[12] (b) Part of the narration that says the Prophet (ﷺ) came to Zaid’s place and nearly entered it is a unique narration of Mu‘mal. al-Tabari vol.39 p.182. What we do, however, know is that Yunus b. Bukair who narrated from him died in 199/815 when he was nearly eighty. Zainab was Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)'s cousin. Below we discuss the narrations on the subject discussing the authenticity of each of them and to see if the above account is substantiated and the reality of other narrations. Such weakness may be due to a narrator with a weak memory or the one about whom there has been some difference of opinion among critics. In case of Tafsir ‘Abd b. Humaid the published section covers surah 3 & 4. I do admit that I never knew this and, I was stunned when I first learnt this from a real Mullah. Glory be to God, who causes hearts to turn!’” So Zayd left, and, having come to the Messenger of God, he said: “Messenger of God, I have heard that you came to my house. Also there are clear interpolations like the mention of Zainab’s looks which amply suggest the careful making up of the story. When Zayd divorced her, her [sic] FEARED THAT PEOPLE WOULD SAY HE Allah has revealed the revelation that Zaid divorced his wife later married by the Prophet. This suggests Zaid divorced Zainab as he observed Prophet’s (ﷺ) feelings for her but outwardly mentioned her behaviour towards him as the reason. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, ‘Hold on to your wife, and fear Allah.’ Zaid, however, eventually divorced her. Muhammad's Marriage to Zainab Bint Jashsh . Al-Tabarani records: عن ابن جريج، في قوله: {وكان أمر الله قدرا مقدورا} [الأحزاب: 38] «كذلك من سنته في داود والمرأة، والنبي صلى الله عليه وسلم وزينب», Ibn Juraij said regarding the verse, “[There is no problem for the prophet in (doing) what Allah has prescribed for him, a customary practice of Allah in the case of those who have gone before] – and Allah‘s command is pre-determined by destiny” This has been the practice of Allah in relation to Dawud and the woman (i.e. "Mothers of … Thereafter, as John V. Tolan mentions, a number of Christian polemicists over the centuries and across the regions used this story to despise the Prophet of Islam.[69]. Muhammad having seen and admired Zaid's wife Zainab, her husband divorced her. A number of scholars have likewise considered this the most apt interpretation of the verse. Also, it is a mystery why in the world, any father-in law will need to marry his adopted son’s wife. I’m not the only believer; my mother She didn’t own anything of much value, so she took off her Khadeejah. 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. Had Prophet Muhammad engaged in any unbecoming behavior, no shortage of critics existed during his lifetime. And if, after having put her away, he should return to her, let another marry her. see also, Al-Haithami, Majm‘ al-Zawa’id, Vol.7, 91-92 No. 2346, [14] Al-Tabari, Ibn Jarir, Jami‘ al-Bayan fi Tafsir al-Qur’an, (Beirut: al-Resalah Publishers, 2000) Vol.20, 273; al-Tabarani, Mu’jam al-Kabir, Vol.24, 42 No. But when the Holy Prophet deliberately forbade Zaid to divorce his wife so that he himself might be saved from what he feared would cause him defamation, Allah found this below the high position that He wanted His Prophet to enjoy, whereas Allah intended to effect a great reform through this marriage of the Prophet. 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 Quraishite ancestry and the first cousin of the Prophet, become the wife of a former slave. It's pretty ign... Saeed: As salaamu alaykum, Jazaakum Allaahu kheiraa for your effort... Muhammad b. Abi Bakr al-Muqaddimi (d. 234/848), Muhammad b. Al-Fadl, Abu Nu’man ‘Arim (d. 224/839), ‘Abdullah b. 