حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ أَخْبَرَنَا دَاوُدُ بْنُ الزِّبْرِقَانِ عَنْ دَاوُدَ بْنِ أَبِي هِنْدٍ عَنْ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا قَالَتْ لَوْ کَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ کَاتِمًا شَيْئًا مِنْ الْوَحْيِ لَکَتَمَ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ وَإِذْ تَقُولُ لِلَّذِي أَنْعَمَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ يَعْنِي بِالْإِسْلَامِ وَأَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِ يَعْنِي بِالْعِتْقِ فَأَعْتَقْتَهُ أَمْسِکْ عَلَيْکَ زَوْجَکَ وَاتَّقِ اللَّهَ وَتُخْفِي فِي نَفْسِکَ مَا اللَّهُ مُبْدِيهِ وَتَخْشَی النَّاسَ وَاللَّهُ أَحَقُّ أَنْ تَخْشَاهُ إِلَی قَوْلِهِ وَکَانَ أَمْرُ اللَّهِ مَفْعُولًا وَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَمَّا تَزَوَّجَهَا قَالُوا تَزَوَّجَ حَلِيلَةَ ابْنِهِ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَی مَا کَانَ مُحَمَّدٌ أَبَا أَحَدٍ مِنْ رِجَالِکُمْ وَلَکِنْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَخَاتَمَ النَّبِيِّينَ وَکَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ تَبَنَّاهُ وَهُوَ صَغِيرٌ فَلَبِثَ حَتَّی صَارَ رَجُلًا يُقَالُ لَهُ زَيْدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ ادْعُوهُمْ لِآبَائِهِمْ هُوَ أَقْسَطُ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ فَإِنْ لَمْ تَعْلَمُوا آبَائَهُمْ فَإِخْوَانُکُمْ فِي الدِّينِ وَمَوَالِيکُمْ فُلَانٌ مَوْلَی فُلَانٍ وَفُلَانٌ أَخُو فُلَانٍ هُوَ أَقْسَطُ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ يَعْنِي أَعْدَلُ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَی هَذَا حَدِيثٌ غَرِيبٌ قَدْ رُوِيَ عَنْ دَاوُدَ بْنِ أَبِي هِنْدٍ عَنْ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ لَوْ کَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ کَاتِمًا شَيْئًا مِنْ الْوَحْيِ لَکَتَمَ هَذِهِ الْآيَةَ وَإِذْ تَقُولُ لِلَّذِي أَنْعَمَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَأَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِ هَذَا الْحَرْفُ لَمْ يُرْوَ بِطُولِهِ
جامع ترمذی · Hadith 3207
Narrated 'Aishah [may Allah be pleased with her]: If the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was to have concealed anything that was revealed to him, then he would have concealed these Ayat: 'When you said to him on whom Allah has bestowed grace (meaning by Islam); and you have done a favor (meaning that he was a slave and you freed him) Keep your wife to yourself, and have Taqwa of Allah. But you did hide in yourself that which Allah will make manifest, you did fear the people whereas Allah had better right that you should fear Him' up to His saying: 'And Allah's command must be fulfilled (33:37).' They said: 'He married his wife's son, so Allah revealed: 'Muhammad is not the father of any of your men, but he is the Messenger of Allah and the Last of the Prophets (33:40).' The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) had taken (adopted) him as a son when he was small, and he remained being called 'Zaid bin Muhammad' until he grew up to adulthood, then Allah revealed: 'Call them by their fathers, then your brothers in religion and your Mawali (33:5). (Say) So-and-so, the Mawla of so-and-so, and; So-and-so, the brother of so-and-so. 'That is more just with Allah' meaning that doing that is more just to Allah.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020