Tuesday, August 21, 2012

Did Yoosuf (peace be upon him) marry the wife of al-‘Azeez in the end?

Did ALLAAH's prophet YUSUF(AS) later marry the same woman who had
tried seducing/tempting him, please support with sources if yes!?.
Praise be to Allaah.
There is no report in the Holy Qur'aan or the Sunnah of the Prophet
(blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) to prove or disprove that
Yoosuf (peace be upon him) married the wife of al-'Azeez, whose name
was said by some to be Ra'eel and by others to beZulaykha; al-Haafiz
Ibn Katheer suggested that Zulaykha was her title.
There is a report about Yoosuf (peace be upon him) marrying Ra'eel
that was narrated from a well-known imam of seerah and history,
Muhammad ibn Ishaaq (may Allah have mercy onhim) who said:
With regard to Yoosuf saying to the King, "Set me over the
store-houses of the land; I will indeed guard them with full
knowledge" [Yoosuf 12:55], the king said: I will do that. So he
appointed him instead of Itfeer and dismissed Itfeerfrom his post.
Allah says: "Thus did We give full authority to Yoosuf (Joseph) in the
land, to take possession therein, when or where he likes..."[Yoosuf
12:56].
He said: It was mentionedto me - and Allah knows best - that Itfeer
died during those nights and that the King al-Rayyaan ibn al-Waleed
gave Itfeer's wife, Ra'eel, to Yoosuf in marriage, and when she
entered upon him he said: Is this not better than what you wanted? And
they claimed that she said: O Siddeeq, do not blame me, for I was a
woman who was, as you see, beautiful and enjoying a life of luxury,
and my husband could not have intimate relations with women, and you
are as Allah made you, very handsome, and I could not help myself.
They claimed that he found her a virgin and he had intercourse with
her and she bore him two sons: Afra'eem ibn Yoosuf and Maysha ibn
Yoosuf. The son of Afra'eem was Noon, the father of Yoosha' ibn Noon,
and Rahmah the wife of Ayyoob (peace be upon him). End quote.
Narrated by Ibn Abi Haatim in al-Tafseer, 7/2161; al-Tabari in Jaami'
al-Bayaan, 16/151.
A similar report was narrated from Zayd ibn Aslam, the great Taabi'i,
and from Wahb ibn Munabbih, from the Israa'eeliyyaat (reports from
Jewish sources).
That was also narrated byal-Suyooti in al-Durr al-Manthoor, 4/553
Ibn al-Qayyim (may Allah have mercy on him) said:
Chapter 27: One who gives up his beloved to avoid a haraam
relationship and then wasenabled to be with his beloved in a halaal
way, or Allah compensated himwith some one better, as Yoosuf
al-Siddeeq avoided the wife of al-'Azeez for the sake of Allah, and
chose prison over immoral action, and Allah compensated him by giving
him full authority in the land to take possession therein when or
where he wanted, and the woman came to him humbly asking for a halaal
relationship, so he married her and when he entered upon her he said:
This is better than what you wanted.
Think about how Allah, may He be glorified and exalted, rewarded him
forthe hardship of prison andgave him full authority in the land to
take possession therein when or where he wanted, and subdued for him
the wife of al-'Azeez, and she and the other women attestedto his
innocence. This is what Allah ordained for His slaves in the past and
at present until the Day ofResurrection.
End quote from Rawdat al-Muhibbeen, p. 445
This does not mean that this story is definitively true; rather it
seems that it was taken from the People of the Book, and we have been
commanded not to believe them and not to disbelieve them either. The
Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: "Do not
believe the People of the Book and do not disbelieve them. Say: We
believe in that which has been revealed to us and revealed to you, our
God and your God is One, and we submit to Him." Narrated by
al-Bukhaari, 4485; classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in Silsilat
al-Ahaadeeth al-Saheehah, 422
And Allah knows best.

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