Asbab Al-Nuzul by Al-Wahidi

Asbab Al-Nuzul by Al-Wahidi — Asbab Al-Nuzul by Al-Wahidi

(O Prophet! Keep thy duty to Allah and obey not the disbelievers and the hypocrites�) [33:1]. This verse was revealed about Abu Sufyan, �Ikrimah ibn Abi Jahl and Abu�l-A�war al-Sulami [�Amr ibn Sufyan]. After the fighting at Uhud, they travelled to Medina and stayed as guests at �Abd Allah ibn Ubayy�s. The Prophet, Allah bless him and give him peace, had allowed them to come to speak with him with his assurance of protection. They went to see the Prophet, Allah bless him and give him peace, accompanied by �Abd Allah ibn Sa�d ibn Abi Sarh and Tu�mah ibn Ubayriq. They said to the Prophet, Allah bless him and give him peace, who had �Umar ibn al-Khattab with him: �Reject the mention of our idols al-Lat, al-�Uzza and Manat and say that they have benefit and the power of intercession for those who worship them, and we will leave you alone with your Lord!� Their words hurt the Prophet, Allah bless him and give him peace. �Umar ibn al-Khattab, may Allah be well pleased with him, said: �Let me kill them, O Messenger of Allah!� The Prophet said: �I have given them my assurance of protection�, upon which �Umar said to them: �Leave with Allah�s curse and wrath upon you�. The Messenger of Allah, Allah bless him and give him peace, commanded �Umar to drive them out of Medina, and then Allah, glorious and majestic is He, revealed this verse.

Asbab Al-Nuzul by Al-Wahidi — Asbab Al-Nuzul by Al-Wahidi

(Allah hath not assigned unto any man two hearts within his body�) [33:4]. This verse was revealed about Jamil ibn Ma'mar al-Fihri who was a sensible man who memorised whatever he heard. The Quraysh said: �He could not have memorised all these things unless he had two hearts�. Labib used to say: �I have two hearts and my perception by means of either one of them is better than the perception of Muhammad�. When the Battle of Badr took place and the idolaters were defeated, Abu Sufyan met Jamil ibn Ma'mar, who had accompanied the idolaters. Jamil was wearing one shoe and holding the other shoe in his hand. Abu Sufyan asked him: �What is the state of people?� He said: �They were defeated�. Abu Sufyan asked him again: �But why are you wearing one shoe and holding the other in your hand?� Jamil said: �I thought I was wearing both shoes�. On that day, people knew that he would not have forgotten his shoe in his hand if he really had two hearts. (hath He made those whom ye claim (to be your sons) your sons) [33:4]. This verse was revealed about Zayd ibn Harithah. He was a slave of the Messenger of Allah, Allah bless him and give him peace, but he freed him and adopted him before he was sent as a Prophet. When the Prophet, Allah bless him and give him peace, married Zaynab bint Jahsh, who was the divorcee of Zayd ibn Harithah, the Jews and hypocrites said: �Muhammad has married the wife of his son while forbidding people from doing the same!� And so Allah, exalted is He, revealed this verse. Sa'id ibn Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Nu'aym al-Ishkabi informed us> al-Hasan ibn Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn 'Ali ibn Makhlid> Muhammad ibn Ishaq al-Thaqafi> Qutaybah ibn Sa'id> Ya'qub ibn 'Abd al-Rahman> Musa ibn 'Uqbah> Salim> 'Abd Allah ibn 'Umar who used to say: �We did not use to call Zayd ibn Harithah with any other name except Zayd ibn Muhammad until the Qur'an revealed (Proclaim their real parentage. That will be more equitable in the sight of Allah) [33:5]�. This was narrated by Bukhari> Mu'alla ibn Asad> 'Abd al-'Aziz ibn al-Mukhtar> Musa ibn 'Uqbah.