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(15). 3212. Anas narrated: "When this Āyah was revealed: 'But you did hide in yourself that which Allāh will make manifest...'[2] about Zainab bint Jahsh, Zaid had come to the Prophet ﷺ complaining, and he wanted to divorce her so, he consulted with the Prophet ﷺ. The Prophet ﷺ said: 'Keep your wife to yourself,
and have Taqwā of Allāh.”[1]
(Sahīh)
[Abū ‘Eisā said:] This Hadīth is Hasan Ṣahīh.
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Footnotes
1
[1] Al-Āhẓāb 33:35.
2
[2] Al-Āhẓāb 33:37.
Commentary
The Prophet ﷺ advised Zaid that he should not take the step of divorcing his wife just for being emotional and oversensitive, be fearful of Allāh, and do not take this step just because of an ordinary misunderstanding. The Prophet ﷺ said so considering Zaid’s intention of divorce, merely based on oversensitivity and emotion; as he explained the background of his complaint, that she always expressed her superiority and the supremacy of her family status and highness over him. [Tadabbur-e-Qur’an, commentary of Sūrat Al-Ahzāb]