Hayatus Sahabah - The Lives of the Sahabah - Part 1 of 3

372 THE LIVES OF THE SAHABAH mG&% (Vol-I)
for her. The Banu Umayyah claimed to have a greater right to her because she
was married to their cousin Abul Aas. However, she ended up in the care of Hind
bint Utba bin Rabee'ah who used to say to Hadhrat zaynab BGM, ."This is all
because of your father."
Rasulullaah @%% one day said to Hadhrat Zaid bin Yaaritha BBW, "Will you not
go and bring Zaynab?" "Certainly, 0 Rasulullaah m!" replied Hadhrat Zaid
@,GWj. Rasulullaah &!%! said, "Take my ring and give it to her." Hadhrat Zaid
@Gmj subtly used various means to reach Hadhrat Zaynab @%&% and
eventually met a shepherd. He asked the shepherd, "For whom are you grazing?"
When the shepherd informed him that he was grazing for Abul Aas (the husband
of Hadhrat Zaynab), Hadhrat Zaid BC3J.G asked him to whom the goats
belonged. "To Zaynab the daughter of Muhammad," was the reply. Hadhrat Zaid
@Gw walked awhile with the shepherd and (after gaining his confidence) then
said to him, "May I give you something to give to her without informing anyone?"
when the shepherd agreed, Hadhrat Zaid @GWj gave him the ring. Hadhrat
zaynab l%@&Gj recognised the ring and asked the shepherd, "Who gave this to
you?" "Some man," he replied. "Where did you leave this man?" she enquired
further. When he described the place to her, she remained silent and went there
once night had fallen.
When she met Hadhrat Zaid @%&j, he told her to sit in front of him on the
camel. She refused, telling him to sit in the front. He mounted the camel and she
mounted behind him (the laws of Hijaab were not revealed at that time). They
eventually arrived
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in Madinah. Rasulullaah @%! used to say about Hadhrat
Zaynab @Cw, "This is the best of my daughters who has suffered for my
sake."
When this Hadith reached Hadhrat Ali bin Husayn, he approached Hadhrat Urwa
and said, "What is this Hadith I hear you are reporting in which the status of
Hadhrat Faatima is being reduced?" Hadhrat Urwa said, "I swear by Allaah
that I would not want to reduce the status of Hadhrat Faatima Ww in
exchange for everything between the east and the west. I shall therefore not be
reporting this Hadith again."
The Hijrahof Hadhrat Durra bintAbi Lahab WGW
Hadhrat Abdullaah bin Umar @GWj, Hadhrat Abu Hurayra @Gw and Hadhrat
Ammaar bin Yaasir %= all report that when Hadhrat Durra @- the
daughter of Abu Lahab made Hijrah, she stayed at the residence of Hadhrat Raafi
bin Mu'allaa Zuraqi @,=. While sitting with her, some women from the Banu
Zurayq tribe asked her whether she was the daughter of the person about whom
Allaah says:
May the hands of Abu Lahab be shattered and may he be destroyed.
Neither his wealth nor the things he earned shall benefit him. {Surah
(1) Tabraani in his Kabeerand Bazzaar, as quoted by Haythami (Vo1.9 Pg.213).