he would go back, restore every trust to its rightful owner, then return and embrace Islam. He did exactly that, and the Prophet ﷺ did not separate the two of them.

Ibn Lahiʿah narrated—from Mūsā ibn Jubayr al-Anṣārī, from ʿArāk ibn Mālik, from Abū Bakr ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān, from Umm Salamah—that Zaynab, daughter of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, received a message from her husband Abū al-ʿĀṣ: “Obtain a guarantee of protection for me from your father.” She put her head out of the door of her room while the Prophet ﷺ was leading the dawn prayer and announced, “People, I am Zaynab the daughter of the Messenger of Allah, and I have granted protection to Abū al-ʿĀṣ.” When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ concluded the prayer he said, “People, I had no knowledge of this matter until you heard it just now. Be aware that the lowest-ranking Muslim may grant protection on behalf of the whole community.”

Ibn Isḥāq reported—through Dāʾūd ibn al-Ḥuṣayn, from ʿIkrimah, from Ibn ʿAbbās—that the Prophet ﷺ restored his daughter to Abū al-ʿĀṣ on the basis of their original marriage contract after six years.

Ḥajjāj ibn Arṭāh transmitted—from Muḥammad ibn ʿUbayd Allāh al-ʿArzamī, who is weak, from ʿAmr ibn Shuʿayb, from his father, from his grandfather—that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ returned her to him with a new dowry and a new contract.

Imām Aḥmad remarked, “This ḥadīth is weak; the correct view is that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ reinstated them on the original marriage.”

Ibn Isḥāq also said: Abū al-ʿĀṣ then went back to Mecca as a Muslim, though he took part in no expedition with the Prophet ﷺ. Later he came to Medina, where he died toward the end of