English translation
3226. It was narrated from 'Aishah the wife of the Prophet ﷺ, and Umm Salamah the wife of the Prophet ﷺ that Abû Hudhaifah bin 'Utbah bin Rabî'ah bin Abd Shams – who was one of those who had been present at Badr with the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ – adopted Sâlim – who was the freed slave of an Anshârî woman – as the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ had adopted Zaid bin Hârithah. Abû Hudhaifah bin 'Utbah married Sâlim to his brother's daughter Hind bint Al-Walîd bin 'Utbah bin Rabî'ah. Hind bint Al-Walîd bin 'Utbah was one of the first Muhâjir women, and at that time she was one of the best single women of the Quraish. When Allâh, the Mighty and Sublime, revealed the following concerning Zaid bin Hârithah: 'Call them by (the names of) their fathers, that is more just with Allâh. But if you know not their fathers' (names, call them) your brothers in Faith and Mawâlikûm (your freed slaves).[1] 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)
