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hakim:6768Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > ʿAbdullāh b. Abū Usāmah al-Ḥalabī > Ḥajjāj b. Abū Manīʿ from his father > al-Zuhrī

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ married Umm Habibah bint Abi Sufyan, who was previously married to Ubaidullah ibn Jahsh al-Asadi, from the tribe of Khuza'a. He passed away in Abyssinia (Ethiopia) while they were immigrating from Mecca. He converted to Christianity and Allah confirmed Islam for Umm Habibah and her migration. Her husband also converted to Christianity and passed away, but Umm Habibah refused to convert. Allah confirmed Islam and migration for her until she arrived in Medina. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ proposed to her and Uthman ibn Affan married her. Al-Zuhri said, "They claimed that the Prophet ﷺ wrote to the Negus and married her to him, but this is not confirmed."  

الحاكم:٦٧٦٨حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَبِي أُسَامَةَ الْحَلَبِيُّ ثنا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ أَبِي مَنِيعٍ عَنْ جَدِّهِ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ قَالَ

«فَتَزَوَّجَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أُمَّ حَبِيبَةَ بِنْتَ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ وَكَانَتْ قَبْلَهُ تَحْتَ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ جَحْشٍ الْأَسَدِيِّ أَسَدِ خُزَيْمَةَ فَمَاتَ عَنْهَا بِأَرْضِ الْحَبَشَةِ وَكَانَ خَرَجَ بِهَا مِنْ مَكَّةَ مُهَاجِرًا ثُمَّ افْتُتِنَ وَتَنَصَّرَ فَمَاتَ وَهُوَ نَصْرَانِيٌّ وَأَثْبَتَ اللَّهُ الْإِسْلَامَ لِأُمِّ حَبِيبَةَ وَالْهِجْرَةَ ثُمَّ تَنَصَّرَ زَوْجُهَا وَمَاتَ وَهُوَ نَصْرَانِيٌّ وَأَبَتْ أُمُّ حَبِيبَةَ بِنْتُ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ أَنْ تَتَنَصَّرَ وَأَتَمَّ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى لَهَا الْإِسْلَامَ وَالْهِجْرَةَ حَتَّى قَدِمَتِ الْمَدِينَةَ فَخَطَبَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَزَوَّجَهَا إِيَّاهُ عُثْمَانُ بْنُ عَفَّانَ» قَالَ الزُّهْرِيُّ «وَقَدْ زَعَمُوا أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَتَبَ إِلَى النَّجَاشِيِّ فَزَوَّجَهَا إِيَّاهُ وَسَاقَ عَنْهُ أَرْبَعِينَ أُوقِيَّةً»