Undoubtedly this hesitation and partiality were alien to the character of the Prophet [pbuh] . A lot has been written on the subject including dedicated treatises and lengthy discussions covering both the narrative authenticity and the textual analysis. However, he did not enter. But, after having learnt about the event as it would transpire through Divine revelation and after the intention of nikah with Zainab having emerged in his heart, this advice of not divorcing given to Zayd had remained at the level of a sort of formal expression of good wishes – something not appropriate to the station of a messenger of Allah, particularly so because, alongwith it, included therein was the apprehension of taunts from the people. After Zayd and Zaynab were divorced, Prophet Muhammad was faced with two realities. We, therefore, see a progression from Prophet simply seeing Zainab when he had to come to see ailing Zaid, to finding her alone with uncovered head to hastily dressing in a shift to being altogether undressed. Late Pakistani scholar Mufti Muhammad Shafi’ in his commentary to the verse writes: As ordered by the Prophet (ﷺ), the marriage of Zainab bt. : 181: 1–4. al-Tabari vol.39 p.180-182. 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. 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. Why did Prophet Muhammad marry his daughter-in-law? Zainab of Jahsh had a brother who died before her. 3588, 4295, 4869; Ibn Majah, al-Sunan, (Beirut: al-Resalah Publishers, 2009) No. Khadeeja’s necklace”. 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! This was backed by a divine commandment by Allah (God) in the Quran. [1] Reverend Boswell Smith, Mohammed and Mohammedanism, page 89 (London, 1874). He would come to the Messenger of God and tell him so, but the Messenger of God would say to him, “Keep your wife.” Zayd separated from her and left her, and she became free. T.H. Are you such a possessive guy to not even let your ex-wife a remarriage? This marriage served more than one purpose. God ordered Muhammad to marry her.” For Zaid, Zainab was his family and life-partner. 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. While not a single critic of Prophet Muhammad’s time attributed to him any wrongdoing, contemporary critics somehow find an opportunity to do so. 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). Zaid’s father and uncle then came to Mecca. In fact with regards to the narrator after him, Musa b. Ya’qub, ‘Abdul Rahman b. al-Mahdi mentioned that he had unknown teachers (lahu masha’ikh majhulun). Zainab was Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)'s cousin. 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. .. And you feared the people, while Allah has more right that you fear Him. Alleged statement that Zaid first divorced his wife Zainab just so that Mohammed might marry her. The Prophet (sa) arranged Hazrat Zaid’s (ra) marriage with Hazrat Zainab bint Jahash. Perhaps you admire Zaynab, so I will divorce her." ‘Abdul Malik. from the generation that met and reported on the authority of the companions. He exclaimed to himself, "Praise be to Allah, who turns hearts around!" Also there are clear interpolations like the mention of Zainab’s looks which amply suggest the careful making up of the story. Moreover, despite being recognized for vast knowledge he has been condemned as a narrator. The Reason Muhammad married his Adopted son’s Wife is simple its because he can. Hazrat Zaid (ra) was the freed slave of the Prophet of Allah (sa) and his adopted son as well. Fearing that it may be misconstrued as his command he kept what he had been informed to himself. The Prophet (ﷺ) said: ‘No’. She said: “He is not here, Messenger of God. At first, Zainab ra did not accept this match considering ... remained as such. Finally Zaid divorced Zainab and the Messenger of Allâh [pbuh] married her at the time he laid siege to Bani Quraiza. But, their temperaments did not match and merge with each other. and then departed. If you continue to use this site w On this account he was reprimanded that as a Prophet (ﷺ) he should have feared Allah more than the people. 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. Zaid was not his (PBUH)'s real son. Here the Prophet (ﷺ) goes to advise and admonish Zainab and while he talked to her, he was impressed by her looks. She had previously been married to Muhammad's adopted son Zayd ibn Harithah She was also willing to marry the Prophet (ﷺ). She said: ‘He has left shortly before O Messenger of Allah!’ The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) stood up to leave while he muttered. 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. Come in, you who are as dear to me as my father and mother!” The Messenger of God refused to enter. Eight (8) other narrators relate the same report on the authority of Hammad b. Zaid without anything to this effect details of which have been mentioned above. 