The story of Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) allegedly falling in love with his cousin and wife of his adopted son Zaid, Zainab bt. Jahsh, has been a subject of a lot of disputation for centuries. It is generally discussed in connection with Qur’an 33:37. In this paper an effort has been made to exhaustively delineate various aspects of the issue and critically analyse all its content forms on account of both their narrative authenticity and contextual veracity besides assessing their relation to the letter and flow of the relevant Qur’anic passage. Moreover, drawing on earliest sources its possible origin has also been suggested.

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