أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ بِلَالٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو بَکْرِ بْنُ أَبِي أُوَيْسٍ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ بِلَالٍ قَالَ قَالَ يَحْيَی يَعْنِي ابْنَ سَعِيدٍ وَأَخْبَرَنِي ابْنُ شِهَابٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عُرْوَةُ بْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ وَابْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَأُمِّ سَلَمَةَ زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنَّ أَبَا حُذَيْفَةَ بْنَ عُتْبَةَ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ شَمْسٍ وَکَانَ مِمَّنْ شَهِدَ بَدْرًا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ تَبَنَّی سَالِمًا وَهُوَ مَوْلًی لِامْرَأَةٍ مِنْ الْأَنْصَارِ کَمَا تَبَنَّی رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ زَيْدَ بْنَ حَارِثَةَ وَأَنْکَحَ أَبُو حُذَيْفَةَ بْنُ عُتْبَةَ سَالِمًا ابْنَةَ أَخِيهِ هِنْدَ ابْنَةَ الْوَلِيدِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ وَکَانَتْ هِنْدُ بِنْتُ الْوَلِيدِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ مِنْ الْمُهَاجِرَاتِ الْأُوَلِ وَهِيَ يَوْمَئِذٍ مِنْ أَفْضَلِ أَيَامَی قُرَيْشٍ فَلَمَّا أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ فِي زَيْدِ بْنِ حَارِثَةَ ادْعُوهُمْ لِآبَائِهِمْ هُوَ أَقْسَطُ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ رُدَّ کُلُّ أَحَدٍ يَنْتَمِي مِنْ أُولَئِکَ إِلَی أَبِيهِ فَإِنْ لَمْ يَکُنْ يُعْلَمُ أَبُوهُ رُدَّ إِلَی مَوَالِيهِ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 3232
It was narrated from ‘Aishah the wife of the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم , and Umm Salamah the wife of the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم 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 — who was the freed slave of an An woman — as the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم had adopted Zaid bin Harithah. Abu Hudhaifah bin ‘Utbah married Salim to his brother’s daughter Hind bint Al-Walid bin ‘Utbah bin Rabi’ah. Hind bint Al-Walid bin ‘Utbah was one of the first Muhajir women, and at that time she was one of the best single women of the Quraish. When Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, revealed the following concerning Zaid bin Harithah: ‘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 MawalIkum (your freed slaves).’ each of them went back to being called after his father, and if a person’s father was unknown, he was named after his former masters. (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020