The occasion of the revelation of the saying of Allah the Exalted: “Muhammad is not the father of any of your men”

Question:
I move on to another questioner, Abu 'Abd al-Mu'min, who asks about the saying of Allah the Exalted: What is the occasion of the revelation of this verse? Is it that the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) had male descendants?

Answer:
The occasion of the revelation of this verse is that they used to consider Zayd ibn Harithah (may Allah be pleased with him) as the son of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), whereas he was a freed slave. A freed slave of the Messenger means a man whom the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) had freed, and he was not the son of the Messenger. In the pre-Islamic age of ignorance, they used to attribute freed slaves to their masters. Allah (Glorified and Exalted is He) said: Therefore, a slave or a freed man is not attributed to his master or the one who freed him, but rather he is attributed to his father in terms of lineage. Yes.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you,