Qadi Iyad sulla storia di Zayd e di Zaynab


20 settembre 2005

Al-Yahsubi della Musa del ibn di Qadi Iyad

Tradotto da Aisha Bewley da Muhammad, messaggero di Allah, Cenere-Shifa del `Iyad di Qadi, Pressa di Madinah, Granada (1991), pp. 352-354

Se chiedeste che cosa Allah significa nella storia del ibn Haritha di Zayd dalle sue parole,

“Quando avete detto a quello chi Allah aveva benedetto e voi avete benedetto, la conservazione del `la vostra moglie' e voi stava celando in lei che Allah dovrebbe rivelare, temendo altri uomini; e tutti? gli ha una destra migliore affinchè lo temano. Quando Zayd aveva compiuto che cosa di lei, allora la abbiamo data nell'unione voi, di modo che ci non dovrebbe essere alcun difetto nei believers, riguardo alle mogli dei loro figli adottati quando avevano compiuto che cosa di loro; e l'ordine del Allah deve essere effettuato.„ (Qur', 33:37)

sappia senza dubbio che il Prophet (P) è innocent del significato apparente e lui ha ordinato Zayd per mantenere la sua moglie quando Zayd ha desiderato divorziarlo, come un gruppo dei commentatori ha accennato.

La versione più sana riguardo a questa materia è in che cosa i commentatori hanno riferito? Ibn Husayn dell'Ali. Allah ha saputo più meglio del suo Prophet che Zaynab sarebbe una delle sue mogli. Quando Zayd ha protestato circa lei al Prophet (P), lui gli ha detto, “mantenga la vostra moglie e timore Allah„ che si è nascosto in sè che cosa Allah intimated a lui circa la sua unione a lei ma tutti? introdotto esso nell'aperto portando la sua unione ad un'estremità con Zayd che la divorzia.

Ibn F di Amr del `? d detta quello Az-Z???? detto a che Jibril è venuto al Prophet (P) dire lui che Allah lo inciti a sposare il bint Jahsh di Zaynab. Quello era che cosa ha celato in sè. I commentatori verificano questo da tutti? il detto di s, “l'ordine di Allah deve essere effettuato„, cioè. dovete sposarli. Ciò indica chiaramente che l'unica cosa Allah ha rivelato circa la materia era che stava andando sposarlo. Ha indicato che che cosa il Prophet (P) celato faceva parte di che cosa tutto? intimated a lui.

Tutti? continua in questa storia, “là è difetto nel Prophet in che cosa Allah ha decretato per lui.„ (33: 37) Indica che il Prophet (P) era in nessun modo colpevole nella materia. At-Tabari said that All?would not say His Prophet(P) had acted wrongly by doing something He had made lawful for Messengers before him. Allah then continues, “The sunna of All?with those who passed away before” (33:38) i.e. among the Prophets regarding what He had made lawful for them.

If it had been the way it is related in the hadith of Qatada, where it talks of what happened in the heart of the Prophet(P) when he admired her and wanted Zayd to divorce her, there would have been a great fault in it and which would not befit him. That would rather have been the action of someone who extends his eyes to what has been forbidden to him of the fruits of the life of this world.1 Doing this would have been manifesting in respect of Zayd that same blameworthy envy referred to in the ayah alluded to above, which is not pleasing to Allah and to which no godfearing person is prone. How then could that be the case with the Master of the Prophets?

Al-Q????yr?aid that saying such a thing is a great audacity on the part of the one who says it and a lack of recognition of what is due to the Prophet(P) and of his supreme excellence. How could it be said that he saw her and admired her when she was his cousin and he had been seeing her since the time when she was born? Women did not veil themselves from him and he himself had married her to Zayd.

Allah made Zayd divorce Zaynab and marry the Prophet(P) to remove the barrier set up by ties of adoption and invalidating its customs. He says, “Muhammad is not the father of any of your men.” (33:40) And He says, “So that there would not be any fault for the believers regarding the wives of their adopted sons.” (33:37)

Ab????Layh as-Samarq?? said that if people ask what is the benefit in the Prophet(P) commanding Zayd to keep Zaynab when Allah had informed him that she was to be his wife, it is that the Prophet(P) forbade Zayd to divorce his wife because of the disharmony between Zayd and her while concealing in himself what Allah had informed him about. When Zayd divorced her, her feared that people would say he was marrying his son’s wife, so Allah commanded him to marry her to make what he was doing lawful for his community as Allah said, “So that there would not be any fault for the believers regarding the wives of their adopted sons.” (33:37)

It is said that the Prophet’s(P) command to Zayd to keep Zaynab was to restrain the appetite which comes to the self from its desire. If we allow this, it must be that he saw her and suddenly thought her beautiful. Things like this are unobjectionable since it is the nature of the Banu Adam2 to find beauty beautiful. The sudden glance is forgiven. Then he restrained himself from her and told Zayd to keep her.

Abu Bakr ibn F???? said that the Prophet(P) was free from hypocrisy and manifesting the opposite of what was inside him. Allah freed him of that when He said, “There is no fault in the Prophet in what Allah has decreed for him.” (33:38) Whoever thinks that about the Prophet(P) has lied.

He said that the timidity (khashya) referred to here does not mean fear itself (khawf). It means to be modest or shy, i.e. he was shy before them because they would say, “He has married his son’s wife.” The Prophet’s(P) fear of people was because of the lies spread by the hypocrites and Jews when they made controversies for the Muslims by saying, “He has married his son’s wife” after he had forbidden them to marry the wives of their sons. Allah censured him for this and freed him from paying any attention to them concerning what He had made lawful for him as He censured him for his deference to his wives’ pleasure in Sura at-Tahrim when He said, “Why do you make haram what Allah has made halal for you?” (66:1) This is the same as when Allah says to him, “You fear people and it is more fitting to fear Allah.” (33:37)

Al-Hasan ibn ‘Ali and `Aishah elated, “If the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, had concealed anything, he would have concealed this ayat since it contains blame of him and uncovers what he had concealed.”

  1. See Qur’an, 20:131 [back]
  2. The sons of Adam, i.e. mankind. [back]

One Response to “Qadi Iyad on the Story of Zayd and Zaynab”

  1. Light-of-Mustafa said on 7 April 2006:

    Please correct the missing characters on this page. Jazakallah.

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