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. Zaid the adopted son of Muhammad pbuh divorced his wife Zainab because she asked for it due to she did not love her husband.Muhammad suggested them did not make a divorce but Zaid wanted to let her wife be divorced in line with her claim. Abu Bakr b. Suleman b. Abi Hathma’s alleged report has the Prophet go to Zaid’s place where he found Zainab alone and with her head uncovered which she tried to cover with coat of mail. Eventually Zaid could maintain his marriage no longer. Ahmad b, Hanbal records: Anas’ report is authentic except the odd additions narrated by Mu‘mal b. Isma’il from Hammad b. Zaid which were not narrated by eight (08) other narrators from Hammad. Zainab of Jahsh had a brother who died before her. Are the monkeys monogamous... Mahaz Sadiq: I'm not Scholar but today dated 12 November 2020 I tried to... Abdurehman: MashAllah it's an interesting site I like it.... Bela Khan: Masha Allah, very well written and defended. [23], We do not know when Sulaim was born or when he died. Hadrat Zainab herself was not happy at this arrangement. She said: ‘He has left shortly before O Messenger of Allah!’ The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) stood up to leave while he muttered. His reports, therefore, are not relied upon unless corroborated. He almost entered upon him – (Mu‘mal said:) I am not sure if it is Hammad’s comment or part of the hadith itself — Zaid bin Haritha came to him complaining about (his wife). Messenger of God, perhaps Zaynab has excited your admiration, and so I will separate myself from her.” The Messenger of God said, “Keep your wife to yourself.” Zayd could find no possible way to [approach] her after that day. Accordingly we find ‘Abdul Malik. Anas b. Malik (d. 92/712), a close companion of Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) has reported on the issue. The relations of the ancient Arabs to their adopted children were very strict, and Muhammad's marriage with the divorced wife of his adopted son occasioned much scandal amongst his contemporaries. Did Muhammad connive Zainab and Zaid to divorce? 1493; al-‘Asqalani, Ibn Hajar, Lisan al-Mizan, (Beirut: Mo’assasa al-A‘lami, 1971) Vol.3, 112, [20] Ibn ‘Adi, al-Kamil fi al- al-Du‘afa, Vol.4, 333 No. ‘Ala’ al-Qushairi (d. 344/955) as well. Click here. Whereas multiple narrations with some weakness do rise up to the level of acceptability for their collective strength this applies only when the weakness of individual reports is slight. Jahsh was sitting near his head to nurse him. 17696; referring to criticism that ‘Ali b. Zaid b. Jud’an had been subject to, Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani termed al-Suddi’s report stronger in terms of isnad. Qatada’s narration has the least weakness in that it is, Abu Bakr b. Suleman b. Abi Hathma’s report besides being, Muhammad b. Yahya b. Habban’s report, besides being. 115/735). The Prophet (ﷺ) then returned and had in his thought what Allah had willed. Allâh Himself had already ordained it, and so gave him no other alternative. It has three problems (a) Muhammad b. Yahya b. Habban died in 121/738-739 at the age of seventy-four which means he was born nearly half a century after the Prophet’s marriage with Zainab and over thirty years after the death of Zainab – last among the people in the story to die. 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. The Prophet said to him, “Keep your wife with you and fear Allah.” He said, the verse: “But (O Muhammad) you did hide in your heart that which Allah was about to make manifest” up to “We gave her into your marriage” (33.37) was revealed about Zainab.[11]. However, he did say overtly: “Glory be to God the Almighty! Zainab proudly reported this happening to her husband. Finally Zaid divorced Zainab and the Messenger of Allâh [pbuh] married her at the time he laid siege to Bani Quraiza. What is significant about Qatada’s report, however, is that it does not suggest that something moved the heart of the Prophet (ﷺ) when he saw Zainab. After divorced,Allah instructed Muhammah to take her as his wife,because Allah wanted to make a clear difference between the realtionship and … [1] Reverend Boswell Smith, Mohammed and Mohammedanism, page 89 (London, 1874). David S. Powers mentions: By the end of the first century a.h., reports about Muhammad’s marriage to Zaynab had become grist for the mill of Christian anti-Muslim polemic. Ghamidi, Muwatta, and the Return of ‘Eisa, Opposition to Rajm (Stoning): Analysis and Refutation. Jahsh, Zayd’s wife, rose to meet him. and then departed. This was the worst of all the “abominations” that Leo attributed to Muhammad because, as he knew, the Qur’an represents the Prophet’s marriage to this woman as a product of divine intervention (“of all these abominations the worst is that of accusing God of being the originator of all these filthy acts”). T.H. It is thus clear that from the earliest times scholars did have an understanding of the verse that was free from any suggestions on the lines of the dubious reports that started to appear from second quarter of the second century onwards and continued to develop until they were recorded in written commentaries.