Zaynab bint Khuzayma
Zaynab bint Khuzayma Jannat al-Baqi, Medina | |
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Known for | Fifth wife of Muhammad |
Title | Umm al-Masakin |
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Parent(s) | Khuzayma ibn Al-Harith (father) |
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Zaynab bint Khuzayma (
Early life
Zaynab was the first of Muhammad’s wives who was not from the
Her first husband was her cousin, Jahm ibn ‘Amr ibn al-Harith.[4]
While Zaynab was still a polytheist,[6][7] she acquired a reputation for extreme generosity. "She was called 'Mother of the Beggars' because of her kindness to them and her pity for them."[4]
It is not known exactly when Zaynab converted to Islam, but her second husband was a prominent Muslim,
Zaynab's next husband was Tufayl ibn al-Harith, a Muslim from the Muttalib clan;[6] but this marriage also ended in divorce.[7][10]
Afterwards Zaynab married Tufayl's brother,
Marriage to Muhammad
There are conflicting reports as to whether Zaynab was "beautiful"
It has been suggested that Muhammad proposed or agreed to the match in order to provide for a deserving widow who would otherwise have been reduced to poverty.[14][15] It was said the marriage was meant to reassure his followers that their deaths in battle would not mean their families would starve and be neglected.[11] An alternative suggestion is that the marriage was politically motivated, "cultivating good relations with her own tribe of ‘Amir b. Sa’sa’ah."[16]
One story about their married life tells how a poor man came to Zaynab’s house to beg for some flour. She gave him the last of what she had and had no food for herself that night. Moved by her compassion, Muhammad told his other wives about it, saying: "If you have faith in Allah ... he will provide for your sustenance even as he does for the birds, who leave their nest hungry in the morning but return full at night".[10]
Death
Zaynab's marriage to Muhammad lasted only a few months. She died at aged about thirty. Muhammad carried her to
Her house at the mosque remained empty for six months until Muhammad's sixth wife,
References
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- ^ Prophet Muhammad for All, Hadrat Zainab
- ^ Bodley, Ronald V. "The Messenger: The Wives of Mohammed", 1946.
- ^ a b c d e Abdulmalik ibn Hisham, Notes to Ibn Ishaq’s Sirat Rasulallah, #918, in Guillaume, A. (1955), The Life of Muhammad. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 794.
- ^ a b Ismail ibn Umar ibn Kathir. The Life of the Prophet Muhammad Volume 3. Translated by Trevor Le Gassick (2000). Reading, UK: Garnet, 122.
- ^ a b c d e f g Muhammad ibn Sa'd. Kitab al-Tabaqat al-Kabir Volume 8. Translated by Bewley, A. (1995). The Women of Madina. London: TaHa Publishers, 82.
- ^ a b c Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari. Tarikh al-Rusul wa’l-Muluk. Translated by Landau-Tasseron, E. (1998). Volume 39: Biographies of the Prophet’s Companions and Their Successors. Albany : State University of New York Press, 163-164.
- ^ a b c Muhammad ibn Sa'd. Kitab al-Tabaqat al-Kabir Volume 3. Translated by Bewley, A. (2013). The Companions of Badr. London: TaHa Publishers.
- ^ Muhammad ibn Ishaq. Sirat Rasulallah. Translated by Guillaume, A. (1955). The Life of Muhammad. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 215.
- ^ a b c d e Ahmed, M. Mukkaram. "Encyclopaedia of Islam", 2005. p. 141
- ^ a b Wessels, Antonie (1972). "A Modern Arabic Biography of Muhammad". Leiden: Brill, 107
- ^ Hatimy, Said Abdullah Saif. "Woman in Islam", 1979. p. 105
- ^ Muhammad ibn Jarir al-Tabari. Tarikh al-Rusul wa’l-Muluk. Translated by McDonald, M. V. (1987). Volume 7: The Foundation of the Community. Albany: State University of New York Press, 107.
- ^ Mus'ad, M. F. (1991). The Wives of the Prophet Muhammad: Their Strives and Their Lives. Cairo: Islamic Inc. Publishing & Distribution, 99.
- ^ Rizvi, S. A. (1999). The Life of Muhammad The Prophet. Darul Tabligh North America, 93.
- ^ Watt, W. M. (1956). Muhammad at Medina. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 287.
- ^ Muhammad ibn Sa'd. Kitab al-Tabaqat al-Kabir Volume 8. Translated by Bewley, A. (1995). London: TaHa Publishers, 65.