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(9). 3207. 'Āishah [may Allāh be pleased with her] said: "If the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ was to have concealed anything that was revealed to him, then he would have concealed these Āyāt: 'When you said to him on whom Allāh has bestowed grace (meaning by Islām); and you have done a favor (meaning that he was a slave and you freed him) "Keep your wife to yourself, and have Taqwā of Allāh." But you did hide in yourself that which Allāh will make manifest, you did fear the people whereas Allāh had a better right that you should fear Him' up to His saying: 'And Allāh's command must be fulfilled.'[1] They said: "He married his wife's son, so Allāh revealed: 'Muḥammad is not the father of any of your men, but he is the Messenger of Allāh and the Last of the Prophets.'[2] The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ had taken (adopted) him as a son when he was small, and he remained being called 'Zaid bin Muḥammad' until he grew up to adulthood, then Allāh revealed: 'Call them by their fathers, that is more just with Allāh. But if you know not their fathers, then your brothers in religion and your Mawālī.'[3] (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 Allāh' meaning that doing that is more just to Allāh." (Da'if) [Abū 'Eisā said:] This Hadīth was reported from Dāwūd bin Abī Hind from Ash-Sha'bī, from Masrūq from 'Āishah, she said: "If the Prophet ﷺ was to have hidden anything from the Revelation, then he would have hidden this Āyah: 'When you said to him on whom Allāh has bestowed grace and you have done a favor' – with this wording, it was not reported in its entirety. (Another chain of narration)