Urwa bin Az-Zubair
Why he matters
A leading scholar of Medina (Successor) and the nephew of Aisha, serving as the primary transmitter of her knowledge and her Quranic codex.
Sahih al-Bukhari 1643
عَنْ عُرْوَةَ، قَالَ سَأَلْتُ عَائِشَةَ ـ رضى الله عنها ـ زَوْجَ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقُلْتُ أَرَأَيْتِ قَوْلَ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى {إِنَّ الصَّفَا وَالْمَرْوَةَ مِنْ شَعَائِرِ اللَّهِ فَمَنْ حَجَّ الْبَيْتَ أَوِ اعْتَمَرَ فَلاَ جُنَاحَ عَلَيْهِ أَنْ يَطَّوْفَ بِهِمَا} فَمَا أُرَى عَلَى أَحَدٍ شَيْئًا أَنْ لاَ يَطَّوْفَ بِهِمَا. فَقَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ بِئْسَ مَا قُلْتَ يَا ابْنَ أُخْتِي، إِنَّ هَذِهِ لَوْ كَانَتْ كَمَا أَوَّلْتَهَا عَلَيْهِ كَانَتْ لاَ جُنَاحَ عَلَيْهِ أَنْ لاَ يَطَّوْفَ بِهِمَا، وَلَكِنَّهَا أُنْزِلَتْ فِي الأَنْصَارِ كَانُوا قَبْلَ أَنْ يُسْلِمُوا يُهِلُّونَ لِمَنَاةَ الطَّاغِيَةِ الَّتِي كَانُوا يَعْبُدُونَهَا عِنْدَ الْمُشَلَّلِ...
Narrated `Urwa: I asked `Aisha (the wife of the Prophet) 'What do you think about the Statement of Allah: "Verily! As-Safa and Al-Marwa are of the Symbols of Allah. So it is not a sin on him who performs Hajj or 'Umra of the House to perform the Tawaf between them." (2.158) So, as I see it, there is no sin on anybody if he does not perform the Tawaf between them.' `Aisha said, 'What a bad thing you have said, O son of my sister! If that verse was as you have interpreted it, it would have been: "It is not a sin on him if he does not perform the Tawaf between them." But it was revealed in connection with the Ansar who used to assume the Ihram for worshipping an idol called Manat...'
Sahih al-Bukhari 4573
عَنْ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ، أَنَّهُ سَأَلَ عَائِشَةَ زَوْجَ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم عَنْ قَوْلِهِ تَعَالَى {وَإِنْ خِفْتُمْ أَنْ لاَ تُقْسِطُوا فِي الْيَتَامَى فَانْكِحُوا مَا طَابَ لَكُمْ مِنَ النِّسَاءِ مَثْنَى وَثُلاَثَ وَرُبَاعَ} فَقَالَتْ يَا ابْنَ أُخْتِي هِيَ الْيَتِيمَةُ تَكُونُ فِي حَجْرِ وَلِيِّهَا، فَيَرْغَبُ فِي جَمَالِهَا وَمَالِهَا، وَيُرِيدُ أَنْ يَتَزَوَّجَهَا بِأَدْنَى مِنْ سُنَّةِ نِسَائِهَا مِنْ صَدَاقِهِنَّ، فَنُهُوا عَنْ أَنْ يَنْكِحُوهُنَّ إِلاَّ أَنْ يُقْسِطُوا لَهُنَّ...
Narrated `Urwa bin Az-Zubair: I asked `Aisha about the Statement of Allah: 'If you fear that you shall not be able to deal justly with the orphan girls, then marry (other) women of your choice, two or three or four...' (4.3) `Aisha said, 'O my nephew! (This Verse has been revealed in connection with) an orphan girl under the guardianship of her guardian who is attracted by her wealth and beauty and intends to marry her with a Mahr less than what other women of her standard deserve. So they (such guardians) have been forbidden to marry them unless they do justice to them...'
12. Yusuf
Standard Uthmanic Text
حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا ٱسۡتَيۡـَٔسَ ٱلرُّسُلُ وَظَنُّوٓاْ أَنَّهُمۡ قَدۡ كُذِبُواْ جَآءَهُمۡ نَصۡرُنَا فَنُجِّيَ مَن نَّشَآءُۖ وَلَا يُرَدُّ بَأۡسُنَا عَنِ ٱلۡقَوۡمِ ٱلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ
– Until, when the messengers had given up hope, and thought that they had been lied to, Our help came to them, and those whom We pleased were rescued. But Our violence was not turned back from the people who were sinners.
Urwa bin Az-Zubair Variant
كُذِبُوا
they were betrayed (kudhibu, lightened reading)
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْيَمَانِ، أَخْبَرَنَا شُعَيْبٌ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عُرْوَةُ، فَقُلْتُ لَعَلَّهَا {كُذِبُوا} مُخَفَّفَةً. قَالَتْ مَعَاذَ اللَّهِ نَحْوَهُ
Narrated `Urwa:"I told her (`Aisha): (Regarding the above narration), they (Apostles) were betrayed (by Allah)." She said: Allah forbid or said similarly[omitted from the english translation: I said, "Perhaps it is {kudhibu} recited lightly (without a shadda)."]