حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَکْرٍ الْمُقَدَّمِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ عَنْ ثَابِتٍ عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ جَائَ زَيْدُ بْنُ حَارِثَةَ يَشْکُو فَجَعَلَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ اتَّقِ اللَّهَ وَأَمْسِکْ عَلَيْکَ زَوْجَکَ قَالَ أَنَسٌ لَوْ کَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ کَاتِمًا شَيْئًا لَکَتَمَ هَذِهِ قَالَ فَکَانَتْ زَيْنَبُ تَفْخَرُ عَلَی أَزْوَاجِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ تَقُولُ زَوَّجَکُنَّ أَهَالِيکُنَّ وَزَوَّجَنِي اللَّهُ تَعَالَی مِنْ فَوْقِ سَبْعِ سَمَوَاتٍ وَعَنْ ثَابِتٍ وَتُخْفِي فِي نَفْسِکَ مَا اللَّهُ مُبْدِيهِ وَتَخْشَی النَّاسَ نَزَلَتْ فِي شَأْنِ زَيْنَبَ وَزَيْدِ بْنِ حَارِثَةَ
صحیح بخاری · Hadith 7420
Narrated Anas: Zaid bin Haritha came to the Prophet complaining about his wife. The Prophet kept on saying (to him), "Be afraid of Allah and keep your wife." Aisha said, "If Allah's Apostle were to conceal anything (of the Qur'an he would have concealed this Verse." Zainab used to boast before the wives of the Prophet and used to say, "You were given in marriage by your families, while I was married (to the Prophet) by Allah from over seven Heavens." And Thabit recited, "The Verse:-- 'But (O Muhammad) you did hide in your heart that which Allah was about to make manifest, you did fear the people,' (33.37) was revealed in connection with Zainab and Zaid bin Haritha."
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020