The Light of the Holy Qur'an — Page 79
T H e J O u r NA l—F AT e H M A S IH T H e J O u r NA l—F AT e H M A S IH 79 with much suspicion and doubt in such situations. Therefore, she submitted on her own that she desired nothing other than being raised in the Hereafter as one of his wives. Accordingly, the fol- lowing hadith is narrated in Nailul-Au ta r on page 140: ِ ْه ی َ الله ُ عَل َّی ُفَارِقَهَا رَسُوْل ُ الله ِ صَل ی ْ ت ْ وَخَافَت ْ أَن َّ ْن َ أَسَن ی ِ قَالَت ْ سَوْدَة ُ بِنْت ُ زَمْعَة َ ح ِ ْه ی َ الله ُ عَل َّی ُفَارِقَهَا رَسُوْل ُ الله ِ صَل ی ْ ت ْ وَخَافَت ْ أَن َّ ْن َ أَسَن ی ِ ُ قَالَت ْ سَوْدَة ُ بِنْت ُ زَمْعَة َ ح ْد ی ِ ْضًا ابْن ُ سَعْد ٍ وَسَع ی َوْمِي ْ لِعَائِشَة َ فَقَبِل َ ذٰلِك َ مِنْهَا…وَرَوَاه ُ أَ ی ِ َا رَسُوْل َ الله ی َ م َّ ُ وَسَل ْد ی ِ ْضًا ابْن ُ سَعْد ٍ وَسَع ی َوْمِي ْ لِعَائِشَة َ فَقَبِل َ ذٰلِك َ مِنْهَا…وَرَوَاه ُ أَ ی ِ َا رَسُوْل َ الله ی َ م َّ ُ وَسَل َات ی وَا ِّ اق ِ قَال َ الْحَافِظ ُ فِي الْفَتْح ِ فَتَوَارَدَت ْ هٰذِه ِ الر َّ ز َّ رْمِذِي ُّ وَعَبْد ُ الر ِّ ُ بْن ُ مَنْصُور ٍ وَالت َات ی وَا ِّ اق ِ قَال َ الْحَافِظ ُ فِي الْفَتْح ِ فَتَوَارَدَت ْ هٰذِه ِ الر َّ ز َّ رْمِذِي ُّ وَعَبْد ُ الر ِّ بْن ُ مَنْصُور ٍ وَالت 1 لَق َ فَوُهِبَتْ. َّ هَا خَشِيَت ْ الط َّ أَن ی َ عَل لَق َ فَوُهِبَتْ. َّ هَا خَشِيَت ْ الط َّ أَن ی َ عَل Meaning that, when Saudah bint Zam‘ah grew apprehensive that she would perhaps be separated from the Holy Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, due to her advancing years, she said to the Messenger of Allah that she had conceded her turn to Ayeshah, and he accepted her request. Ibn Sa‘d, Sa‘ i d ibn Man su r, Tirmidhi , and ‘Abdur-Razz a q have also reported the same narration. And it is written in Fat h ul-B a r i that the reports concur in stating that Saudah had on her own grown apprehensive of being divorced. Now, it is clearly evident from this hadith that there was actually no intent expressed by the Holy Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him. Rather, it was Saudah herself who had persisted in this belief out of her very own accord, reflecting upon her condition of advancing 1. There is a scribal error in the first edition; the original words of the hadith have been inserted here in conformity with the actual text as they appear in Nailul-Au ta r, Kit a bul-Wal i mah wal-bin a ’ ‘alan-Nis a ’ wa ‘ishratihinna, B a b al-Mara’tu Yaumah a li d arratih a ’ au-Tu sa li- huz-Zauja ‘al a isq a tih i , p. 140–141, by Muhammad bin Ali ash-Shukani. [Publisher]