1050 - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ أَبِي شُعَيْبٍ ، ثَنَا أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ النُّفَيْلِيُّ ، ثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ : كَانَ فِي الْأُسَارَى يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ أَبُو الْعَاصِ بْنُ الرَّبِيعِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْعُزَّى بْنِ عَبْدِ شَمْسٍ خَتَنُ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ زَوْجُ ابْنَتِهِ زَيْنَبَ ، وَكَانَ أَبُو الْعَاصِ مِنْ رِجَالِ مَكَّةَ الْمَعْدُودِينَ مَالًا وَأَمَانَةً ، وَكَانَ لِهَالَةَ بِنْتِ خُوَيْلِدٍ ، وَكَانَتْ خَدِيجَةُ [22/427] خَالَتَهُ ، فَسَأَلَتْ خَدِيجَةُ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنْ يُزَوِّجَهُ زَيْنَبَ ، وَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَا يُخَالِفُهَا ، وَذَلِكَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَنْزِلَ عَلَيْهِ ، وَكَانَتْ تَعُدُّهُ بِمَنْزِلَةِ وَلَدِهَا ، فَلَمَّا أَكْرَمَ اللهُ نَبِيَّهُ بِالنُّبُوَّةِ ، وَآمَنَتْ بِهِ خَدِيجَةُ وَبَنَاتُهُ ، وَصَدَّقْنَهُ وَشَهِدْنَ أَنَّ مَا جَاءَ بِهِ هُوَ الْحَقُّ وَدِنَّ بِدِينِهِ ، وَثَبَتَ أَبُو الْعَاصِ عَلَى شِرْكِهِ ، وَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَدْ زَوَّجَ عُتْبَةَ بْنَ أَبِي لَهَبٍ إِحْدَى بِنْتَيْهِ رُقَيَّةَ أَوْ أُمَّ كُلْثُومٍ ، فَلَمَّا بَادَى رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قُرَيْشًا بِأَمْرِ اللهِ وَبَادَوْهُ قَالُوا : إِنَّكُمْ قَدْ فَرَّغْتُمْ مُحَمَّدًا مِنْ هَمِّهِ فَرُدُّوا عَلَيْهِ بَنَاتِهِ فَاشْغِلُوهُ بِهِنَّ ، فَمَشَوْا إِلَى أَبِي الْعَاصِ بْنِ الرَّبِيعِ فَقَالُوا : فَارِقْ صَاحِبَتَكَ ، وَنَحْنُ نُزَوِّجُكَ أَيَّ امْرَأَةٍ شِئْتَ ، فَقَالَ : لَا هَا اللهِ إِذَا ، لَا أُفَارِقُ صَاحِبَتِي ، وَمَا أُحِبُّ أَنَّ لِي بِامْرَأَتِي امْرَأَةً مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ ، فَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُثْنِي عَلَيْهِ فِي صِهْرِهِ خَيْرًا - فِيمَا بَلَغَنِي - فَمَشَوْا إِلَى الْفَاسِقِ عُتْبَةَ بْنِ أَبِي لَهَبٍ فَقَالُوا : طَلِّقِ امْرَأَتَكَ بِنْتَ مُحَمَّدٍ وَنَحْنُ نُنْكِحُكَ أَيَّ امْرَأَةٍ شِئْتَ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ ، فَقَالَ : إِنْ زَوَّجْتُمُونِي بِنْتَ أَبَانَ بْنِ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْعَاصِ ، أَوْ بِنْتَ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْعَاصِ فَارَقْتُهَا ، فَزَوَّجُوهُ بِنْتَ سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْعَاصِ فَفَارَقَهَا ، وَلَمْ يَكُنْ عَدُوُّ اللهِ دَخَلَ بِهَا ، فَأَخْرَجَهَا اللهُ مِنْ يَدِهِ كَرَامَةً لَهَا وَهَوَانًا لَهُ ، وَخَلَفَ عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عَفَّانَ عَلَيْهَا بَعْدَهُ ، وَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَا يُحِلُّ بِمَكَّةَ وَلَا يُحَرِّمُ ، مَغْلُوبًا عَلَى أَمْرِهِ ، وَكَانَ الْإِسْلَامُ قَدْ فَرَّقَ بَيْنَ زَيْنَبَ بِنْتِ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ حِينَ أَسْلَمَتْ وَبَيْنَ أَبِي الْعَاصِ بْنِ الرَّبِيعِ إِلَّا أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ لَا يَقْدِرُ عَلَى أَنْ يُفِرِّقَ بَيْنَهُمَا ، فَأَقَامَتْ مَعَهُ عَلَى إِسْلَامِهَا وَهُوَ عَلَى شِرْكِهِ حَتَّى هَاجَرَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ ، وَهِيَ مُقِيمَةٌ مَعَهُ بِمَكَّةَ ، فَلَمَّا سَارَتْ قُرَيْشٌ إِلَى بَدْرٍ سَارَ فِيهِمْ أَبُو الْعَاصِ بْنُ الرَّبِيعِ [22/428] فَأُصِيبَ فِي الْأُسَارَى يَوْمَ بَدْرٍ ، وَكَانَ بِالْمَدِينَةِ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ . قَالَ ابْنُ إِسْحَاقَ : فَحَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى بْنُ عَبَّادِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَبَّادِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَتْ : لَمَّا بَعَثَ أَهْلُ مَكَّةَ فِي فِدَاءِ أُسَرَائِهِمْ بَعَثَتْ زَيْنَبُ بِنْتُ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي فِدَاءِ أَبِي الْعَاصِ وَبَعَثَتْ فِيهِ بِقِلَادَةٍ لَهَا كَانَتْ خَدِيجَةُ قَدْ أَدْخَلَتْهَا فِيهَا عَلَى أَبِي الْعَاصِ حِينَ بَنَى عَلَيْهَا ، فَلَمَّا رَآهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ رَقَّ لَهَا رِقَّةً شَدِيدَةً ، فَقَالَ : إِنْ رَأَيْتُمْ أَنْ تُطْلِقُوا لَهَا أَسِيرَهَا وَتَرُدُّوا عَلَيْهَا مَالَهَا فَافْعَلُوا فَقَالُوا : نَعَمْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ، فَأَطْلَقُوهُ وَرَدُّوا عَلَيْهَا الَّذِي لَهَا ، قَالَ : وَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَدْ أَخَذَ عَلَيْهِ وَوَعَدَهُ ذَلِكَ أَنْ يُخَلِّيَ سَبِيلَ زَيْنَبَ إِلَيْهِ إِذْ كَانَ فِيمَا شَرَطَ عَلَيْهِ فِي إِطْلَاقِهِ وَلَمْ يَظْهَرْ ذَلِكَ مِنْهُ وَلَا مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَيَعْلَمْ ، إِلَّا إِنَّهُ لَمَّا خَرَجَ أَبُو الْعَاصِ إِلَى مَكَّةَ وَخَلَا سَبِيلُهُ بَعَثَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ زَيْدَ بْنَ حَارِثَةَ وَرَجُلًا مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ مَكَانَهُ وَقَالَ : " كُونَا بِبَطْنِ يَأْجِجَ حَتَّى تَمُرَّ بِكُمَا زَيْنَبُ فَتَصْحَبَانِهَا حَتَّى تَأْتِيَانِي بِهَا ، فَخَرَجَا مَكَانَهُمَا ، وَذَلِكَ بَعْدَ بَدْرٍ بِشَهْرٍ أَوْ شِيعَةٍ ، فَلَمَّا قَدِمَ أَبُو الْعَاصِ مَكَّةَ أَمَرَهَا بِاللُّحُوقِ بِأَبِيهَا فَخَرَجَتْ جَهْرَةً . قَالَ ابْنُ إِسْحَاقَ : قَالَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ حَزْمٍ : حُدِّثْتُ ، عَنْ زَيْنَبَ أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ : بَيْنَمَا أَنَا أَتَجَهَّزُ بِمَكَّةَ لِلُّحُوقِ بِأَبِي لَقِيَتْنِي هِنْدُ بِنْتُ عُتْبَةَ فَقَالَتْ : يَا ابْنَةَ عَمِّي ، إِنْ كَانَ لَكِ حَاجَةٌ بِمَتَاعٍ مِمَّا يُرْفَقُ بِكِ فِي سَفَرِكِ ، أَوْ مَالٍ تَبْلُغِينَ بِهِ إِلَى أَبِيكِ ، فَإِنَّ عِنْدِي حَاجَتَكِ ، فَلَا تَضْطَنِي مِنِّي ، فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَدْخُلُ بَيْنَ النِّسَاءِ مَا يَدْخُلُ بَيْنَ الرِّجَالِ ، قَالَتْ : وَوَاللهِ مَا أُرَاهَا [22/429] قَالَتْ ذَلِكَ إِلَّا لِتَفْعَلَ ، وَلَكِنْ خِفْتُهَا فَأَنْكَرْتُ أَنْ أَكُونَ أُرِيدُ ذَلِكَ ، فَتَجَهَّزْتُ ، فَلَمَّا فَرَغْتُ مِنْ جَهَازِي قَدَّمَ لِي حَمْوِي كِنَانَةُ بْنُ الرَّبِيعِ أَخُو زَوْجِي بَعِيرًا فَرَكِبْتُهُ ، وَأَخَذَ قَوْسَهُ وَكِنَانَتَهُ ثُمَّ خَرَجَ بِهَا نَهَارًا يَقُودُ بِهَا ، وَهِيَ فِي هَوْدَجِهَا وَتَحَدَّثَتْ بِذَلِكَ رِجَالُ قُرَيْشٍ ، فَخَرَجُوا فِي طَلَبِهَا حَتَّى أَدْرَكُوهَا بِذِي طُوًى ، وَكَانَ أَوَّلَ مَنْ سَبَقَ إِلَيْهَا هَبَّارُ بْنُ الْأَسْوَدِ بْنِ الْمُطَّلِبِ بْنِ أَسَدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْعُزَّى بْنِ قُصَيٍّ ، وَنَافِعُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْقَيْسِ الزُّهْرِيِّ بِقِينَةِ بَنِي أَبِي عُبَيْدَةَ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ بْنِ نَافِعٍ الَّذِي بِإِفْرِيقِيَّةَ فَرَوَّعَهَا هَبَّارُ بِالرُّمْحِ وَهِيَ فِي هَوْدَجِهَا ، وَكَانَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ حَامِلًا فِيمَا يَزْعُمُونَ ، فَلَمَّا رِيعَتْ أَلْقَتْ مَا فِي بَطْنِهَا ، فَنَزَلَ حَمْوُهَا وَنَثَرَ كِنَانَتَهُ فَقَالَ : وَاللهِ لَا يَدْنُو مِنِّي رَجُلٌ إِلَّا وَضَعْتُ فِيهِ سَهْمًا ، فَتَكَرْكَرَ النَّاسُ عَنْهُ ، وَأَتَى أَبُو سُفْيَانَ فِي جُلَّةِ قُرَيْشٍ فَقَالَ : أَيُّهَا الرَّجُلُ ، كُفَّ عَنَّا نَبْلَكَ حَتَّى نُكَلِّمَكَ ، فَكَفَّ وَأَقْبَلَ أَبُو سُفْيَانَ فَأَقْبَلَ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ : إِنَّكَ لَمْ تُصِبْ ، خَرَجْتَ بِامْرَأَةٍ عَلَى رُءُوسِ النَّاسِ عَلَانِيَةً ، وَقَدْ عَرَفْتَ مُصِيبَتَنَا وَنَكْبَتَنَا ، وَمَا قَدْ دَخَلَ عَلَيْنَا مِنْ مُحَمَّدٍ فَيَظُنُّ النَّاسُ إِذَا خَرَجَتْ إِلَيْهِ ابْنَتُهُ عَلَانِيَةً مِنْ ظَهْرَانِينَا أَنَّ ذَلِكَ مِنْ ذُلٍّ أَصَابَنَا عَنْ مُصِيبَتِنَا الَّتِي كَانَتْ ، وَأَنَّ ذَلِكَ مِنَّا ضَعْفٌ وَوَهَنٌ ، وَإِنَّهُ لَعَمْرِي مَا لَنَا فِي حَبْسِهَا عَنْ أَبِيهَا حَاجَةٌ ، وَلَكِنْ أَرْجِعِ الْمَرْأَةَ حَتَّى إِذَا هَدَأَ الصَّوْتُ ، وَتَحَدَّثَ النَّاسُ أَنَّا قَدْ رَدَدْنَاهَا ، فَسُلَّهَا سِرًّا وَأَلْحِقْهَا بِأَبِيهَا ، قَالَ : فَفَعَلَ ، وَأَقَامَتْ لَيَالِيَ حَتَّى إِذَا هَدَأَ النَّاسُ خَرَجَ بِهَا لَيْلًا ، حَتَّى أَسْلَمَهَا إِلَى زَيْدِ بْنِ حَارِثَةَ وَصَاحِبِهِ ، فَقَدِمَا بِهَا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ . وَأَقَامَ أَبُو الْعَاصِ بِمَكَّةَ وَكَانَتْ زَيْنَبُ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَدْ فَرَّقَ الْإِسْلَامُ بَيْنَهُمَا ، حَتَّى إِذَا كَانَتْ قُبَيْلَ الْفَتْحِ خَرَجَ أَبُو الْعَاصِ تَاجِرًا إِلَى الشَّامِ ، وَكَانَ رَجُلًا مَأْمُونًا بِمَالٍ لَهُ وَأَمْوَالٍ لِرِجَالٍ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ [22/430] أَبْضَعُوهَا مَعَهُ ، فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ مِنْ تِجَارَتِهِ أَقْبَلَ قَافِلًا ، فَلَقِيَتْهُ سَرِيَّةُ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَأَصَابُوا مَا مَعَهُ وَأَعْجَزَهُمْ هَارِبًا ، فَلَمَّا قَدِمَتِ السَّرِيَّةُ بِمَا أَصَابُوا مِنْ مَالِهِ أَقْبَلَ أَبُو الْعَاصِ بْنِ الرَّبِيعِ تَحْتَ اللَّيْلِ حَتَّى دَخَلَ عَلَى زَيْنَبَ بِنْتِ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَاسْتَجَارَ بِهَا فَأَجَارَتْهُ ، وَجَاءَ فِي طَلَبِ مَالِهِ ، فَلَمَّا خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِلَى الصُّبْحِ كَمَا حَدَّثَنِي يَزِيدُ بْنُ رُومَانَ فَكَبَّرَ وَكَبَّرَ النَّاسُ خَرَجَتْ زَيْنَبُ مِنْ صُفَّةِ النِّسَاءِ وَقَالَتْ : أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنِّي أَجَرْتُ أَبَا الْعَاصِ بْنَ الرَّبِيعِ ، فَلَمَّا سَلَّمَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مِنَ الصَّلَاةِ أَقْبَلَ عَلَى النَّاسِ فَقَالَ : " أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ أَسَمِعْتُمْ ؟ " قَالُوا : نَعَمْ ، قَالَ : أَمَا وَالَّذِي نَفْسُ مُحَمَّدٍ بِيَدِهِ مَا عَلِمْتُ بِشَيْءٍ كَانَ حَتَّى سَمِعْتُهُ ، وَإِنَّهُ لَيُجِيرُ عَلَى الْمُسْلِمِينَ أَدْنَاهُمْ ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ حَتَّى دَخَلَ عَلَى ابْنَتِهِ فَقَالَ : " يَا بُنَيَّةُ أَكْرِمِي مَثْوَاهُ وَلَا يَخْلُصْ إِلَيْكِ فَإِنَّكِ لَا تَحِلِّينَ لَهُ " . قَالَ ابْنُ إِسْحَاقَ : وَحَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بَعَثَ إِلَى السَّرِيَّةِ الَّذِينَ أَصَابُوا مَالَ أَبِي الْعَاصِ بْنِ الرَّبِيعِ : إِنَّ هَذَا الرَّجُلَ مِنَّا حَيْثُ قَدْ عَلِمْتُمْ ، وَقَدْ أَصَبْتُمْ لَهُ مَالًا ، فَإِنْ تُحْسِنُوا وَتَرُدُّوا عَلَيْهِ الَّذِي لَهُ فَإِنَّا نُحِبُّ ذَلِكَ ، وَإِنْ أَبَيْتُمْ فَهُوَ فَيْءُ اللهِ الَّذِي أَفَاءَ عَلَيْكُمْ فَأَنْتُمُ أَحَقُّ بِهِ " قَالُوا : يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ بَلْ نَرُدُّهُ ، فَرَدُّوا إِلَيْهِ مَالَهُ حَتَّى إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ لَيَأْتِي بِالْحَبْلِ وَيَأْتِي الرَّجُلُ بِالشَّنَّةِ وَبِالْإِدْوَاةِ ، حَتَّى إِنَّ أَحَدَهُمْ لَيَأْتِي بِالشَّظَاظِ ، حَتَّى إِذَا رَدُّوا عَلَيْهِ مَالَهُ بِأَسْرِهِ لَا يَفْقِدُ مِنْهُ شَيْئًا احْتَمَلَ إِلَى مَكَّةَ فَرَدَّ إِلَى كُلِّ ذِي مَالٍ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ مَالَهُ مِمَّنْ كَانَ أَبْضَعَ مَعَهُ ، ثُمَّ قَالَ : يَا مَعْشَرَ قُرَيْشٍ ، هَلْ بَقِيَ لِأَحَدٍ مِنْكُمْ عِنْدِي مَالٌ لَمْ يَأْخُذْهُ ؟ قَالُوا : لَا وَجَزَاكَ اللهُ خَيْرًا فَقَدْ وَجَدْنَاكَ لَعَفِيفًا كَرِيمًا ، قَالَ : فَإِنِّي أَشْهَدُ أَنَّ [22/431] لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ وَأَنَّ مُحَمَّدًا عَبْدُهُ وَرَسُولُهُ ، وَاللهِ مَا مَنَعَنِي مِنَ الْإِسْلَامِ عِنْدَهُ إِلَّا تَخَوُّفًا وَأَنْ تَظُنُّوا أَنِّي إِنَّمَا أَرَدْتُ أَنْ آكُلَ أَمْوَالَكُمْ ، فَأَمَّا إِذَا أَدَّاهَا اللهُ إِلَيْكُمْ وَفَرَغْتُ مِنْهَا أَسْلَمْتُ ، وَخَرَجَ حَتَّى قَدِمَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ .
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1050 - Abdullah ibn al-Hasan ibn Ahmad ibn Abi Shuayb narrated to us, Abu Jafar al-Nufayli narrated, Muhammad ibn Salamah narrated, from Muhammad ibn Ishaq, he said: Among the captives on the day of Badr was Abu al-As ibn al-Rabi ibn Abd al-Uzza ibn Abd Shams, son-in-law of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), husband of his daughter Zaynab. Abu al-As was among the counted men of Makkah in wealth and trustworthiness, and he belonged to Halah bint Khuwaylid, and Khadijah was his maternal aunt. So Khadijah asked the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) to marry Zaynab to him, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) would not oppose her, and that was before revelation came to him, and she regarded him as her own son. Then when Allah honored His Prophet with prophethood, Khadijah and his daughters believed in him, affirmed him, bore witness that what he brought is the truth, and followed his religion, while Abu al-As remained upon his polytheism. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) had married Utbah ibn Abi Lahab to one of his two daughters, Ruqayyah or Umm Kulthum. Then when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) openly confronted Quraysh by Allah's command and they confronted him, they said: You have relieved Muhammad of his concern, so return his daughters to him and preoccupy him with them. So they walked to Abu al-As ibn al-Rabi and said: Part from your wife, and we shall marry you to any woman you wish. So he said: No, by Allah, I shall not part from my wife, nor would I love to have for my wife any woman of Quraysh in exchange. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) would praise him well concerning his son-in-lawship, as has reached me. So they walked to the wicked Utbah ibn Abi Lahab and said: Divorce the daughter of Muhammad's wife and we shall marry you to any woman you wish of Quraysh. So he said: If you marry me to the daughter of Aban ibn Said ibn al-As, or the daughter of Said ibn al-As, I shall part from her. So they married him to the daughter of Said ibn al-As, and he parted from her, while the enemy of Allah had not consummated with her. So Allah removed her from his hand as an honor for her and disgrace for him, and Uthman ibn Affan succeeded him with her afterwards. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) in Makkah neither permitted nor prohibited, overpowered in his affair. Islam had separated Zaynab bint the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) when she embraced Islam from Abu al-As ibn al-Rabi, except that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) could not separate them. So she remained with him upon her Islam while he was upon his polytheism, until the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) emigrated to Madinah, while she remained with him in Makkah. Then when Quraysh