The story of Zaynab, the daughter of the Prophet, with Abu al-'As and the dissolution of the marriage

The questioner:
The Shaykh's case. You said that Allah is sufficient for you, and that the marriage of a Muslim woman is dissolved if she becomes a Muslim. But what about the story of Abu al-'As? Will he be reunited with her, just as the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) did?

The Shaykh:
That is, once the waiting period ends, her marriage is dissolved. This is the view of the majority of scholars. The case of Zaynab, the daughter of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and her husband Abu al-'As, when his Islam was delayed and then he became a Muslim and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) returned her to him, is a difficult case for the scholars. It is a difficult case for the scholars. Some scholars say that once the waiting period ends, the choice is hers. If she wishes to return to him, she may, and if she wishes to dissolve the marriage, she may do so after the completion of the waiting period. However, before the completion of the waiting period, she has no choice. She is his wife before the completion of the waiting period. If he becomes a Muslim before the waiting period ends, she is his wife and she has no choice. But after the completion of the waiting period, she has the choice. The evidence for this is that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) returned Zaynab to Abu al-'As ibn al-Rabi' when he became a Muslim. This falls under the category of her having the choice; if she desires him, she returns to him. So there is a difference between if he becomes a Muslim before the waiting period or after the waiting period. Before the waiting period, she is obligated to return to him because she is his wife. And after the waiting period, if he becomes a Muslim, they say she has the choice.
But the majority hold that as soon as the waiting period ends, her marriage is dissolved from him. The case of Zaynab is a specific case, a specific and difficult case for the scholars. Yes.

The questioner:
The case of the cake.

The Shaykh:
Ibn al-Qayyim has a long discussion in *Zad al-Ma'ad*. If you refer to it, he addresses the case of the daughter of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) with her husband Abu al-'As. Yes.