Acceptance of Abul-‘Asra, the Son-in-Law of the Holy Prophet (sa) — Seal of the Prophets Vol. 3
Introduction
In this discourse from The Life & Character of the Seal of the Prophets (Volume 3), Hazrat Mirza Bashir Ahmad (ra) details the historical events and scholarly insights surrounding Acceptance of Abul-‘Asra, the Son-in-Law of the Holy Prophet (sa).
Book Series: The Life & Character of the Seal of the Prophets (Volume 3)
Author: Hazrat Mirza Bashir Ahmad (ra)
Section: I – Commencement of the Second Era of Life in Madinah
Pages: Book pp. 15–16 (PDF pp. 33–34)
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Historical Account
God, I had no prior knowledge of this, but the community of the believers is like a single soul. If one of them grants protection to an infidel, its honour is incumbent.” Then the Holy Prophetsa turned to Zainabra and said, “We have granted protection to whom you endow protection.” The wealth which was acquired from Abul-‘Āṣra during this expedition was returned to him. Then, the Holy Prophetsa entered the home of Zainabra and said to his daughter, “Be very hospitable to Abul-‘Āṣra, but do not meet him in seclusion. Under the current circumstances it is not lawful that you be intimate with him.” After a stay of a few days, Abul-‘Āṣ went to Makkah, but this time his return to Makkah was not for permanent residence, for he quickly ordered his affairs and set off to Madīnah reciting the Kalimah Shahādah, and upon reaching the Holy Prophetsa he became a Muslim. The Holy Prophetsa sent Ḥaḍrat Zainabra to him without a new Nikāḥ, i.e., he granted Zainabra permission to resume marital relations with Abul-‘Āṣ once again.
[The purport is that in normal circumstances the following rule applies, otherwise in special circumstances, for example when a contradictory order of a superior officer is present or the one who grants protection does so out of ill-will or mischief, etc., in such circumstances this action will not be considered legal. And Allāh knows best.]
[Aṭ-Ṭabaqātul-Kubrā, By Muḥammad bin Sa‘d, Volume 2, p. 293, Sariyyatu Zaid-ibni Ḥārithata Ilal- ‘Īṣ, Dāru Iḥyā’it-Turāthil-‘Arabī, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (1996) *Sharḥul-‘Allāmatiz-Zarqānī ‘Alal-Mawāhibil-Ladunniyyah, By Allāmah Shihābuddīn Al-Qusṭalānī, Volume 3, pp. 125-126, Sariyyatu Zaid-ibni Ḥārithata Ilal-‘Īṣ, Dārul-Kutubil-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (1996)]
[Muslim marriage ceremony (Publishers)]
[Sunanu Abī Dawūd, Kitābuṭ-Ṭalāq, Bābu Ilā Matā Turaddu ‘Alaih-Imra’atuhū Idhā Aslama Ba‘dahā, Ḥadīth No. 2240 Sunanut-Tirmidhī, Kitābun-Nikāḥ, Bābu Mā Jā’a Fiz-Zaujainil-Mushrikaini Yuslima Aḥaduhumā, Ḥadīth No 1143 Sunan Ibni Majah, Kitābun-Nikāḥ, Bābuz-Zaujaini Yuslima Aḥaduhumā Qablal-Ākhari, Ḥadīth No. 2009]
In certain narrations it is also mentioned that the Nikāḥ of Ḥaḍrat Zainabra and Abul-‘Āṣra was performed anew, but the first narration is more reliable and authentic.
[Sharḥul-‘Allāmatiz-Zarqānī ‘Alal-Mawāhibil-Ladunniyyah, By Allāmah Shihābuddīn Al-Qusṭalānī, Volume 3, pp. 127-128, Sariyyatu Zaid-ibni Ḥārithata Ilal-‘Īṣ, Dārul-Kutubil-‘Ilmiyyah, Beirut, Lebanon, First Edition (1996)]
Islāmic Teachings regarding the Marital Relations of a
Muslim and an Infidel At this instance, it shall not be without benefit to mention, as a side note, that the Qur’ānic teachings relevant to the mutual Nikāḥ of a Muslim and infidel
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