Rulling on the birth, marriage and divorce of the daughters of Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) at his age of 40.
Rulling on the birth, marriage and divorce of the daughters of Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) at his age of 40.
For a long time, a fraudulent clip on social media has gone viral in which Shi’a Zakir Asif Alawi dismisses the Prophet’s (ﷺ) three daughters, saying:
When the Prophet (ﷺ) was married, the Prophet’s age was 25. The Shia Sunni all wrote that Prophet (ﷺ) married at the age of 25. Now those who wrote four daughters said that the Prophet (ﷺ) had become a Prophet after 40 years, until the age of 29, the Prophet (ﷺ) had no children. The first son was born after four years whose name was Qasim, due to which Prophet (ﷺ) known by name ''Abu-ul-Qasim'' and at that time, age of Prophet (ﷺ) was 29 years. Now, who wrote the four daughters, now wrote, from Ibn e Khaldun to Shibli Nomani, from Shibli Nomani to Dr. Tahir-ul-Qadri, everyone wrote that the declaration of prophethood occurred 5 years after, God forbid, then God forbid (معاذ اللہ ثم معاذ اللہ), the transmission of disbelief, disbelief is not (نقل کفر کفر نہ باشد), the Prophet (ﷺ) had married his 3 daughters to the polytheists. That is now the Sunni history that Prophet (ﷺ) did marriage (Nikah) of his daughters with Utbah, Atiba, Abul Aas (رضی اللہ عنہ). Now the children ask that the Prophet’ (ﷺ)'s daughters married in the house of the polytheist?
The maulvi says that because he (ﷺ) was not a prophet at that time, he became a prophet 40 years later, so he got married 40 years before. Now, he got married at the age of 25 and became a prophet at the age of 40. He said that the marriages took place 5 years before the declaration of prophethood. There are 15 years between 25 and 40. For 4 years, there were no children, so if we subtract 4 from 15, 11 years are left. If we subtract 5 years before the declaration of prophethood, 6 years are left. Which shameless religion is this, where in 6 years, 3 daughters were born, grew up, and got married?
Take this research. Now let’s stand in the field of knowledge and show the truth of his research from the most credible book of their religion!
First lie
Readers ..! Shi’a Zakir says (from Ibn Khaldun to Shibli Nomani and from Shibli Nomani to Dr. Tahir-ul-Qadri, everyone wrote that the declaration of prophethood occurred 5 years after, God forbid, then God forbid (معاذ اللہ ثم معاذ اللہ), the transmission of disbelief, disbelief is not (نقل کفر کفر نہ باشد), the Prophet (ﷺ) had married his 3 daughters to the polytheists, history about Utiba, Utbah, Abul Aas (رضی اللہ عنہ) is a total lie.
We have searched extensively in Ibn Khaldun's history, but we did not find anywhere that the nikah of these noble daughters took place 5 years before the declaration of prophethood. In fact, the entire book does not even mention the marriage of Utbah and Utaibah. However, there is one place where Utbah is mentioned briefly:
و من عقب أبي لهب ابنه عتبة صحابي
'And among the descendants of Abu Lahab is his son Utbah, a companion (of the Prophet(ﷺ))'.
'In the book 'Tarikh Ibn Khaldun' (Volume: 2, page: 393, published in Beirut), it is stated that among the descendants of Abu Lahab, his son Utbah is a companion (of the Prophet(ﷺ)). However, despite searching, we could not find any mention of the marriage of these two brothers in Tarikh Ibn Khaldun. Therefore, this is Shia lie number one.
Second lie: The Shia Zakir's claim that Shibli Nomani also wrote the same thing is lie number two. When we researched Shibli Nomani's book 'Seerat-un-Nabi' regarding this reference, we found that it contradicts this claim. What Shibli Nomani actually states is that the marriage of Sayyida Ruqayya (رضی اللہ عنہا) and Sayyida Umme Kulsoom (رضی اللہ عنہا) to Utbah and Utaibah, the sons of Abu Jahl, took place before the prophethood. Therefore, the Shia added the phrase '5 years' from their own factory.'
Note the original statement: (Sayyida Ruqayya (رضی اللہ عنہا)) The famous narration is that she was born approximately 3 years after Sayyida Zainab (رضی اللہ عنہا), i.e., 7 years before the prophethood, when the Prophet (ﷺ)'s age was 33 years. She (رضی اللہ عنہا) was first married to Utbah, the son of Abu Lahab. Ibn Sa'd wrote that this marriage took place before the prophethood. The second daughter of the Prophet, Umme Kulsoom (رضی اللہ عنہا), was also married to Abu Lahab's second son, Utaibah. When the Prophet (ﷺ) was appointed and he proclaimed the invitation to Islam, Abu Lahab gathered his sons and said, 'If you do not separate from Muhammad (ﷺ)'s daughters, then it is haram for me to sit with you.' Both sons obeyed their father's order.