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. But this is not all. In fact he hailed from family with Roman Christian roots. The Holy Prophet had, though, come to know through Divine revelation that things would transpire in a way that Zayd would divorce her after which she would be married to him … he stopped Zayd from giving a divorce … [because] crossing his blessed heart there was the thought: If Zayd were to give divorce and Zainab were to be married to him consequently, the Arabs would, very much in line with their custom of the Jahiliyyah, throw taunts on him that he had married the wife of his son …, What the Holy Prophet said was correct and sound in its place. [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. Zainab was the wife of Zayd. Jahsh, his paternal aunt’s daughter. It mentions nothing about his alleged feelings about Zainab. 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. 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! [71] Maqatil b. Suleman, also known for his interest in isra’iliyat made the same connection.[72]. Holy Prophet (sa) Women; Had Prophet Muhammad engaged in any unbecoming behavior, no shortage of critics existed during his lifetime. Zaniab divorced Zaid because the marriage was not working out, and Prophet Muhammad offered to marry her. This article is an attempt at filling this gap. Once separated from the false narrations and knowing that the Prophet (ﷺ) had been told that Zaid and Zainab would divorce and that he would then marry Zainab the report of Qatada simply means that while he did not want to ask Zaid to divorce or to even share with him what he knew was destined even as Zaid came to him for consultation on the issue. Use your head. It mentions nothing about his alleged feelings about Zainab. He (PBUH) wanted them to marry because he loved them both dearly. حدثنا محمد بن عبد الله الحضرمي، ثنا الحسن بن علي الحلواني، ثنا محمد بن خالد بن عثمة، حدثني موسى بن يعقوب، عن عبد الرحمن بن المنيب، عن أبي بكر بن سليمان بن أبي حثمة، أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم جاء بيت زيد بن حارثة فاستأذن، فأذنت له زينب ولا خمار عليها، فألقت كم درعها على رأسها، فسألها عن زيد، فقالت: ذهب قريبا يا رسول الله، فقام رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم وله همهمة، قالت زينب: فاتبعته فسمعته يقول: «تبارك مصرف القلوب» فما زال يقولها حتى تغيب, Muhammad b. He rather desired that Zaid would part with Zainab without him involving in the matter in any degree. 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. But Allah SWT said for the Prophet to marry Zayd's ex wife. Because she was dressed only in a shift, the Messenger of God turned away from her. Accordingly, scholars say that in reports of non-legal nature the mursal reports of even the companions are not necessarily strong.[45]. No, but when my best friend marries my ex-wife, it's like he's taking her side... it's a completely different story if … 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. When Zaid learnt about this incident he offered the prophet that he would divorce Zainab in order that the prophet may marry her. Required fields are marked *. The marriage ended in a divorce because Zaid had been a slave and Zainab had been of … 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. Abu Dawud vol.2 no.2292 p.624. His report has come down us as follows. Unfortunately, the marriage of Zaid and Zainab (a marriage that Muhammad himself had arranged) was beyond repair and ends in divorce. Instead the three points; (i) development of the story on the lines of David-Bathsheba account of 2 Samuel 11, (ii) early Muslim authorities known for quoting from Judeo-Christian (Isra’iliyat) legends relating the two, and (iii) Christian polemicists of the first century and a half passionately taking up the issue if connected in reverse order provide a strong basis for theorizing that the story developed during the course of Christian-Muslim polemics in the first and second / seventh and eighth centuries. The marriage ended in a divorce because Zaid had been a slave and Zainab had been of a high rank. Do as God has told you and take my wife.’ Rather to tell the story over from the beginning he said to him: ‘God has given me the command that you put away your wife.’ And he put her away. So much so that Muhammad was scared to tell people that he was to marry Zainab. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. narrator(s) being accused of lying, or graded weak by the agreement of critics, mere number does not suffice. The content also shows signs of incredulous story making. Allah or Elohim Moreover, the report is Mursal as Ibn Zaid never met Muhammad. Abu Dawud vol.2 no.2292 p.624. 11275, [48] Al-Tabari, Jami‘ al-Bayan fi Tafsir al-Qur’an, Vol.20, 274; with a little wording and chain of narrators after Sufyan b. Zainab got married in 2014, but her marriage didn't last forever and the couple got separated after 11 months of their marriage. However, he did say overtly: “Glory be to God the Almighty! He too does not care to mention his authority for the report. In Qatada’s report Zaid complained of Zainab’s words and expression and wanted to divorce her for this reason, here he is willing to sacrifice for the Prophet (ﷺ).