marched to Badr, Abu al-As ibn al-Rabi marched among them and was taken among the captives on the day of Badr, and he was in Madinah with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). Ibn Ishaq said: Yahya ibn Abbad ibn Abdullah ibn al-Zubayr narrated to me, from his father Abbad ibn Abdullah ibn al-Zubayr, from Aishah, wife of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), she said: When the people of Makkah sent concerning the ransom of their captives, Zaynab bint the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) sent concerning the ransom of Abu al-As, sending therein a necklace of hers which Khadijah had given her to wear with Abu al-As when he built with her. When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) saw it, he felt intense tenderness for her, and said: If you see fit to release her captive to her and return her property to her, then do so. So they said: Yes, O Messenger of Allah. So they released him and returned to her what was hers. He said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) had taken upon him and he promised that he would let Zaynab go to him, as part of what he stipulated upon him in his release, though that did not appear from him nor from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) to be known. When Abu al-As went to Makkah and was set free, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) sent Zayd ibn Harithah and a man of the Ansar in his place, saying: Be at the belly of Yajij until Zaynab passes by you, then accompany her until you bring her to me. So they went to their place, and that was a month or so after Badr. When Abu al-As arrived in Makkah, he bade her join her father, so she left openly. Ibn Ishaq said: Abdullah ibn Abi Bakr ibn Muhammad ibn Amr ibn Hazm said: I was told from Zaynab that she said: While I was preparing in Makkah to join my father, Hind bint Utbah met me and said: O daughter of my uncle, if you need any goods to ease your journey, or wealth to reach your father with, then your need is with me, so do not withhold from me, for what enters between women does not enter between men. She said: By Allah, I do not think she said that except to do so, but I feared her and denied that I intended that. So I prepared, and when I finished my preparation, my brother-in-law Kinanah ibn al-Rabi, brother of my husband, brought me a camel and I rode it, and he took his bow and quiver, then went out with her by day leading her, while she was in her litter. The men of Quraysh spoke of that, so they went in pursuit of her until they caught her at Dhi Tuwa. The first to reach her were Habbar ibn al-Aswad ibn al-Muttalib ibn Asad ibn Abd al-Uzza ibn Qusayy, and Nafi ibn Abd Qays al-Zuhri. So Habbar frightened her with the spear while she was in her litter, and the woman was pregnant as they claim, so when she was frightened she cast what was in her womb. Then her brother-in-law alighted and scattered his arrows, saying: By Allah, no man shall approach me except that I put an arrow in him. So people drew back from him. Then Abu Sufyan came among the notables of Quraysh and said: O man, withhold your arrows from us that we may speak to you. So he withheld, and Abu Sufyan came to him saying: You have done wrong; you went out with a woman openly before the people, while you know our calamity and setback and what has befallen us from Muhammad. So people will think, when his daughter goes out to him openly from among us, that it is from humiliation that