The Apostle gave him (Zaid) in marriage to his cousin Zaynab...

The Apostle

gave him (Zaid) in marriage to his cousin Zaynab; but when Zaid

divorced her, he (S) married her in obedience to Allah's command, and

to prove that he (S) was not Zaid's Father, which would make Zaynab

prohibited to him "Then when Zaid had dissolved (his marriage) with

her, with the necessary formalities, We joined her in marriage to thee:

In order that (in the future) there may be no difficulty to the Believers in

(the matter of) marriage with the wives of their adopted sons, when the

later have dissolved with necessary formalities (their marriage) with

them. And Allah's command must be fulfilled." (32: 39) Thus,

prohibiting marriage with the previous wives of a son depends on

proving their actual lineage to the father; if such a lineage cannot be

proved, then marrying the previous wives is not prohibited. It is for this

reason that Allah Almighty said: "Of any of your men."

If this was not the case, then what about Ibrahim, Al-Qasim, Al-Taeeb

Imam Hassan (A): "This son of mine is a Master."

He also said: "Al-Hassan and Al-Hussain, these two sons of mine, are

Imams whether they rise or forebear."

and: “Every daughter's children are called to their Father, save

Fatima's children; for I am their Father."

In another interpretation of "of any of your children," some scholars

say: "What He meant by “Men", was the mature ones; and none of his

children were mature at that time."

In conclusion, whatever has been said about the Apostle's sons, can

be said to include Al-Hassan and Al-Hussain. They were the Prophet

[1] The Prophet (S) chose Al-Hassan and Al- Hussain to represent his

sons, Fatima for "women," and himself and Ali (A) for "ourselves."

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