[63]. He is commonly regarded as the third person to have accepted Islam, after Muhammad's wife Khadija bint … Had Prophet Muhammad engaged in any unbecoming behavior, no shortage of critics existed during his lifetime. Perhaps you admire Zaynab, so I will divorce her." Fearing that it may be misconstrued as his command he kept what he had been informed to himself. ‘Abdul Malik. Yet, later on, Allah forbids the adoption of children and does not allow any one to be called the child of someone other than his/her biological father. 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. The Prophet asked her about Zaid. Jahsh (d. 20/641) all of whom died before his birth. The Prophet (sa) arranged Hazrat Zaid’s (ra) marriage with Hazrat Zainab bint Jahash. 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. 37 (Saint John Of Damascus – Writings), translated by Frederic H. Chase, Jr. (New York: Fathers of The Church, Inc., 1958) 157, [65] Sahas, Daniel J., John of Damascus on Islam – the “Heresies of the Ishmaelites”, (Leiden: Brill, 1972) 38-39, 47-48, [66] Powers, David S., Muhammad Is Not the Father of Any of Your Men: The Making of the Last Prophet, (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2009) 29, [67] Khoury, Adel Theodore, Polémique Byzantine contre l’islam; VIIIe-XIIIe siècles, (Leiden: Brill, 1972) 91-93, 263-266, [68] Khoury, Adel Theodore, Apologetique Byzantine Contre L’Islam (VIIIe-XIIIe siècles), (Altenberge: Christlich-Islamisches Institut, 1982) 8ff, [69] Tolan, John V., Saracens – Islam in the Medieval European Imagination, (New York: Columbia University Press, 2002) 54, 61, 92, 149, 152, 210, [70] al-Tabarani, Mu’jam al-Kabir, Vol.24, 42-43 No. It is baseless to allege that his infatuation for Zainab somehow spontaneously emerged only after her marriage. Khadeeja’s necklace”. One day the Messenger of God went out looking for Zayd. 7026, [31] Al-Haithami, Nur al-Din, Majm‘ al-Zawa’id, (Cairo: Maktaba al-Qudsi, 1994) Vol.9, 247 No. 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. God ordered Muhammad to marry her.” For Zaid, Zainab was his family and life-partner. Muhammad b. Yahya b. Habban’s (d. 121/738-739) alleged report wherein Zainab was not well dressed and seeing her the Prophet’s heart was moved. His report, therefore, is mu‘dal (truncated). 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. Zainab bint Jahsh died when she was 53 years old. In these circumstances the contextual frivolity of infamous story besides its weakness in terms of narrative reliability becomes all the more evident. 17691, 17695; al-Baihaqi, Abu Bakr, Dala’il al-Nabuwwah, (Beirut: DKI, 1405 AH) Vol.3, 466; ‘Ali b. Zaid b. Jud‘an though criticized by many was not someone whose reports cannot be accepted. Muhammad himself dissolved the original adoption of Zaid when the above revelation came. She was also willing to marry the Prophet (ﷺ). 3390, [33] Ibn Sa’d, Tabaqat al-Kubra, Vol.8, 80-81; see also, al-Tabari, Tarikh al-Rusul wa al-Maluk, (Beirut: Dar al-Turath, 1387 AH) Vol. The entire melodrama: Zaid’s divorce of Zainab, Muhammad’s marriage with Zainab and subsequent revelations of several Qur’anic Ayats from Allah to purify this scandalous happening is something to ponder very seriously. Al-sabuni states, "As to Zainab Bint Jahsh, the Messenger of Allah married for no higher wisdom than to abolish the heresy of adoption (A-sabuni)." The prophet was struck by her beauty and immediately left saying something to the effect that God changes the hearts of people. In the case under study, we can see none of the reports after that of Qatada are even simply mursal for they have other severe weakness in them as well. Monday , December 21 2020 / 6th Jumada I, 1442 A.H. Background to Prophet’s Marriage with Zainab. Zainab of Jahsh had a brother who died before 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. 