Transliteration:( Qad sami'al laahu qawlal latee tujaadiluka fee zawjihaa wa tashtakeee ilal laahi wallaahu yasma'u tahaawurakumaa; innal laaha samee'um baseer )
1. Reason for its Revelation: Hazrat Aus bin Thamit told his wife Khaulah bint Tha'albah that you are like your mother's back to me. Prior to the advent of Islam, this expression was for giving a divorce. The wife came to the blessed court of the Holy Prophet and said that I am old and have children. I don't possess any wealth. My parents are both deceased. If I abandon the children, it will cause me grief and hardship.Then this verse was revealed.
2. This tells us that sometimes Allah Almighty loves the discussion of a person with His discussion was not for confrontation or opposition, but for seeking help. The Ummah and the female devotees are his servants and can request his support.
3. In that presenting the hardships to the Holy Prophet صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم is like petitioning those to Allah Almighty, because whatever was said by Hazrat Khaulah was said to the Holy Prophet صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم but Allah Almight says that this complaint was lodged Him. This tells us that lodging every type of complaint to Allah Almighty is not bad, only at which is lodged out of impatience is bad.
4.This tells us that Allah Almighty listens favourably to what is said to the Holy Prophet or that which is presented to Him through the medium of the Holy Prophet صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم Here, favourable listening is being denoted. In "who pleaded with you" signifies speaking to the Holy Prophet صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم and her complaint to Allah denotes complaining through the medi-um of the Holy Prophet صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم to Allah Almighty.
Anyone who states his complaint to Allah Almighty directly, waiving the Waseela (medium) of the Holy Prophet will not obtain a favourable response from Him. Says Allah Almighty: "And every prayer of the infidel loses its way (S13:14)
5. Generally, Allah Almighty listens to the entreaty of all and sees everybody, but those who first come to the court of the Holy Prophet صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم to him He turms with mercy and listens to him with greater mercy.
1. Indeed Allah has heard the statement of her that disputes with you concerning her husband, and complains to Allah. And Allah hears the argument between you both. Verily, Allah is All-Hearer, All-Seer.
Imam Ahmad recorded that `A’ishah said, “All praise be to Allah, Who hears all voices. “The woman who disputed†came to the Prophet and argued with him while I was in another part of the room, unable to hear what she said. Allah the Exalted and Most Honored revealed this Ayah,
(Indeed Allah has heard the statement of her that disputes with you concerning her husband.)†till the end of this Ayah. Al-Bukhari collected this Hadith without a chain of narration in the Book of Tawhid in his Sahih. An-Nasa’i, Ibn Majah, Ibn Abi Hatim and Ibn Jarir also collected this Hadith. In the narration that Ibn Abi Hatim collected, `A’ishah said, “Blessed is He, Whose hearing has encompassed all things. I heard what Khawlah bint Tha`labah said while some of it I could not hear. She was complaining to Allah’s Messenger about her husband. She said, `O Allah’s Messenger! He spent my wealth, exhausted my youth and my womb bore abundantly for him. When I be- came old, unable to bear children, he pronounced the Ziharon me! O Allah! I complain to you.’ Soon after, Jibril brought down this Ayah,
(Indeed Allah has heard the statement of her that disputes with you concerning her husband,)†She added, “Her husband was Aws bin As-Samit.â€
1. Here, hearing does not merely imply hearing a complaint but also redressing the grievances.
2. The translators generally have translated these sentences in the past tense, which tends to give the meaning that the woman had left after relating her complaint and the Prophet (peace be upon him) some time later might have received this revelation. That is why Allah has said: We indeed heard what the woman said, who was pleading with you and complaining to Us, and We were at that time hearing the conversation of both of you. But in most of the traditions that have been reported in the Hadith about this incident, it has been stated that right at the time when the woman was relating the zihar pronounced by her husband and complaining to the Prophet (peace be upon him) to the effect that if she was separated from her husband, she and her children would be ruined, the state of receiving revelation appeared on the Prophet (peace be upon him) and these verse’s were sent down. On this basis we have preferred rendering these sentences in the present tense.
The woman concerning whom these verses were sent down was Khaulah bint-Thalabah of the Khazraj tribe, and her husband, Aus bin Samit Ansari, was brother of Ubadah bin Samit, the chief of the Aus tribe. The story of the zihar upon her is related in detail below. What is worth mentioning here is that the incident of woman’s complaint being heard by Allah Almighty and the coming down of the divine command immediately to redress her grievance was an event that earned her a place of honor and esteem among the companions. Ibn Abi Hatim and Baihaqi have related that once Umar was on his way out with some companions. On the way he came across a woman, who stopped him; he immediately stopped and listened to what she had to say patiently with his head bent down, and did not move till she had finished. One of the companions said: O commander of the faithful, you held back the Quraish chiefs for so long for the sake of this old woman! Umar said: Do you know who she is? She is Khaulah bint- Thalabah, the woman whose complaint was heard at the seventh heaven. By God, even if she had kept me standing till the night, I would have kept standing. I would only have excused myself at the prayer times. Ibn Abdul Barr has related in Al-Istiab this tradition from Qatadah: When Umar came across this lady, on the way, he greeted her. After answering his greeting, she said: O Umar, there was a time when I saw you at the Ukaz festival. Then you were called Umair. You tended goats with the shepherd’s staff in your hand. Then, not very long after this, you began to be called Umar. Then a time came when the people began addressing you as commander of the faithful. So, fear Allah with regard to your subjects, and remember that the one who fears Allah’s punishment, for him the stranger also is like a close kinsman, and the one who fears death, may well lose that very thing which he wants to save. At this Jarud Abdi, who was accompanying Umar, said: O woman, you have talked insolently to the commander of the faithful. Thereupon Umar said: Let her say whatever she has to say. Do you know who she is? She was heard at the seventh heaven. So, she deserves to be heard longer and with greater attention by Umar. Imam Bukhari has also related briefly a story resembling to this.
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