Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (2) Chapter 20 PDF

## Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (2) ### Chapter 20 Khadijah had a nephew. His name was Hakeem ibn Haram. Hakeem had bought a slave and offered him to Khadijah, and she offered him to the Prophet. It was this slave who was known as Zayd ibn Harithah. Before Islam, Zayd was taken during a raid and sold as a...

## Prophet Muhammad ﷺ (2) ### Chapter 20 Khadijah had a nephew. His name was Hakeem ibn Haram. Hakeem had bought a slave and offered him to Khadijah, and she offered him to the Prophet. It was this slave who was known as Zayd ibn Harithah. Before Islam, Zayd was taken during a raid and sold as a slave. When Zayd's father, Harithah, and his uncle Ka'b came to know that Zayd was living with the Prophet in Makkah as his slave, both of them came to Makkah and requested the Prophet to set Zayd free. The Prophet accepted their request at once. He said that Zayd was free to go with them if he so desired. Zayd was then called, and the Prophet asked him "Do you know these two men?." Zayd replied, "Yes! They are my father and uncle." He then said, "They have come to take you back with them. I give you permission to go with them." Zayd replied, "I do not want to go with them." Zayd's father soled him and said, "Do you prefer slavery to freedom?" Zayd replied "I have seen in Muhammad ﷺ such wonderful things that I can prefer no one in the entire world to him." Having heard Zayd's reply, the Prophet got up, took Zayd with him and, entering the Ka'bah, said in a loud voice, "O people! Be witness to it that today I set Zayd free and take him as my son." This delighted both the father and uncle of Zayd and they went away, leaving their son in the company of the Prophet. From that day on, the boy came to be called Zayd ibn Muhammad instead of Zayd ibn Harithah until Allah's Command came to the contrary. So he returned to the name Zayd ibn Harithah. But he still enjoyed the love, affection and the great company of the Prophet.