The marriage
of Zaynab
Refuting accusations Part-1
Note: sources are
in Arabic I translated it work to English
In number of Anti-Muslim
propaganda websites the issue of the marriage of Zaynab to the prophet Muhammad
has raised so many issues in the Muslim world in this post we will lock at the authenticity
of such claim but first we need to see the opinion of the classical scholars
about the accusations against Islam
Imam Ibn Kamal
said:
The books of
tafsir are filled with fabricated hadiths[1]
Ibn Taimia said:
{and these books
that many people call it books of tafsirs has so many rumored (Manqola) tafsirs
from the Salaf and lies, and words about Allah and his messenger with no proven
words, nothing but Fabricated and poetic Suspicions}[2]
Now let us begin Note
as I said the sources I have are originally in Arabic but I took it and
translated it into English the page number if the English version of the book
exist will be a different page
Invalidity of the story by classical Islamic scholars:
(narrated by Ali ibn Hussain :
that the Prophet of God (Peace Be Upon Him) that Allah has told that Zaid is
divorcing Zaynab, and he is marrying her by the permission of Allah, so when
Zaid complained to the prophet about the behavior (manners) of his wife Zaynab
and that she is disobeying him and told him that he want to divorce her, the
prophet (Peace be Upon Him) said by the a good manners and recommendation (Fear
Allah regarding what you said and Hold your Wife) and he knows he is going to
be separated from her and marry the prophet, and he is the one who kept it
hidden ……. And the prophet Feared that some people might pass him and marry
Zaynab before him….and what is said about the prophet was lost when he saw
Zaynab the wife of Zaid and maybe brought some poetry that is the accusations
of ignorance about the prophet (ʿ ṣma) or mockery about his Sanctity Al-tirmidi Al-hakim
in his book (Nawadir Al-oṣol) and it was transmitted to Ali Ibn al Hussain of
his saying From (Khazana Al- ʿilm Jawhar min Al-jawahir wa Dar min Al-dar) that
Allah has admonish him when he knew she will be one of his wives
so how did he said after that to Zaid (Hold Your Wife)….}[3]
Imam Ibn Kathir said:
{Ibn Jarir and Ibn abi Hatim said: over here(referring to the story) a
trace of about some salaf (may Allah be pleased with them) we want to ignore it
because it’s not authentic so we don’t mention it}[4]
Imam Ibn Hajar Al- ʿAsqalani said:
{and other traces(stories) said
by Ibn abi Hatam and Al-Tabari and many Mofasirin(commentators) said should not
be worried(or be concerned about) .. and what said about that the prophet was
hiding that Allah told him that she will be his wife} [5]
Shikh Al-Shiqanti said:
{all these stories that said Zaynab excited the admiration of the Messenger
of God has no authenticity in it}[6]
Skikh Mohii Al-din Darwish said:
{and what is said that the prophet went to the house of Zaid but Zaid
was gone then he saw Zaynab and excited the admiration of
the Messenger of God, and he said :” Glory be to God the
Almighty! Glory be to God, who causes the hearts to turn” so Zaynab Heard the
words so she told Zaid about it then Zaid so he thought that he divorce her and
so on, This nonsense that the prophet is far better than it was refuted by
Ulama Imam Abu Bakir Ibn Al-Arabi said: it’s not authentic and the transmitters
of it that Protesters who allegedly understand the verse can never reach the
level of prophecy}[7]
The judge Abu Bakr ibn al-Arabi said :
{all these stories has no sanad}[8]
And the same judge transmitted the authentic story that was used by
Qurtabi:
{and this story is unsupported , because what they said that the prophet
when he saw her she excited the admiration of the Messenger of
God is Invalid because he was with her in all times in all
matters and there was no a cover at that time so how come he grow up with her
and she grow up with him and notice her in every hour and never excite his admiration only
when she had a husband ? and she gave him herself, and hated anyone else, and
that never came to his mind, so how can he think about something he never
thought about it before , God forbid such pure heart from such filthy
relationship}[9]
Doctor Muhammad Hussain Al- ḏahabi said:
{the are nothing but Falsehoods that was told by Ibn Jarir in his Tafsir
and it’s just like who we pointed out to it is a false accusation he brought to islam by John of Damascus on āmmaiāh Era}[10]
Shaikh Muhammad Abu Zahra said:
{and this story(referring to Zaynab marriage) was nothing but Allegation
inserted by the enemies of the religion, and ʿ Abdul Rahman Ibn Zaid Ibn Thabit
was accused of lying ,and speaking with strange stories, and fabricated hadiths
