Zainab was a beautiful woman about 35 years old.I don't think there are any political reasons for marrying Zainab. If she is a divorcee Prophet Muhammad could easily find another suitable Arab guy between the age 30 - 40 to marry Zainab instead of marrying her himself. It would make his reputation better. Also as a rational Muslim it is hard for me to believe that Allah (God) is actually suggesting the Prophet in the Holy Quran to marry her. The Prophet also married Aisha when she was 7 years old. I don't think there are any political or other reasons behind this marriage either. In today's society people rarely marry the divorced wives of their adopted sons. I think every religion has flaws.
2007-06-13 00:10:54
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answer #1
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answered by Saphire4 5
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Do not under any circumstance trust any random source with false words about our Prophet (PBUH). Zaid was not his (PBUH)'s real son. He was an adopted son. Therefore, he does not have the same status as a real son. Zainab was Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)'s cousin. He (PBUH) wanted them to marry because he loved them both dearly. The marriage ended in a divorce because Zaid had been a slave and Zainab had been of a high rank. Though Islam doesn't discriminate people depending on status and the couple tried hard to stay together, the marriage didn't work out. Then Allah told Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) to marry Zainab. He (PBUH) wasn't too eager about this idea because of what the people around him would think. He eventually did and loved Zainab as much as he loved his other wives and gave her the same status as he gave his other wives (which I must add was very high).
2016-04-01 04:49:58
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answered by Shirley 4
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Did not know Zainab was known for her beauty,
Agree with most of the detailed ans given.
Would like to add in that Zaid was never happy in the marriage as Zainab comes from a wealthy respectable family while Zaid is not.
And for a respectable family to have a divorcee is very shameful.Therefore Muhammad was also trying to help Zainab in that aspect.
2007-06-12 20:46:52
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answered by **meel** 4
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Cool Reds Answer was very right.
An Adopted son is not a real Son. No same blood flows through them...
That only proves that most Muslims, what they practice today is so far from Islam you can't even call it Islam anymore.
Funny how one major aspect of the Shiias and Sunnis fighting is that the Sunnis claim that all Step Children of Prophet Muhammad were actually his real children and the Shiaas believe Prophet Muhammad only had two children (Hassan and Hussain, 2 biological children, Only)
Makes me so mad seeing how so many "Muslims" make up their own things about islam even if it goes againts the Quran and the Prophet....
2007-06-12 21:55:06
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answered by January00 3
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Nowhere does it say in the traditions that Zainab was "known for her stunning beauty".
In pre Islamic Arab, the adopted sons were given the same status as real sons. To the extent that their relations with the other family members of the guardian were also considered blood relations. So the daughters of the guardian were considered as sisters etc etc. This led to several complications in the later generations as well as the present ones.
Although Islam greatly emphasizes taking care of orphans and destitutes but it insists that the surname of the child remain as of his father to ensure there is no confusion in the mutual relationships as regards inheritance and/ or marriage.
It would be perhaps interesting for you to note that the prophet himself arranged the marriage of Zainab with Zaid. Why? Because Zainab belonged to a very influential family and Zaid was previously a slave boy (freed by the prophet and adopted) and by this union the principles of egalitariasn that Islam brought could be cemented. However, both of them could not settle down in their marriage. Zainab herself complained to the prophet that although Zaid is a nice man but she cannot bear herself to live with a man she thinks is her inferior. In Islam, divorce, though allowed, is always considered the last resort to settle matrimonial problems. So both of the spouses were advised to compromise and try to make it work. However, it did not work out between the two. At the same time, Mohammad (peace be upon him) was getting indications of his intended marriage to Zainab and he was shying away from it because of the reasons for which you have asked this question.
If you read these verses (by chance I read the very verses today), you would realize that the way this issue is treated and the way Mohammad (pbuh) has been spoken to, can in no way be fabricated by Mohammad himself. Had he done it himself, he would have engineered soemthing better!
Clearly this was as ordained by God to end this wrong tradition. And the reason is stated in the next verse. Since Mohammad is the last prophet till the end of days and no other other prophet is coming to prove by example, its incumbent on him alone to clarify each and every wrong practice that has crept in the civilization.
It would also be pertinent to say at this point that from the age of 25 to 50 something, he was married to one single woman whom he loved and respected (she was older than him by a good 15 years at least, by the way). When she died he remarried. However, by that time Islamic soceity was at a stage where religion was being spread and at the same time Islamic society to be perfected in every way. All his later marriages have been either to set an example, or to gain a political alliance. So most of his wives have been widows, divorcees or women whose husbands refused to convert to Islam and they themselves converted and were left destitute. Only one of his wives was unmarried before (and that union too has some social reasons). A man, who in his prime, was never "after woman" and was married to a single lady, do you think that in the evening of his life he would do that and if for a oment you suppose that yes then would he just go after widows, divorcees etc although anybody would have been eager to marry him at that time?
2007-06-12 20:20:30
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answered by Catalyst 3
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Muhammad pbuh got married with Zainab after she was divorce by her husband Zaid because:(1)it is the implementa
tion of God's instruction as spoken in the holy qur'an (2)in jahiliyah era somone was prohibited to marry with his/her ad
opted son/daughter.so Allah decided against with the old rule
(3)adopted son/daughter is not the same with his/her own chil
dren so the real inheritance is only for his/.her own children excluding his/her adopted son/daughter. (4)adopted son/ daughter has no heir right,he/she only can get a certain
part (maximum one third) of his/her adopted father's wealth
if it is written in a testament or spoken with at least 4 witness
es.(5) between counsin is halal or allowed to get married.
2007-06-12 19:55:02
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answered by ? 7
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The answer is in your question; to let the prophet know that it is no sin for a man to marry the divorced wife of an 'adopted' son, these verses were revealed.
Secondly, the woman originally wanted to marry Mohammad but he thought her bond would be better with his adopted son though it did not work out.
In Islam, marrying a woman who has been divorced by an adopted son is not a sin. It's as simple as that. There isn't much meaning in the phrase "adopted son" in Islam because the community is seen as a brotherhood, unless related by blood.
2007-06-12 19:20:48
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answered by Anonymous
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Zainab was Muhammed's Cousin , If he married her for her beauty as u imagine , U R WRONG....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaynab_bint_Jahsh
Here is the Verses of Koran u mentioned: Read Throughly........
And when you said to him to whom Allah had shown favor and to whom you had shown a favor: Keep your wife to yourself and be careful of (your duty to) Allah; and you concealed in your soul what Allah would bring to light, and you feared men, and Allah had a greater right that you should fear Him. But when Zaid had accomplished his want of her, We gave her to you as a wife, so that there should be no difficulty for the believers in respect of the wives of their adopted sons, when they have accomplished their want of them; and Allah's command shall be performed. ....There is no harm in the Prophet doing that which Allah has ordained for him; such has been the course of Allah with respect to those who have gone before; and the command of Allah is a decree that is made absolute:
033:037-038
http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/quran/033.qmt.html
2007-06-12 20:08:18
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answered by Monika 3
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To prove to arab/muslims that adopted sons are not really your sons and so the prohibition against marrying your sons exwives doesnt apply. Prophet Mohammed called Zaid his son but obviously he wasnt...so when Zaids marriage ended with the Prophets cousin...the Prophet married her by Gods order to prove the point.
2007-06-12 19:19:23
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answered by coolred38 5
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Why do people get so caught up in Muhammad's sex life? That's the way things were. His wifes where more than just sex objects to him. He enjoyed talking to most of them and was still much in love with his original wife. Get over it.
2007-06-12 19:26:16
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answered by Mega 3
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