Seerat-un-Nabi by Shibli Nomani: Page 436.
The Shia are trying to create the impression through this statement ('What kind of shameless religion is this, where in 6 years, 3 daughters were born, grew up, and got married?') that the Sunni belief is that during these 6 years, the noble daughters grew up and got married. However, none of the mentioned books state that the noble daughters grew up and got married in their youth, and that they were also sent to their husbands. This is a complete deception and a Shia lie.
In reality, the Nikah took place some time before the declaration of prophethood, when Sayyida Zainab (رضی اللہ عنہا) was approximately 10 years old, and Sayyida Ruqayya (رضی اللہ عنہا) and Sayyida Umme Kulsoom (رضی اللہ عنہا) were 7 and 6 years old, respectively. And Sayyida Ruqayya (رضی اللہ عنہا) and Umme Kulsoom (رضی اللہ عنہا) were divorced 3 years after the declaration of prophethood.
Now the question is, is it impossible for three girls to be born during a period of 13 years? Every sane person will say, not at all. Is it impossible for a child marriage to take place in childhood, at a young age? Then every Shia and Sunni scholar will say that it is not impossible, but rather possible. Because in Shia and Sunni jurisprudence, it is explained that the marriage of a young girl is permissible, and the evidence for this is the marriage of Sayyida Aysha (رضی اللہ عنہا), in that the Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) married her at the age of 6, as is clear from Sunni and Shia books.
Note the following:
عن عائشة رضي الله عنها، قالت: تزوجنى النبيﷺ وأنا بنت ست سنين
Narrated by Aysha (رضی اللہ عنہا), she said: 'The Prophet (ﷺ) nikahfied me when I was 6 years old.'
Sahih Bukhari: Hadith 3894
Now, let's examine the mathematical calculation according to the Shia faith.
In the most reliable book of the Shia faith, Usul-e-Kafi, it is written:
وتزوج خديجة وهو ابن بضع وعشرين سنة، فولد له منها قبل مبعثه عليه السلام القاسم، ورقية، وزينب، وأم كلثوم
'He (ﷺ) married Khadija (رضی اللہ عنہا) when he was 22 years old, and she gave birth to Qasim, Ruqayya, Zainab, and Umme Kulsoom before his prophethood.'
(Al-Kafi: 1/487)
Translation: The Prophet (ﷺ) married Khadija (رضی اللہ عنہا) when he was a little over 20 years old. Then, from Khadija (رضی اللہ عنہا), the children born to him before his prophethood were Qasim, Ruqayya, Zainab, and Umme Kulsoom.
This narration, which is in the book that the Shia Imam-e-Ghaib has certified as sufficient (Kafi) (ھذا کاف لشیعتنا) for his Shia followers, reveals several lies of this Zakir.
First lie:
From this narration in the most reliable book of Shia, one of the claims of this Shia Zakir is proven wrong, that at the time of the Prophet (ﷺ)'s marriage, his age was not 25 years, but rather a little over 20 years. This means that the Zakir did not even bother to read his own reliable books.
A joke
In this narration, you will also find the names of the Prophet(ﷺ)'s children who were born before He(ﷺ) was 40 years old, meaning that even in Shia theology, it is acknowledged that there were four daughters of the Prophet(ﷺ). Further, it becomes clear who is shameless.
Second lie:
The birth of Qasim did not occur 4 years after the marriage, but rather in the fourth year. Meaning, the Shia first claim that Qasim was born 29 years later, which is incorrect. Rather, when the Prophet (ﷺ) was 29 years old, Allah blessed Him(ﷺ) with his first child.
Third lie:
The Shia Zakir claims that 'those who say the Prophet had four daughters, say the Prophet (ﷺ) became a Prophet 40 years later', meaning the Shia want to say that according to the Ahl-e-Sunnah, the Prophet (ﷺ) became a Prophet 40 years later, whereas according to the Shia, the Prophet is born a prophet. This is another proof of the Zakir's ignorance. The entire Ahl-us-Sunnah believes that prophets are born prophets. He is slandering the Ahl-e-Sunnah, whereas according to the Ahl-e-Sunnah's creed, the prophethood began at the age of 40, meaning the revelation of the Quran to the Prophet (ﷺ) began and he started preaching at the age of 40.
