as a last point because it could be
debatable you know which one is more
accurate historically but it is a very
powerful evidence because is in the
opinion of Scholars of Hadith is a
Dependable person some people criticize
him but people including IM Ahmed one of
the leaders of one of the four schol of
Juris Prudence consider him to be a
Dependable source of Hadith not that
he's infallible but he is a Dependable
source as well finally the last one some
people basically say that the prophet
phet married the divorce of his son her
name was Zab and his son's name was
Z and not only this they keep adding
some fixing based on some unauthentic
reports that appear in some
histories and add their own caviar to
that more or less giving the reader the
impression that the prophet really
wanted to marry Zab and somehow Z knew
that the prophet want to marry Zab even
though she was married to him so he had
to divorce her so that she can observe
her
waiting waiting period and then to marry
her relax I got the notice that I have
five minutes but I promise I try to
finish within that no problem okay to
answer of course that might give some
kind of question even not only of
obsession with women it might even raise
some serious moral question you know to
really aspire to marry a woman you know
who's already
married even if the person voluntarily
divorce her you know it's it's a very
uncomfortable kind of situation right is
it in order to answer that question
historically we have to ask who was Z
who was Zab how did Zab come to marry Z
and what happened in their marriage and
why the prophet finally was commanded to
marry her first who was z z was not the
son of prophet Muhammad peace be upon
him and you heard F reading the first
Ayah he was not his biological son but
in Arabia before it was outlawed in the
Quran the adoption was used and that Z
actually was a slave that the prophet
freed and said he is my son meaning
adopted son but he was not his
biological son question who was
Zab and did the prophet really discover
his her beauty all of a sudden and
wanted to marry her many people do not
realize that Zab is the cousin of the
prophet and they grew together as
children and he have seen her before
even hijab was prescribed later in
Medina how come all of a sudden after
all this year being raised together
discovered that Zab is beautiful
thirdly how did Zab get to marry Z it
was actually by some pressure applied to
her by the prophet because he wanted to
cancel this arist aristocracy Zab was
coming from the elite tribe of quray Z
was a former slave but the prophet
wanted to make a good point that you
look for the character of the
person so she accepted to marry Z but
then what happened at their marriage
problems Z comes to complain to the
prophet that his wife is treating him
you know in a way that's too Hy that
they're not getting
along so the prophet like any good
marriage counselor would say be patient
but then something very crucial and that
is actually found in Surah 33 people use
their imagination without reading the
Quran which is the most authentic source
of
s Revelation come to the prophet
Muhammad peace be upon him through
Gabriel to tell him
look ultimately
Z is going to divorce Zab this marriage
is not going to last secondly
confidential information Revelation
given to him that after Z divorces Zab
God will command you to marry her after
after she observed the waiting period
required waiting period to marry her in
order to break the Taboo in Arabia that
the adopted child is exactly the same
like a biological
son and the prophet keep this
information he's not authorized to
reveal it yet so Z comes back to the
prophet again and complain our marital
Life Is On The Rocks you
know but then the prophet knowing even
that he will end up divorcing his wife
again as any good counselor would say as
the Quran
say keep your wife and fear
Allah and he hides as the Quran say you
hide in yourself what Allah is going to
reveal what was the prophet
hiding the prophet was hiding the
information that ultimately he will be
commanded to marry her and that's why
the Quran says Don't Fear people it's
okay don't fear people if Allah command
you he is not your biological son I know
it was very difficult on the prophet
that's why the Quran say you fear people
you should fear Allah alone because
nobody could break that taboo you know
when you say this is my adopted son it
has three implications one he takes your
name so there is a false identity two he
inherits on equal footing with your bi
biological children three he becomes
exactly your biological son which mean
if he's married his wife becomes your
daughter-in-law and if he divorces her
it would be incess to get married to her
but the Quran came to say this is false
Z is a stranger he is not of the even
the tribe of the prophet he is not his
son and as such that Tabu has to be
broken that was the story it is found
very clearly and explicitly stated in
the
Quran now to
conclude my basic appeal here for both
Muslims and their non-muslim
Brethren is to try and be objective try
not to get influence from people who
don't know what they're talking about
who have their own agenda in the media
or otherwise and even for Muslim
themselves unfortunately sometimes again
Islamic education is not really that
sufficient to be aware of some of those
issues and problems I'm very glad and
thankful to you all that I was afforded
an opportunity last year to address a
similarly controversial issue of the
nature of relationship between Muslims
and non-muslims and verses that has been
misin interpreted by one party or the
other or sometimes both I think it is
this kind of objective honest search for
truth not a part
or aggressive or you know antagonistic
approach that would lead us all to
better understanding better appreciation
and after all achieving more peaceful
and respectful coexistence amongst
ourselves thank you very much for your
patience thank you very much
indeed Dr B for your most enlightening
and most informative lecture no doubt
there will be questions raised at the
appropriate time and if there are any
questions onad predestination of Faith
please come forward after the meeting
finishes or after the lectures
finish brothers and
sisters the purpose and the objective of
organizing these lectures is to educate
ourselves to equip ourselves with
knowledge so that we can then
disseminate information pass it on and
also use it as a defense against the
onslaught towards
Islam now if you were to join the
National daa program of
ipci you will be handed out these
leaflets we have to learn to capitalize
on the adverse publicity in the media
against
Islam for instance this Onslaught
against Islam it's nothing new as Dr bad
quite correctly pointed out it started
from the days of the hesite when w bin
al- M he suggested that the only thing
we can say although it's not true
against the holy personage of the
Prophet Muhammad is that he is a
magician because he divides families and
they then appointed publicizes to pass
it on to the people coming Caravans
coming for pilgrimage who then passed it
on in the Arabian Peninsula but it's
amazing how Allah subhana wa ta'ala in
his wisdom in subtle ways uses these
negative efforts in favor of Islam and
today inshallah the same thing will
happen if you read this
leaflet it says you owe it to yourself
to find out the truth the lies which
well-meaning Zeal has heaped around this
man Muhammad are disgrace ful to
ourselves only who says this not a
Muslim but a famous British or more
appropriately a Scottish
philosopher since the Great British
philosopher made this statement over a
century ago there have been countless
lies invented against the holy prophet
the religion of Islam and the Quran the
last Revelation and it carries on Thomas
carile says the word of such Your Man