and no one mentioned this but the Mofasiron and news tellers that were obsessed
with transmitting whatever they hear of Sickly and false
stories, and nothing similar to this was found in the authentic hadiths books
that is trustworthy, and what sahih has brought Contravenes from this, and not
in this Reprehensible story}[11]
Mentioning the rejected
Sanad in this story
The First sanad Imam Al-Tabari mentioned it in his Tafsir:
{Narrated by Bashar said: Zaid said: Saʿid said: from Qutada (And
[remember, O Muhammad], when you said to the one on whom Allah bestowed favor
and you bestowed favor) and it’s Zaid Allah has bestowed favor upon him and the prophet set him free (Hold on to your wife, and fear Allah in
her. And you concealed within yourself that which Allah is to disclose) said:
and he was hiding in himself the desire to divorce her}[12]
Now we see a fabricated words brought by Qutada, and Qutada in this
story relies on the same narrations inserted by the enemies of Islam and we as Muslims
if we saw the world bring a hadith that was latter turned out to have a weak
sanad (Dai’f) then we should not accept it
Ibn Sirin said:
{when ever a Fitnah was inserted they will ask and check the sanad and
say bring us your men (narrators) and then they will be looked upon it will be
accepted if it was from Ahl Al-sunnah (trustworthy narrators) and will be
rejected if it was from Ahl Al-Bida’ (weak narrators or people who bring
innovations)}[13]
Now let us check if Qutada is to be trusted:
Imam Badr Al-Din Al-Zarkashi
said:
{narrated by Ibn Abi Hatim from Yahya From Bin Saʿid that he can’t see
irsal (words) of Qutada and Zuhri as anything worthy and they are as winds
(ignored)}[14]
Imam Shams Al-Dean Al-Dahabi said:
{Qutada Bin Daʿama Al-sadosi (Qutada himself but here is his full
name)it’s by Ijmaʿ has been conformed that he is a Fabricator and he is well
known at that}[15]
The Narration or Al-Tabari:
{narrated by Yunus said: we were told by Ibn Wahab said: Ibn Zaid (focus
on this name Ibn Zaid) said: The Prophet married Zaynab Bint Jahash to Zaid Bin
Haritha so the prophet one day went out to Zaid’s house and on the door there
was a cover of hair so the wind blows and the hair is uncovered and it was
Zaynab and she was in her room with head and arms uncovered and she excited
the admiration of the Messenger of God and when that happed she told her husband
and he went to the prophet and said :”oh messenger of Allah I want to divorce
my wife” the prophet replied “why is there something in her you
didn’t like?” Zaid replied with “no messenger of Allah there is nothing in her
I didn’t like I only saw good out of her the prophet replied with “Hold your
wife, and Fear Allah” for that Allah said(And [remember, O Muhammad], when you
said to the one on whom Allah bestowed favor and you bestowed favor, "Keep
your wife and fear Allah ," while you concealed within yourself that which
Allah is to disclose(concealed within yourself that if you divorce her I
will marry her}[16]
What is wrong in the narration?
The first fault
Abullrahman Ibn Zaid (a weak narrator)
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Imam Abo AL-hajaj Al-mazi said:
{Ahmed Ibn Hanbal said:Weak
And Bukhari and abu Hatim said: Ali Ibn madini made him very weak
Abu dawood said: the sons of Zaid Ibn Aslam are all weak Especially
Abdullah
Al-Nisaʾi said: weak
Abu Zurʿa said:weak
Abu Hatim said: he is not strong in hadith he was righteous by himself
and in hadith he wasn’t}[17]
The second fault is the
Irsal(connection with the prophet)
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Ibn Zaid narrate ot Directly from the prophet when he actually never been with him and that is what called Irsal and the hadith that has Irsal in it is not accepted
Ibn Zaid narrate ot Directly from the prophet when he actually never been with him and that is what called Irsal and the hadith that has Irsal in it is not accepted
The Third narration of the story:
{Ibn Omar(known as Muhammad Ibn Omar Al-waqidi) said:Abullah Ibn ʿAmir
Al-Aslami told me: From Muhammad Ibn Yahya Ibn Haban said: the prophet of God
came to Zaid Ibn Haritha’s house asking for him and Zaid was Called Zaid Ibn
Muhammad and maybe The prophet missed him he asked “where is Zaid?” so he came
to his house and he didn’t find him so Zaynab came to him and told him “over
here prophet of god” so the prophet went away saying something to himself(whispering
to himself) no one knows what he was saying but god alone the one who cause hearts to turn, Zaid reached his own house and his
wife told him the prophet came he replied “didn’t tell him to come in?” she
replied “I did but he didn’t want to” she then said “I heard him saying some
words I don’t understand and I heard him said “Glory be to God the Almighty!