Musnad Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal - Volume 34, Page 202.
Majmu' al-Fatawa Ibn Taymiyyah - Volume 8, Page 283).
Look carefully at the narration above and see what it says. The words 'before Prophethood'' must be embarrassing for this Zakir, as even in the Shia faith's foundational book, Usul-e-Kafi, it is mentioned that the Prophet(ﷺ)'s prophethood occurred before he was 40 years old. The clear and obvious meaning of this is that according to Shia theology, the Prophet(ﷺ)'s prophethood also occurred at the age of 40. This narration from Shia theology has exposed the ignorance of this Zakir.
Now, let's examine this issue and other aspects of this Zakir's statement through investigative research from the reliable books of both Ahl-e-Sunnah and Shia. So that you may know that the Shia Zakir, who was saying ''put the Quran on your head and come to the courtyard of the House of Allah, we are ready to engage in a scholarly discussion with you'', come, let's enter the scholarly arena!!!.
Research on the birth and marriage of Sayyida Zainab (رضی اللہ عنہا):
Birth:
When the Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ)'s age was 30 years.
Nikah:
Before the declaration of Prophethood. Since Sayyida Zainab (رضی اللہ عنہا) was born in the fifth year of her parents' marriage, at the time of the declaration of prophethood, Sayyida Zainab (رضی اللہ عنہا)'s age was 10 years, and her marriage also took place at approximately the same age.
Ahl-e-Sunnah books:
Al-Bidayah wa al-Nihayah, Volume 3, Page 311; Seerat Ibne Hisham, Volume 1, Page 651-652.
Shia books:
Tarikh al-Khamis, Volume 1, Page 273; Dhakha'ir-ul-Uqba, Page 57.
Research on the birth and marriage of Sayyida Ruqayya (رضی اللہ عنہا) and Sayyida Umme Kulsoom (رضی اللہ عنہا):
Birth:
Sayyida Ruqayya (رضی اللہ عنہا) was born when the Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ)'s age was 33 years (Zarqani, Volume 3), meaning in the eighth year of His marriage, and Sayyida Umme Kulsoom (رضی اللہ عنہا) was born when the Prophet Muhammad(ﷺ)'s age was 34 years, meaning in the ninth year of His (ﷺ) marriage.
Nikah:
The Nikah of both were arranged in childhood by the Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) with Abu Lahab's sons Utbah and Utaibah, but the rukhsati (departure of the bride from her parents' home) did not take place.
(According to scholars, these Nikah's were not like the common Nikah's of today, but rather a mere arrangement of relationship, that these Nikah's would take place)
Explanation:
The reason for these Nikah ages at a young age was that when Sayyida Zainab (رضی اللہ عنہا) 's Nikah took place in the Banu Umayyah clan, the Banu Hashim family became concerned that the Nikah of the other daughters might also take place outside the family. Therefore, after Sayyida Zainab (رضی اللہ عنہا)'s Nikah, some individuals from the Banu Abd-ul-Muttalib clan, along with Abu Talib, came to the Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ). Abu Talib started the conversation and said: ''O nephew (ﷺ)! You have married Sayyida
Zainab (رضی اللہ عنہا) to Abu-ul-Aas (رضی اللہ عنہ), and indeed he is a good son-in-law and a noble person, but your paternal cousins say that just as Hala, the sister of Sayyida Khadija (رضی اللہ عنہا), has a right over you through her son, we also have a right over you, and we are not inferior to him in terms of lineage and nobility.''
The Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) said: ''O uncle! I do not deny the relationship, but give me time to think.'' Finally, with the consultation of Sayyida Khadija (رضی اللہ عنہا) and the consent of the daughters, these Nikah took place.
When the Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) began His open invitation and preaching, and the Surah Lahab was revealed condemning Abu Lahab and Umme Jamil due to their persecution, Abu Lahab's two sons, at his behest, divorced Sayyida Ruqayya (رضی اللہ عنہا) and Umme Kulsoom (رضی اللہ عنہا) before their rukhsati.
Ahl-e-Sunnah books:
Tabaqat Ibne Sa'd, Volume 8, Page 24; Al-Isabah, Volume 4, Page 297;
Tafsir Qurtubi, Volume 9-14, Page 242-243; Asad al-Ghabah, Volume 5, Page 612;
Al-Bidayah wa al-Nihayah, Volume 5, Page 309.
Shia books:
Al-Anwar al-Nu'maniyah, Volume 1, Page 124, 367;
Tarikh al-Khamis, Volume 1, Page 275.
