Then what was his sin?

Then what was his sin?\u2019 \n The Imam -asws\u00a0 said, \u2018Woe be to you! David thought that the Honourable the Exalted Allah -azwj had not Created anyone more learned than himself. Therefore, the Honourable the Exalted Allah -azwj sent two angels towards him -as who climbed up the walls of the prayer niche and said, \u2018 … Fear not: we are two disputants, one of whom has wronged the other: Decide now between us with truth, and treat us not with injustice, but guide us to the even Path.

This man is my brother: He has nine and ninety ewes, and I have (but) one: Yet he says, \u2018commit her to my care,\u2019 and is (moreover) harsh to me in speech. (38:22-23) \n Then David turned to the one against whom a claim was made and said , \u2018He (Dawood) said: \u2018He has wronged you by asking for your ewe to (be added) to his ewes, … .(38:24) He did not turn to the claimant to ask him for any evidence.

Thus, this was just a fault in the way he judged, not a fault in the way you think about it. Have you ever heard that the Honourable the Exalted Allah -azwj said, \u201cO Dawood! Surely, We Made you a Caliph in the earth, therefore judge between the people with the Truth and do not follow the vain desires, for you will stray from the Way of Allah.

Surely, those who stray from the way of Allah, for them is a severe Punishment due to their forgetting the Day of Reckoning!\u201d (38:26) \n He then asked: \u2018O son of the Prophet of Allah -asws ! What was behind the story of Uryah?\u2019 \n Al-Reza -asws said, \u2018When a woman\u2019s husband died or got killed during the time of David -as , she never married again. The first man who was permitted to marry a widow whose husband was killed was David -as .

He married Uryah\u2019s wife when after Uryah\u2019s husband got killed and after her waiting period was over. This was what was hard on the people regarding Uryah.\u2019 \n And regarding Muhammad -saww and the Honourable the Exalted Allah -azwj \u2019s Words, \u2018and you concealed within yourself what Allah would be Manifesting, and you feared the people while Allah is more deserving that you fear Him.

(33:37) \n The Honourable the Exalted Allah -azwj had already informed His Prophet -saww about the names of his wives in this world, and the names of his wives in the Hereafter, and that they will be the mothers of the believers. One of them was called Zaynab – the daughter of Jahsh who was married to Zayd ibn Haritha at that time.