befell us from our calamity, and that it is weakness and feebleness from us. By my life, we have no need to withhold her from her father, but return the woman until the noise subsides and people say we have sent her back, then slip her out secretly and join her to her father. He said: So he did so. She remained some nights until people calmed, then he went out with her by night until he handed her to Zayd ibn Harithah and his companion, and they brought her to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). Abu al-As remained in Makkah, while Zaynab was with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), Islam having separated them, until shortly before the Conquest, when Abu al-As went out trading to Sham. He was a trusted man with his own wealth and wealths of men of Quraysh entrusted with him. When he finished his trade he came returning, and a detachment of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) met him and took what was with him, while he escaped them fleeing. When the detachment arrived with what they had taken of his wealth, Abu al-As ibn al-Rabi came under the night until he entered upon Zaynab bint the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and sought refuge with her, so she granted him refuge. He had come seeking his wealth. Then when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) went out to dawn prayer, as Yazid ibn Ruman narrated to me, and he said takbir and people said takbir, Zaynab came out from the women's gallery saying: O people, I have granted protection to Abu al-As ibn al-Rabi. Then when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) finished the prayer, he turned to the people and said: O people, did you hear? They said: Yes. He said: By Him in whose hand is the soul of Muhammad, I knew nothing of this until I heard it just now. And the lowest of the Muslims grants protection on their behalf. Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) left until he entered upon his daughter, saying: O my daughter, honor his stay, but let him not be alone with you, for you are not lawful to him. Ibn Ishaq said: Abdullah ibn Abi Bakr narrated to me that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) sent to the detachment who had taken the wealth of Abu al-As ibn al-Rabi: This man is of us as you know, and you have taken wealth of his. If you do good and return to him what is his, we would love that; and if you refuse, it is Allah's spoil which He has bestowed upon you, and you have most right to it. They said: O Messenger of Allah, rather we shall return it. So they returned his wealth to him, until a man would bring the rope, and a man would bring the water-skin and the inkwell, until one of them would bring the tent-peg, until when they returned his wealth to him entirely, missing nothing of it, he carried to Makkah and returned to every owner of wealth of Quraysh his wealth from those who had entrusted with him. Then he said: O company of Quraysh, does any of you have wealth with me he has not taken? They said: No, and may Allah reward you well, for we found you chaste and noble. He said: I bear witness that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is His servant and Messenger. By Allah, nothing kept me from Islam with him except fear that you would think I only sought to consume your wealth. Now that Allah has restored it to you and I am free of it, I embrace Islam. And he went out until he came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him).
