[Machine] "The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , arranged the marriage of his daughter Zainab to Ali ibn Abi Talib after six years. This is mentioned in a narration by Ahmad ibn Khalid, and in another narration by Yunus, it is mentioned that nothing happened between Zainab and Ali for six years. Abu Dawood also narrated this from the hadith of Salamah ibn al-Fadl and others, through the narration of Ibn Ishaq. This is because Zainab embraced Islam and migrated to Madinah, while her father, Abu al-As ibn al-Rabi, did not accept Islam. The consummation of their marriage did not depend on the completion of her waiting period until the verse of prohibition for Muslim women to marry polytheists was revealed after the Treaty of Hudaybiyyah. After its revelation, the consummation of their marriage depended on the completion of her waiting period, and it did not take long before Abu Basir and others arrested Abu al-As and sent him to Madinah. Zainab then released him. Abu al-As returned to Makkah and brought back what he had deposited from the trust, and openly declared his Islam. There was only a short period of time between the completion of her waiting period and his acceptance of Islam."  

رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ زَيْنَبَ ابْنَتَهُ عَلَى أَبِي الْعَاصِ بْنِ الرَّبِيعِ عَلَى النِّكَاحِ الْأَوَّلِ بَعْدَ سِتِّ سِنِينَ لَفْظُ حَدِيثِ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ خَالِدٍ وَفِي رِوَايَةِ يُونُسَ بِالنِّكَاحِ الْأَوَّلِ لَمْ يُحْدِثْ شَيْئًا بَعْدَ سِتِّ سِنِينَ وَرَوَاهُ أَبُو دَاوُدَ مِنْ حَدِيثِ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ الْفَضْلِ وَغَيْرِهِ عَنِ ابْنِ إِسْحَاقَ وَهَذَا لِأَنَّ بِإِسْلَامِهَا ثُمَّ بِهِجْرَتِهَا إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ وَامْتِنَاعِ أَبِي الْعَاصِ مِنَ الْإِسْلَامِ لَمْ يَتَوَقَّفْ نِكَاحُهَا عَلَى انْقِضَاءِ الْعِدَّةِ حَتَّى نَزَلَتْ آيَةُ التَّحْرِيمِ لِِلْمُسْلِمَاتِ عَلَى الْمُشْرِكِينَ بَعْدَ صُلْحِ الْحُدَيْبِيَةِ ثُمَّ بَعْدَ نُزُولِهَا تَوَقَّفَ نِكَاحُهَا عَلَى انْقِضَاءِ عِدَّتِهَا فَلَمْ تَلْبَثْ إِلَّا يَسِيرًا حَتَّى أَخَذَ أَبُو بَصِيرٍ وَغَيْرُهُ أَبَا الْعَاصِ أَسِيرًا وَبَعَثَ بِهِ إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ فَأَجَارَتْهُ زَيْنَبُ ؓ ثُمَّ رَجَعَ إِلَى مَكَّةَ وَرَدَّ مَا كَانَ عِنْدَهُ مِنَ الْوَدَائِعِ وَأَظْهَرَ إِسْلَامَهُ فَلَمْ يَكُنْ بَيْنَ تَوَقُّفِ نِكَاحِهَا عَلَى انْقِضَاءِ الْعِدَّةِ وَبَيْنَ إِسْلَامِهِ إِلَّا الْيَسِيرُ