The Prophet (ﷺ)'s daughters in the homes of polytheists?
The Shia Zakir confused the simple-minded public by saying this.
Let's investigate this further:
1.At the time of the Nikah of His daughters, the Prophet Muhammad did not consider whether he was giving his daughters to disbelievers or hypocrites. Therefore, he married his daughters to Utbah and Utaibah, the sons of Abu Lahab, and Abu-ul-Aas (رضی اللہ عنہ) bin al-Rabi.
ازاں باشد کہ حق تعالیٰ حرام گرداند دختراں دادن بکافراں باتفاق مخالفاں حضرت زینبؓ رابابوالعاص تزویج نمود در مکہ وقتے کہ او کافر بودد ہم چنیں رقیہؓ و ام کلثومؓ بنابرمیان مخالفان بعتبہ وعتیبہ کہ پسران ابولہب بودند کافر بودند تزویج نمود بود
Translation:
Before it was forbidden to give daughters in marriage to disbelievers, in Makkah, the Prophet Muhammad married (Nikah) Zainab to Abu-ul-Aas (رضی اللہ عنہ) bin al-Rabi, who was a well-known disbeliever, and Ruqayya and Umme Kulsoom to the sons of Abu Lahab, at a time when it was not forbidden to give or take daughters from disbelievers.
(Hayat al-Qulub, Volume 2, Page 718).
Secondly:
ومشہور آنست کہ دختران آ نحضرت چہار نفر بودند وہمہ از حضرت خدیجہؓ بوجود آمدند اول زینبؓ و حضرت ﷺ پیش از بعثت وحرام شدن دختر بکافراں دادن او را بابی العاص بن الربیع تزویج نمود
Translation: The well-known creed is that the Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) had four daughters, all of whom were from Sayyida Khadijah(رضی اللہ عنہا)'s womb; the first was Sayyida Zainab (رضی اللہ عنہا), whose Nikah the Prophet (ﷺ) arranged at a time when it was not forbidden to give daughters to disbelievers.
(Hayat al-Qulub, Volume 2, Page 719)
Now, regarding the question that children ask, ''The Prophet (ﷺ)'s daughters in the home of a polytheist?", the Maulvi (scholar) says that it was because the Prophet (ﷺ) had not yet become a Prophet, he became a Prophet 40 years later, so he had arranged the marriage before that. But the Shia scholar's quoting of this weak answer from the Maulvi is just an attempt to justify their own stance, otherwise, the Maulvi did not need to give such an answer.
The Maulvi, i.e., the Ahl-e-Sunnah scholar, would say that the Prophet (ﷺ) gave his daughters in marriage to disbelievers because at that time, the commandment had not yet been revealed to him.
وَلَا تُنكِحُواْ ٱلْمُشْرِكِينَ حَتَّىٰ يُؤْمِنُواْ ۚ
Translation:
And do not marry your women to polytheistic men until they got Emaan.
(Surah al-Baqarah, Verse 221)
Here, before the revelation of this commandment, Abu Lahab's sons had already divorced the Prophet (ﷺ)'s daughters before the rukhsati, but when the commandment was revealed, the Prophet (ﷺ) arranged for the separation of Sayyida Zainab (رضی اللہ عنہا) and Abu-ul-Aas (رضی اللہ عنہ).
Although there was intense love between the two spouses, Sayyida Zainab (رضی اللہ عنہا) and Abu-ul-Aas (رضی اللہ عنہ) were separated for about six years. Later, in 7 AH, when Abu-ul-Aas accepted Islam, the Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) arranged for their remarriage. Shortly after the remarriage, Sayyida Zainab passed away, and her husband Abu-ul-Aas never remarried again.
Proof:
Although we acknowledge that the Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) was on the preferred religion of Allah even in the pre-Islamic era, not all the Shariah laws were revealed to him at once. Rather, whenever a Shariah law was revealed to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ), he would act upon it without making any laws on his own. At the time of the marriage of Zainab (رضی اللہ عنہا) and Ruqayya (رضی اللہ عنہا), the condition of kafa'ah (compatibility in faith) was not yet stipulated in Shariah law. Therefore, Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) arranged their Nikah with the two men in accordance with Shariah law.
Later, when Allah revealed the verse (Translation): ''Do not marry your women to polytheistic men until they believe'', the Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) arranged for the separation of Abu-ul-Aas (رضی اللہ عنہ) and Zainab (رضی اللہ عنہا). If kafa'ah had been a condition in Islam before this, Allah would not have revealed this verse. Therefore, the reason mentioned by Abu al-Qasim al-Kufi is not a valid reason.
