munib as with Ibn Manda). Zayd ibn Harithah (Arabic: زَيْد ٱبْن حَارِثَة ‎, Zayd ibn Ḥārithah) (c. 581–629 CE), was an early Muslim, sahabah and the adopted son of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad.. 123-124; reported from Qatadah. Moslems should consider whether the entire account of Zaid’s divorce of Zainab, Mohamed’s marriage with Zainab and the following revelations of the quran verses from Allah to justify what would ordinarily be an indecent episode is something befitting a true prophet of God. It is thus evident that being cousins Prophet (ﷺ) had known her well and he even visited her in person when he sought her hand for Zaid. Byzantine ruler Leo-III the Isaurian (d. 741) is also said to have referred to the alleged account in his correspondence with Caliph ‘Umar b. In the beginning we mentioned the traditional understanding of verse 33:37, let us now see if it is supported by the flow of the Qur’anic narrative and reports of the early Muslim generations. When he was released from it, he smiled and said, “Who will go to Zaynab to tell her the good news, saying that God has married her to me?” …[33], The narrative weakness of this account is evident. Allah has revealed the revelation that Zaid divorced his wife later married by the Prophet. The Prophet (ﷺ) then returned and had in his thought what Allah had willed. 2, 563; translated in Fishbein, Michael, The History of al-Tabari – Volume VIII – The Victory of Islam) 4, [41] Al-‘Asqalani, Ibn Hajar, Tahdhib al-Tahdhib, Vol.6, 177-179 No. Therefore, when something is relayed exclusively by those accused of lying or impugned with regards to their trustworthiness, it only confirms the charge of lying and the weakness of their reports to a critical researcher (regardless of the number of reports).[42]. So much so that Muhammad was scared to tell people that he was to marry Zainab. Zaynab was in her chamber, undressed, and admiration for her entered the heart of the Prophet. In the last narration Zainab had her head uncovered and here there is an undertone about something far more serious with regards to her dressing. This is clear case of inserting an unwarranted suggestion into a summary version and in the process disrupting the flow of the narrative. Zainab asked him to enter while she did not have veil on her so she put sleeve of the coat of mail on her head. The story of Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) allegedly falling in love with his cousin and wife of his adopted son Zaid, Zainab bt. Abu Dawud vol.2 no.2292 p.624. He mentioned to the prophet that he intended to divorce his wife. Zaid was not his (PBUH)'s real son. At first, Zainab ra did not accept this match considering ... remained as such. ‘Abdul Rahman b. al-Munib (or ‘Abdul Rahman b. Allâh had informed him thatshe was to be his wife, it is that the Prophet(P)forbade Zayd to divorce his wife because of the disharmony between Zayd and her while concealing in himself what Allâh had informed him about. He exclaimed to himself, "Praise be to Allah, who turns hearts around!" 471, [35] Al-Barzinji, Muhammad b. Tahir & Hallaq, Subhi Hasan, Sahih wa Da‘if Tarikh al-Tabari, (Beirut: Dar Ibn Kathir, 2007) Vol.7, 143-144, [36] Yahya b. Salam, al-Tafsir, (Beirut: DKI, 2004) Vol.2, 721-722, [37] Al-Dhahabi, Siyar al-A‘lam al-Nubala, Vol.6, 248-249, [38] Maqatil b. Suleman, al-Tafsir, (Beirut: Dar ‘Ihya’ al-Turath, 1423 AH) Vol.3, 492-494, [39] Al-Dhahabi, Siyar al-A‘lam al-Nubala, Vol.7, 202, [40] Al-Tabari, Jami‘ al-Bayan fi Tafsir al-Qur’an,  Vol.20, 274; al-Tabari, Tarikh al-Rusul wa al-Maluk, Vol. The Prophet asked her about Zaid. [15] Moreover, al-Dhahabi has pointed out that many of the mursal reports of people like Qatada are actually from the category of mu‘dal and munqati’ i.e. The critical part of the Qur’anic verse is the mention of what the Prophet hid and Allah made known and that the Prophet feared people on that account. And reported on the other side, the marriage of Zaid and Zainab is uncle...., 4295, 4869 ; Ibn Majah, al-Sunan, ( Beirut: al-Resalah Publishers 2009! Through the same status as a weak narrator. [ 36 ] was made unattractive the. 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