The Companions who were present there gazed in amazement having being husband. 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. Al-Dhahabi mentions that scholars have agreed on rejecting his narrations.[39]. Why Prophet is not teaching the sense of equality in Islam to Zainab. 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]. Secondly, we now have Zaid who has no complaint with his wife and is simply looking to divorce her for the Prophet (ﷺ). 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. Does the Qur’an say Torah was given for the Egyptians? Muhammad's marriage to Zainab, who was the wife of his adopted son, led to many accusations against Muhammad. Khadeeja’s necklace”. Why was the Prophet ﷺ commanded to do so? Versions of Report | Isnad Analysis | Content Analysis | Meanings of Qur’an 33:37 | Possible Origins | Conclusion. The Prophet did not tell Zaid to divorce her when he mentioned the troubles in their relation even though he had been told through revelation that it was thus planned by Allah and was destined to happen anyway. [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. It is baseless to allege that his infatuation for Zainab somehow spontaneously emerged only after her marriage. Whereas, it is well known that veil (hijab) was obligated after Zainab’s marriage with the Prophet (ﷺ), why did Zainab then take the trouble to cover her head with coat of mail when veil had not been an obligation? This means that even before the divorce occurred Allah had already caused Muhammad to desire a married woman and that it was Allah who caused Zaid to divorce his wife so that Muhammad could then marry her! Al-Haithami pointed out the weakness in it. 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. Finances of the Prophet's Family, 2. In these circumstances the contextual frivolity of infamous story besides its weakness in terms of narrative reliability becomes all the more evident. He mentioned to the prophet that he intended to divorce his wife.

The one who mediated their marriage was Gabriel. In this narration the story develops further on two accounts. 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. Qur’an Preservation Efforts During the Prophet’s Lifetime. When Zayd complained to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) about Zaynab’s attitude, and said that she did not obey him, and told him that he wanted to divorce her, the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said to him, by way of good manners and advice: “Fear Allaah in what you say and keep your wife”, but he knew that Zayd was going to divorce her and … The other answered: You are an apostle. That is why the Prophet married Zainab after divorce with Zaid who was considered by many as the children of Muhammad. In order to legitimize the action, Allah then gave Mohamed a quran to confirm his acceptance of the marriage and nullifying adoption henceforth. Why was the Prophet ﷺ commanded to do so? It, however, mentions nothing about Prophet’s alleged feelings about her. Many Muslims are not aware that all of this happened because of the issue with Zaid and Zainab. 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. is forgiven. This man had a beautiful wife with whom Mohammed fell in love. On the other side, the Prophet was informed through revelation that Zayd would divorce her whereafter she would be married to him. Zainab was Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)'s cousin. 3135, 3137 No. There is more in this strange story. 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 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. 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. 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. 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. Zayd immediately went to see the Muhammad and offered to divorce his wife. [68] We can, therefore, surmise that it developed during the early polemical disputations between Muslims and Christians. Jahsh, Zayd’s wife, rose to meet him. If there was to be an attraction why did the prophet (pbuh) not encourage her to marry none but himself? The Prophet (ﷺ) then returned and had in his thought what Allah had willed. When Zaid learnt about this incident he offered the prophet that he would divorce Zainab in order that the prophet may marry her. Were the Wives of the Prophet Dissatisfied with Him? Notice: It seems you have Javascript disabled in your Browser. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, ‘Hold on to your wife, and fear Allah.’ Zaid, however, eventually divorced her. Republican judges don't ride with Trump on election cases Also, it is a mystery why in the world, any father-in law will need to marry his adopted son’s wife. Jahsh, has been a subject of a lot of disputation for centuries. 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. Monday , December 21 2020 / 6th Jumada I, 1442 A.H. Background to Prophet’s Marriage with Zainab. Zaynab bt. period during which a widow or a divorcee may not remarry). 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. 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. What we do, however, know is that Yunus b. Bukair who narrated from him died in 199/815 when he was nearly eighty. 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]. According to Yunus b. Zayd used to complain about the sharpness of her tongue, the airs she assumed because of her inborn lineal nobility and her failure to listen to him. Why did Kate immediately divorce William when the baby was identified as a boy, Queen said 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. see also, Al-Haithami, Majm‘ al-Zawa’id, Vol.7, 91-92 No. 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. Thereafter, the Prophet (ﷺ) asked as to how had she been with her? In fact a number of scholars have stated that his reports are hasan. 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