أَخْبَرَنَا عِمْرَانُ بْنُ بَکَّارِ بْنِ رَاشِدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْيَمَانِ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا شُعَيْبٌ عَنْ الزُّهْرِيِّ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عُرْوَةُ بْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ أَنَّ أَبَا حُذَيْفَةَ بْنَ عُتْبَةَ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ شَمْسٍ وَکَانَ مِمَّنْ شَهِدَ بَدْرًا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ تَبَنَّی سَالِمًا وَأَنْکَحَهُ ابْنَةَ أَخِيهِ هِنْدَ بِنْتَ الْوَلِيدِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ شَمْسٍ وَهُوَ مَوْلًی لِامْرَأَةٍ مِنْ الْأَنْصَارِ کَمَا تَبَنَّی رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ زَيْدًا وَکَانَ مَنْ تَبَنَّی رَجُلًا فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ دَعَاهُ النَّاسُ ابْنَهُ فَوَرِثَ مِنْ مِيرَاثِهِ حَتَّی أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ فِي ذَلِکَ ادْعُوهُمْ لِآبَائِهِمْ هُوَ أَقْسَطُ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ فَإِنْ لَمْ تَعْلَمُوا آبَائَهُمْ فَإِخْوَانُکُمْ فِي الدِّينِ وَمَوَالِيکُمْ فَمَنْ لَمْ يُعْلَمْ لَهُ أَبٌ کَانَ مَوْلًی وَأَخًا فِي الدِّينِ مُخْتَصَرٌ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 3231
It was narrated from ‘Aishah that Abu Hudhaifah bin ‘Utbah bin Rabi’ah bin ‘Abd Shams — who was one of those who had been present at Badr with the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم — adopted Salim and married him to his brother’s daughter, Hind bint Al-Walid bin ‘Utbah bin Rabi’ah bin ‘Abd Shams, and he was a freed slave of an Ansari woman — as the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم had adopted Zaid. During the Jahiliyyah, if a man adopted someone, the people would call him his son, and he would inherit from his legacy, until Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, revealed about that: ‘Call them by (the names of) their fathers, that is more just with Allah. But if you know not their fathers’ (names, call them) your brothers in Faith and MawalIkam (your freed slaves).” Then if a person’s father’s name was not known, he would be their freed slave and brother in faith.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020