Glory be to God, who causes the hearts to turn”” so Zaid left tell he reached
the prophet and he said: ”Oh prophet of God I heard you came into my house oh
who is the one I will give up my mother and my father for Oh messenger of God
you might saw something that you like in Zaynab so I can leave her and divorce
her” the prophet replied “Hold your wife” Zaid could not lesson……he came to the
prophet and said “Oh messenger of God if I divorce her” the prophet replied “Hold
your Wife” then he didn’t lesson so the prophet replied “Keep your Wife” so
Zaid left her and she became halal to the prophet so when the prophet was
sitting talking to Aisha the prophet became thirsty then it was told about him (who
should go to Zaynab and tell her that the prophet has married her by divine
inspiration)and the prophet recited (And [remember, O Muhammad], when you said
to the one on whom Allah bestowed favor and you bestowed favor,) the hole story
Aisha said: ”and it was said to me from near and far about her beauty and the
other which is the best and the most honored is the husband God has given her”
Aisha said :”she is proud on us with that” Aisha said “and salma came out the savant
of Allah messenger with her face red (raised temperature) so I talked to her
about that and I explained it to her}[18]
Note: there is possible Errors in translation here as I translated the Arabic
words one by one however you see that the story is similar
Problems with the
Narration
First Fault:
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Muhammad Ibn Omar Al-waqidi:Liar
{Ahmad Ibn Hanbal said: he is a Liar who drops hadiths
Ibn Maʿin said: he is not trustworthy
And Mura said: his hadiths should not be written
Bukhari and Abu Hatim said: Matrok(lefted)
Abd Abu hatim said aswell with Al-nisaʾi said: drops random hadiths
And Darqandi said: in him weakness}[19]
Second Fault (another
weak narrator)
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Abullah Ibn ʿAmir Al-Aslami(Weak)
{Imam Ibn Hajar Al-Asqalani said: Ibn ʿAmir Al-Aslami, Abo ʿamir
Al-madani:Weak}[20]
Third Fault (Irsal)
Muhammad Ibn Yahya Ibn Haban is trusted But he never speaked to the prophet directly
Imam Al-Dahabi said:
{he was born at the year forty seven}[21]
And it’s known that the prophet died at the year eleven of Hijra so the difference
between the death of the prophet and Ibn yahya Birth is a disconnection of
thirty six year
End Of Part-1 More to
come
[2]
Majmoʿ Al-Fatawa By Ibn Taimia vol (6)
Page.377
[3]
Al-Jamiʿ Liahkam Al-Quran by Imam Al-Qurtabi Vol (17) Page.157 Dar Tiba Edition
[4]
Tafsir Al-Quran Al- ʿAZim By Ibn Kathir Vol(6) Page 424 Dar Tiba Edition
[5]
Fatih Al-bari Fisharih Sahih Al-Bukḫari by Ibn Hajar Ibn Hajar Al- ʿAsqalani
Vol(12) Page.503 Dar Tiba Edition
[6]
Aḍwa Al-Baian FiTafsir Al-Quran Bil Quran By Al-Amin Al-Shiqanti Vol(6)
Page.639 Aʿlam Al-fawaid Edition
[7]
Aʿrab Al-Quran wa Baianih by Skikh Mohii Al-din Darwish vol(8) Page.23 Dar Ibn
Kathir Edition
[8]
Ahkam Al-Quran By Judge Abu Bakr ibn al-Arabi Vol (3) Page.577 Dar Ibn Kathir
Edition
[9]
Ibid
[10]
Al-Israiliyat Fi Al-Tafsir wa Al-hadith
By Doctor Muhammad Hussain Al- ḏahabi Page.103 Maktaba Wahia Edition
[11]
Ibid Page.323
[12]
Tafisr Al-Tabari By Imam Muhammad Ibn Jarir Al-Tabari Vol(19) Page.115 Dar Hijr
Edition
[13]
Sahih Al-Imam Muslim Page.8 Dar Tiba Edition
[14]
Al-nukat Alamuqdima bin Al-salah By Imam Al-Zarkashi Vol(1) Page,513 aḍwa Al-salaf Edition
[15]
Siar Aʿlam Al-Nubala by Imam Shams Al-Dean Al-Zahabi Vol(5) Page.271 Mūwasasa
Al-risala Edition
[16]
Tafsir Imam Al-Tabari Vol(19) Page.116 Dar Hijr Edition
[17]
Tahzib Al-Kamal By Imam Abo AL-hajaj Al-mazi Vol (17) Page.114 Mūwasasa
Al-risala Edition
[18]
Al-mustadrik Ala Al-sahihain By Imam Al-hakim Al-nesabory Vol(4) Page.106 Dar
Al-Haramain Edition
[19]
Mizan Al-aʾtidal Fi Naqid Al-rijal By Imam Shams Al-Dean Al-Dahabi Vol(6)
Page.273 Dar Al-Kitab Al-Alamia Edition
[20]
Taqrir Al-tahdib by Imam Ibn Hajar Al-Asqalani Page.251 Mūwasasa Al-risala
Edition
[21]
Siar Aʿlam Al-Nubala by Imam Shams Al-Dean Al-Zahabi Vol(2) Page.562 Dar Al-maʿrifa
Edition
