Holy Prophet of Islam - Hazrat Muhammad Mustafa — Page 391
The Holy Prophet of Islam, Hadrat Muhammad Mustafa. S8 wa mä kana li mu'miniñwwa la mu'minatin idha qadallahu wa rasuluhū amran añyyakūna lahumul khiyaratu min amrihim wa mañyya'sillaha wa rasūlahū faqad dalla dalalammubīnā. And it behooves not a believing man or a believing woman, when Allah and His. Messenger have decided a matter, that there should be a choice for them in the matter concerning them. And whoso disobeys Allāh and His Messenger, surely strays away in manifest error. (33:37) ra. Thus, the family of Hadrat Zainab agreed to marry their daughter with Ḥaḍrat Zaid. However, the marriage had problems and was not a happy marriage. Hadrat Zaid" was patient for a long time but the situation did not change. Ultimately, Hadrat Zaid" divorced Hadrat Zainab". In those days it was a custom to free a slave and adopt him as a son. The adopted son was given the family name and he was eligible for inheritance as their own sons. Similarly, they considered marriage to an adopted son's wife forbidden as it was to the wife of their blood-related son. However, an adopted son was not like a blood-related son in the sight of Allāh. ra га ra. When Hadrat Zaid divorced Hadrat Zainab, the Holy Prophet* was commanded by Allāh to marry Hadrat Zainab™. The underlying reason for this marriage was to establish that an adopted son is not like a blood-related son. Because of the long-established tradition of accepting an adopted son as a blood-related son among the Arabs, it was difficult for them to understand this new order that the adopted son is not the same as a blood-related son. Their reservation changed with the revelation of the following verse of the Holy Qur'ān: sa وَ إِذْ تَقُوْلُ لِلَّذِي أَنْعَمَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِ أَمْسِكَ عَلَيْكَ زَوْجَكَ ، اللهُ وَاتَّقِ اللهَ وَتُخْفِي فِي نَفْسِكَ مَا اللَّهُ مُبْدِيْهِ وَتَخْشَى النَّاسَ وَ ج اَحَقُّ أَنْ تَخْشُهُ ، فَلَمَّا قَضَى زَيْدُ مِنْهَا وَطَرًا زَوْجُلُكَهَا لِكَيْ لَا يَكُوْنَ 391