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. Critics during Prophet Muhammad’s time and contemporary scholars both agree that Prophet Muhammad committed no wrong. The true reason Zaid wanted to divorce Zainab was due to the arguments and the personal issues they had at home. 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. [30], The report, therefore, is weak not only because of it being mursal but also for the fact of a narrator being unknown and another with poor memory. He (PBUH) wanted them to marry because he loved them both dearly. Moreover, its form clearly suggests paraphrasing and interpolation by some narrator who mentioned the fact of Zainab and Prophet (ﷺ) being cousins and then guessed the feelings of the Prophet (ﷺ). 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. But Allah SWT said for the Prophet to marry Zayd's ex wife. ‘Uyainah the report has been related by Ibn Abi Hatim as well, see Ibn Abi Hatim, Tafsir al-Qur’an al-‘Azim, (Riyadh: Mustafa al-Baz, 11997 AH) Vol.9. After Zayd and Zaynab were divorced, Prophet Muhammad was faced with two realities. Maqatil’s (d. 150/767) version has the Prophet (ﷺ) instantaneously develop feelings just when he had gone to admonish her for her behavior towards Zaid. They did not like that a daughter of the noble Quraish should be given in marriage to a freed slave. Zaid the adopted son of Muhammad pbuh divorced his wife Zainab because she asked for it due to she did not love her husband.Muhammad suggested them did not make a divorce but Zaid wanted to let her wife be divorced in line with her claim. Come in, you who are as dear to me as my father and mother!” The Messenger of God refused to enter. 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. She had previously been married to Muhammad's adopted son Zayd ibn Harithah Why did Prophet Muhammad marry his daughter-in-law? Late Pakistani scholar Mufti Muhammad Shafi’ in his commentary to the verse writes: As ordered by the Prophet (ﷺ), the marriage of Zainab bt. Firstly, here Zainab is neither with her head uncovered nor is she in some haste to dress up to open the door for the Prophet (ﷺ) rather she is depicted in a lot more crude manner and is observed as such by the Prophet (ﷺ) when the doorway cloth is moved by the wind. When the Prophet’s “adopted” son Zayd divorced his wife, Allah commanded the Prophet ﷺ to marry his ex-wife. This is not right. 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. Required fields are marked *. Abu Dawud vol.2 no.2292 p.624. Just as she left to do something, the Prophet (ﷺ) looked at her, lowered his head and said: Glory be to him who directs the hearts and eyes. This is what Allah made known and not something of the alleged feelings of the Prophet (ﷺ). 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. ‘Ali al-Hulwani – Muhammad b. Khalid b. 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 du… When Prophet adopted Zayd, he changed Zayd's name to 'son of Muhamad'. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, ‘fear Allah Allah and keep your wife with you’ while he had in his heart something else … Then Prophet (ﷺ) then came to Zaid and saw Zainab as she was standing – she was beautiful, fair complexioned, and among the best women of Quraish – therefore, the Prophet (ﷺ) felt an inclination for her and (while leaving) said: ‘Praise be to Allah who turns the hearts.’ Zaid discerned and said: O Messenger of Allah! Alleged statement that Zaid first divorced his wife Zainab just so that Mohammed might marry her. [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. Isma’il, al-Sahih, (Riyadh: Maktabat Darussalam, 2007) Hadith 7420, [5] Ibn Sa’d, Tabaqat al-Kubra, (Beirut: DKI, 1990) Vol.8, 82; Abu ‘Awana, al-Musnad al-Mustakhraj, (Beirut: Dar al-Ma’rifa, 1998) Hadith 4177; Ibn Hibban, al-Sahih, (Beirut: al-Resalah Publishers, 1988) Hadith 7045; al-Hakim, al-Mustadrak, (Beirut: DKI, 1990) Hadith 3563; al-Baihaqi, Dala’il al-Nabuwwah, (Beirut: DKI, 1405) Vol.3, 466, [6] Ibn Sa’d, Tabaqat al-Kubra, Vol.8, 82; Al-Tirmidhi, al-Jami‘ al-Kabir, (Beirut: al-Resalah Publishers, 2009) Hadith 3213; ‘Abd b. Humaid, al-Muntakhab min al-Musnad, (Riyadh: Dar al-Bilnisiya, 2002) Hadith 1205; Abu ‘Awana, al-Musnad al-Mustakhraj, (Beirut: Dar al-Ma’rifa, 1998) Hadith 418; al-Tabarani, Abu al-Qasim, Mu’jam al-Kabir, (Cairo: Maktaba Ibn Taimiya, n.d.) 