need to know for the sake of knowledge

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Re: need to know for the sake of knowledge

@ramesha

I have researched this topic and I have many reasons to believe why Ruqqaya, Zainab, Umm Kulthoom were not the daughters of the Prophet (saww). I will put some points here:

1. In chapter 108 of Quran it is said that the Quraysh used to call Prophet (saww) “Al-Abtar” or one who has no offspring (since Fatimah was not born at the early part of his mission). Tafsir Ibn Kathri says about the last verse of Sura Kawsar;

"…Ibn Abbas, Mujahid, Said bin Jubayr and Qatadah all said, "This Ayah was revealed about Al-As bin Wa'il. Whenever the Messenger of Allah would be mentioned (in his presence) he would say, Leave him, for indeed he is a man who is cut off having no descendants. So when he dies he will not be remembered.’ "

So if the Prophet (saww) had all these biological, living daughters then why was he called one with “no descendants” until the birth of Fatimah (as)?

Wasalam,
ramesha

Peace ramesha!

**Kauthar: **the heavenly Fountain of unbounded grace and knowledge, mercy and goodness, truth and wisdom, spiritual power and insight, which was granted to the holy Prophet , the man of God, and in some degree or other, to all men and women who are sincere devotees of God. That Fountain quenches the highest spiritual thrist of man: It confers overflowing benefite of all kinds. In Surah Baqarah verses 269: “And he to whom wisdom is granted receiveth indeed a benefit overflowing.” Such a person wants for nothing: wordly pomp and wealth are a dust beneath his feet.

Sahih Bukhari Virtues of Madinah

Hadith No. 112

Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet said, “There is a garden from the gardens of Paradise between my house and my pulpit, and my pulpit is on my Lake Fount (Al-Kauthar).”

He who grants these blessing is God, and to God alone must we turn in adoration and thanksgiving, and in sacrifices. Nahr=sacrifice: in a restricted ritual sense, the sacrifice of camels (Surah Al Hajj verses 33, 36 about sacrifce of camel) But the ritual is a mere symbol. Behind it is a deep spiritual meaning: the meat slaughtered feeds the poor, and the slaughter is a symbol of the self-sacrifice in our heats. “It is not their meat nor their blood, that teaches Allah: it is your piety that eaches Him” (Surah Al Hajj verses 37)

Hatred and spite are not constructive contributions to the work of this world, but its opposite. Abu Jahl and his Pagans confederates vented their personal spite and venom against the Prophet by taunting him with the loss of his two infant sons by Hazrat Khadija , but where were these venomous detractors a few years afterwards, when the divine Light shone more brilliantly than over? It was these that were cut off from all future hope, in this world and the next.

Sahih Bukhari Book Companions of the Prophet

Hadith No. 76

Narrated Al-Miswar bin Makhrama: 'Ali demanded the hand of the daughter of Abu Jahl. Fatima heard of this and went to Allah’s Apostle saying, "Your people think that you do not become angry for the sake of your daughters as 'Ali is now going to marry the daughter of Abu Jahl. “On that Allah’s Apostle got up and after his recitation of Tashah-hud. I heard him saying, “Then after! I married one of my daughters to Abu Al-‘As bin Al-Rabi’ (the husband of Zainab, the daughter of the Prophet ) before Islam and he proved truthful in whatever he said to me. No doubt, Fatima is a part of me, I hate to see her being troubled. By Allah, the daughter of Allah’s Apostle and the daughter of Allah’s Enemy cannot be the wives of one man.” So 'Ali gave up that engagement. 'Al-Miswar further said: I heard the Prophet talking and he mentioned a son-in-law of his belonging to the tribe of Bani 'Abd-Shams. He highly praised him concerning that relationship and said (whenever) he spoke to me, he spoke the truth, and whenever he promised me, he fulfilled his promise.”