Shia book Tanqih-ul-Maqal, Volume 3, Page 790.
As for the claim that the (who wrote four daughters) now wrote,
(معاذ اللہ ثم معاذ اللہ نقل کفر کفر نہ باشد)
Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) arranged the marriage of his three daughters with three polytheists, this is a false statement made by the Shia scholar. Because just as the Sunnis have written that the Prophet (ﷺ) arranged the Nikah of His three daughters with three polytheists (Utbah, Utaibah, and Abu-ul-Aas), the Shia have also written the same thing, as we have seen in the reference from Mamqani.
If this statement is considered blasphemy, then the Shia should first declare their own scholar, Imam Abdullah Mamqani, a kafir. If they cannot do that, then why do they accuse the Ahl-e-Sunnah of blasphemy for stating that the Prophet arranged the Nikah of his three daughters with three polytheists?
Who was the first to deny the three daughters?
A question arises that who was the first to deny the daughters of the Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ)? Research shows that the first Rafidi (Shia) to deny the fact that the Prophet(ﷺ)'s daughters were his real daughters was Abu al-Qasim al-Kufi, who died in 352 AH. He presented a false theory in his book ''Al-Istighathah fi Bida' al-Thalathah'' (الاستغاثہ فی بدع الثلاثہ) that Sayyida Zainab (رضی اللہ عنہا), Sayyida Ruqayya (رضی اللہ عنہا), and Sayyida Umme Kulsoom (رضی اللہ عنہا) were not the Prophet's real daughters, but rather his ''rabibah'' (foster daughters).
The famous Shia scholar Abdullah wrote on page 79 of his book ''Tanqih al-Maqal'' that Abu-ul-Qasim al-Kufi's statement in his book ''Al-Istighathah fi Bida' al-Thalathah'' (الاستغاثہ فی بدع الثلاثہ) that Sayyida Zainab (رضی اللہ عنہا), Sayyida Kulsoom (رضی اللہ عنہا), and Sayyida Ruqayya (رضی اللہ عنہا) were not the Prophet (ﷺ)'s daughters is a ''baseless statement'' and is merely his own opinion, which has no value compared to the narrations. The books of both Sunni and Shia sects have narrations about the Prophet (ﷺ)'s four daughters, and the Shia Imams have also stated that the Prophet (ﷺ) had four daughters.
Most Shia scholars have criticized Abu-ul-Qasim al-Kufi's statement and considered him to be a deviant.
Conclusion:
Any statement made by a Shia scholar should not be accepted without evidence.
For example, this ignorant Shia scholar tried to calculate the ages of the Prophet (ﷺ)'s daughters, but he fabricated his own birth dates and Nikah dates, and then subtracted 6 years to fit his narrative. As we have seen, Sayyida Zainab (رضی اللہ عنہا)'s Nikah took place when she was 10 years old, and Sayyida Ruqayya (رضی اللہ عنہا) and Sayyida Umme Kulsoom (رضی اللہ عنہا)'s Nikah took place when they were 7 and 6 years old, respectively.
It was not uncommon for girls to get Nikahfied at a young age at that time. Even the Prophet (ﷺ)'s Nikah to Sayyida Aysha (رضی اللہ عنہا) took place when She (رضی اللہ عنہا) was 6 years old, and She (رضی اللہ عنہا) moved to His (ﷺ) house when She (رضی اللہ عنہا) was 9 years old.
The Prophet (ﷺ) was 30 years old when His first daughter was born. The divorce of Sayyida Ruqayya (رضی اللہ عنہا) and Sayyida Umme Kulsoom (رضی اللہ عنہا) took place 3 years after the Prophet (ﷺ) began His open preaching, when He (ﷺ) was 43 years old. This means that there was a period of 13 years from the birth of Sayyida Zainab (رضی اللہ عنہا) to the divorce of Sayyida Ruqayya (رضی اللہ عنہا) and Sayyida Umme Kulsoom (رضی اللہ عنہا), which is enough time for the three daughters to be born, grow up, and get Nikahfied.
Challenge to the Shia community:
We, the Ahl-e-Sunnah, have presented the correct ages and dates of the Prophet (ﷺ)'s daughters. Now, it's time for the Shia community to accept the truth and acknowledge that the Prophet (ﷺ)had four daughters. We challenge Asif Raza Alvi to admit his ignorance and accept the fact that the Prophet (ﷺ) had four daughters.