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. Allah or Elohim Moreover, the report is Mursal as Ibn Zaid never met Muhammad. Zainab Qayyum Education: Zainab has attained the degree of Master in Literature from Kinnaird College. Learn more at a "Muhammad, Messenger of Peace" event in your area. 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. Though criticized otherwise, the tafsir reports through this isnad are accepted since they are known to have been transmitted in writing. It is thus clear that what the Prophet (ﷺ) hid was the fact that he had been told via revelation of breakup of Zaid and Zainab followed by his own marriage with Zainab. Accordingly, scholars say that in reports of non-legal nature the mursal reports of even the companions are not necessarily strong.[45]. Without giving any chain of authorities Maqatil b. Suleman mentions a long narrative about the proposal and marriage of Zaid with Zainab. This is my father and this is my uncle.” The Prophet Muhammad said, “I am the person you know. Muhammad married Zainab Bint Jahsh who was his daughter-in-law. 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. For a detailed discussion about him see, Al-‘Awni, Hatim, al-Mursal al-Khafi wa ‘Ilaqatahu bi al-Tadlis, (Riyadh: Dar al-Hijra, 1997) 306-322 ; see also Ahadith Shuyukh al-Thiqat – Mashaikha Qadi Maristan, Edited by Hatim al-‘Awni (Makkah: Dar ‘Alam al-Fawa’id, 1422 AH) Vol.2, 469, [49] Ibn Abi Hatim, Tafsir al-Qur’an al-‘Azim, Vol.9, 3137 No. ‘Athma – Musa b. Ya‘qub – ‘Abdul Rahman b. al-Munib – Abu Bakr b. Suleman b. Abi Hathma: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) went to the house of Zaid b. Haritha and asked permission to enter. At first, Zainab ra did not accept this match considering her family status to be greater, but ultimately, upon noticing the strong desire of the Holy Prophet sa, she agreed. Did Muhammad connive Zainab and Zaid to divorce? Then Zaid said: Shall I divorce her for you O Allah’s Messenger? I don't know, how in the world Allah could dislike such noble deeds. The story essentially relates to a verse of Qur’an and has been generally discussed and narrated in its connection. [22], Pointing out some of these discrepancies al-Albani has placed this report in his work on weak and rejected reports. The reason why Allah did this was to show others that it was permissible for them to marry their adopted sons' former wives. Why was the Prophet ﷺ commanded to do so? When Zayd realized that muhamad was attracted to his wife Zainab, he wants to divorce her so that muhamad could have her. Al-Kalbi himself is a rejected narrator by the agreement of scholars. 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. حدثني يونس بن عبد الأعلى، قال: أخبرنا ابن وهب، قال: قال ابن زيد: كان النبي ص قد زوج زيد بن حارثة زينب بنت جحش ابنه عمته، فخرج رسول الله ص يوما يريده، وعلى الباب ستر من شعر، فرفعت الريح الستر فانكشف وهي في حجرتها حاسره، فوقع إعجابها في قلب النبي ص، فلما وقع ذلك كرهت إلى الآخر، قال: فجاء فقال: يا رسول الله، إني أريد ان افارق صاحبتي، فقال: مالك! 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. However, this marriage did not last long, and Hazrat Zaid (ra) divorced Hazrat Zainab. It is, therefore, mu‘dal (truncated). 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. Then several days later: ‘Now,’ he said, ‘God has commanded me to take her.’ Then, after he had taken her and committed adultery with her, he made this law: ‘Let him who will put away his wife. He divorced Zainab and Allah declared in his Glorious Book that he has wedded her to the prophet after the proper waiting period was over. That was why he urged Zaid not to divorce her, in order not to get involved into that trial. Notice: It seems you have Javascript disabled in your Browser. But, their temperaments did not match and merge with each other. The other answered: You are an apostle. 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