The Status and Virtues of Sayyiduna Zayd ibn Harithah (RA)

Written by: Hafiz Nadeem Zaheer

Arabic Text:


وَ اِذۡ تَقُوۡلُ لِلَّذِیۡۤ اَنۡعَمَ اللّٰہُ عَلَیۡہِ وَ اَنۡعَمۡتَ عَلَیۡہِ اَمۡسِکۡ عَلَیۡکَ زَوۡجَکَ وَ اتَّقِ اللّٰہَ وَ تُخۡفِیۡ فِیۡ نَفۡسِکَ مَا اللّٰہُ مُبۡدِیۡہِ وَ تَخۡشَی النَّاسَ ۚ وَ اللّٰہُ اَحَقُّ اَنۡ تَخۡشٰہُ ؕ فَلَمَّا قَضٰی زَیۡدٌ مِّنۡہَا وَطَرًا زَوَّجۡنٰکَہَا لِکَیۡ لَا یَکُوۡنَ عَلَی الۡمُؤۡمِنِیۡنَ حَرَجٌ فِیۡۤ اَزۡوَاجِ اَدۡعِیَآئِہِمۡ اِذَا قَضَوۡا مِنۡہُنَّ وَطَرًا ؕ وَ کَانَ اَمۡرُ اللّٰہِ مَفۡعُوۡلًا ﴿۳۷​

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. And you feared the people, while Allah has more right that you fear Him. So when Zayd had no longer any need for her, We married her to you in order that there not be upon the believers any discomfort concerning the wives of their adopted sons when they no longer have need of them. And ever is the command of Allah accomplished.

(Al-Ahzab: 37)

Fiqh al-Quran:

  1. Sayyiduna Zayd ibn Harithah (RA) came to complain (about his wife) to the Prophet ﷺ: The Prophet ﷺ said, "Fear Allah and keep your wife." (Bukhari: 7420)
  2. Sayyiduna Anas ibn Malik (RA) narrated that the verse: ﴿وَتُخْفِیْ فِیْ نَفْسِکَ مَا اللّٰہُ مُبْدِیْہِ﴾ was revealed concerning Sayyidah Zaynab bint Jahsh and Zayd ibn Harithah. (Bukhari: 4787)
  3. Sayyiduna Anas ibn Malik (RA) stated: If the Messenger of Allah ﷺ were to hide anything, he would have hidden this (verse). (Bukhari: 7420)
  4. Allah first revealed the status of adopted sons: (See Issue: 12), then by arranging the marriage of the Prophet ﷺ to the former wife of an adopted son, clarified that the status of an adopted son is not greater than the statement ﴿اِنَّمَا الْمُؤْمِنُوْنَ اِخْوَۃٌ﴾ (Believers are but brothers).
  5. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was the embodiment of modesty and shyness.
  6. In propagating the truth, one should remain indifferent to people's criticisms: Instead, fear Allah and strive to spread and promote His message.
  7. The virtue of Sayyiduna Zayd ibn Harithah (RA): Allah mentioned his name in the Quran, making it remembered by the believers until the Day of Judgment.
  8. The virtue of Sayyidah Zaynab bint Jahsh (RA): Allah arranged her marriage from above the seven heavens. (Bukhari: 7420)
 
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