Prophet Muhammed ﷺ - The Best Stepfather Ever
When Rasoolullah ﷺ married Ummul Mu’mineem Umme Salama ؓ to give her protection, she already had three children: Salamah ؓ, Umar ؓ and Zainab ؓ. Prophet Muhammed ﷺ gave them fatherly love by adopting them. (Ref: Ibn Is’haq)
In due course of time, it was narrated by Sayyiduna Anas bin Maalik ؓ that he once saw Prophet Muhammed ﷺ involved in a recreational activity with Zainab bint Abi Salama ؓ. He was laughing and calling out: “O Zuwaynib, O Zuwaynib! _(Ref: Al-Ahadith al-Mukhtarah by Diauddin Maqdisi)._
Actually, Zuwaynib is the diminutive of the name Zaynab. So in this way, Prophet Muhammed ﷺ was actually calling her affectionately as “dear little Zaynab”, which he often used to do to the little ones.
In another narration, Umar bin Abi Salama ؓ himself recounted that once as a child, when he was under the guardianship of Prophet Muhammed ﷺ, they were eating food together. During the meal, he was picking up morsels from random places from the shared plate. So the Prophet of love and mercy ﷺ said: “O my boy! Eat only after mentioning Allah’s name, and take from whichever part of the plate is near to you.” _(Ref: Sahih Bukhari, Sahih Muslim)_
Though the hadiths are very few which fetch us the conversations that Prophet Muhammed ﷺ had with his step children, these two hadiths give us a better picture of how merciful, friendly, jovial, easy going, loving and caring guide, teacher and step-father Prophet Muhammed ﷺ was to his adopted children.
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