Tafsir Al-Jalalayn: Al-Anbiyaa, Ayah 89

Al-Anbiyaa · Ayah 89 · View Ayah
وَزَكَرِيَّآ إِذْ نَادَىٰ رَبَّهُۥ رَبِّ لَا تَذَرْنِى فَرْدًۭا وَأَنتَ خَيْرُ ٱلْوَٰرِثِينَ
And [mention] Zechariah, when he called to his Lord, "My Lord, do not leave me alone [with no heir], while you are the best of inheritors."

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Al-Jalalayn Commentary

And mention Zachariah Zakariyyā is substituted by the following idh nādā rabbahu … when he cried out to his Lord saying ‘My Lord do not leave me without an heir without a son to inherit from me and You are the best of inheritors’ the One that endures after all of your creation has perished.

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(And Zachariah) and mention, O Muhammad, Zachariah, (when he cried unto) when he prayed to (his Lord: My Lord! Leave me not childless) alone without any helper, (though Thou art the best of inheritors) though You are the best of helpers.

Related Hadiths

Sunan Ibn Majah#4234Sahih

Zaid was: "The most knowledgeable of them concerning the rules of inheritance."

Narrated by Another chain with similar wording (as no. 154) but he said that:
Sunan Ibn Majah#1884Sahih

"Zakariyya was a carpenter."

Narrated by It was narrated from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:
Sahih Muslim#1245Sahih

Abu Zubair al-Makki reported that he had heard 'Abdullah b. Zubair uttering (the words) like that of the hadith (narrated above) at the end of the prayer after pronouncing salutation. He at the conclu...

Sahih Muslim#3966Sahih

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Zakariya with the same chain of transmitters.

Sahih Muslim#6006Sahih

Zakariyya (peace be upon him) was a carpenter.

Narrated by Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:
Sunan Abu Dawud#5153

Gabriel kept on commending the neighbor to me so that I thought he would make him an heir.

Narrated by ‘A’ishah reported the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) as saying:
Sahih Muslim#6145Sahih

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Zakriyya' through another chain of transmitters.

Sunan Abu Dawud#1269Da'if

'Abd Rabbihi and Yahya b. Sa'id also narrated this tradition from the Prophet (ﷺ) omitting the name of the Companion (mursal). Their grandfather Zaid prayed along with the Prophet (ﷺ).

Narrated by This tradition has also been transmitted by 'Ata b. Abi Rabah on the authority of Sa'd b. Sa'id through a different chain of narrators. Abu Dawud said:
Sahih Muslim#4842Sahih

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Zakariya b. Abu Za'ida with the same chain of transmitters.

Sahih al-Bukhari#3831Sahih

Abu Zaid died and did not leave any offspring, and he was one of the Badr warriors.

Narrated by Narrated Anas:

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