Ibn Abi Hatim said that his father and Abu Zur`ah both said that `Abdullah
bin Az-Zubayr Al-Humaydi told them that Sufyan informed them that Al-Walid bin
Kathir related from Ibn Tadrus who reported that Asma' bint Abi Bakr said, "When
[تَبَّتْ يَدَآ أَبِى
لَهَبٍ]
(Perish the two hands of Abu Lahab and perish he)!) was revealed, the
one-eyed Umm Jamil bint Harb came out wailing, and she had a stone in her hand.
She was saying, `He criticizes our father, and his religion is our scorn, and
his command is to disobey us.' The Messenger of Allah was sitting in the Masjid
(of the Ka`bah) and Abu Bakr was with him. When Abu Bakr saw her he said, `O
Messenger of Allah! She is coming and I fear that she will see you.' The
Messenger of Allah replied,
«إِنَّهَا لَنْ
تَرَانِي»
(Verily, she will not see me.) Then he recited some of the Qur'an as a
protection for himself. This is as Allah says,
[وَإِذَا قَرَأْتَ
الْقُرءَانَ جَعَلْنَا بَيْنَكَ وَبَيْنَ الَّذِينَ لاَ يُؤْمِنُونَ بِالاٌّخِرَةِ
حِجَابًا مَّسْتُورًا ]
(And when you recite the Qur'an, We put between you and those who believe not
in the Hereafter, an invisible veil.) (17:45) So she advanced until she was
standing in front of Abu Bakr and she did not see the Messenger of Allah . She
then said, `O Abu Bakr! Verily, I have been informed that your friend is making
defamatory poetry about me.' Abu Bakr replied, `Nay! By the Lord of this House
(the Ka`bah) he is not defaming you.' So she turned away saying, `Indeed the
Quraysh know that I am the daughter of their leader.''' Al-Walid or another
person said in a different version of this Hadith, "So Umm Jamil stumbled over
her waist gown while she was making circuits (Tawaf) around the House (the
Ka`bah) and she said, `Cursed be the reviler.' Then Umm Hakim bint
`Abdul-Muttalib said, `I am a chaste woman so I will not speak abusively and I
am refined so I do not know. Both of us are children of the same uncle. And
after all the Quraysh know best.'' This is the end of the Tafsir of this Surah,
and all praise and blessings are due to Allah.
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