Zaynab bint Jahsh
cousin and seventh wife of Muhammad (c. 590–641)
Zaynab bint Jahsh (Arabic: زينب بنت جحش; c. 590–641) was Muhammad's cousin[1][2] and his wife. For this reason, the Mother of the Believers Muslims as the honor.[3]
Zaynab bint Jahsh Mother of the Believers | |
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| زينب بنت جحش | |
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| Born | Zaynab bint Jahsh 590 CE |
| Died | 641 CE (aged 51) |
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| Known for | Wife of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, Mother of the Believers |
| Title | ʾumm al-muʾminīn |
| Spouse(s) | Unknown first husband (had died by 622) Zayd ibn Harithah (married around 625 - divorced in 627) Muhammad (m. 627 - till his death in 632) |
| Parent(s) | Jahsh ibn Riyab Umama bint Abdul Muttalib |
| Relatives | Muhammad (first cousin) Abdullah ibn Jahsh, Ubaydullah ibn Jahsh, Abu Ahmad ibn Jahsh, Habiba bint Jahsh and Hammanah bint Jahsh (siblings) |
| Family | Banu Asad ibn Khuzaymah (by birth) House of Muhammad (by marriage) |
References
change- ↑ Gwynne, Paul (2013-12-23). Buddha, Jesus and Muhammad: A Comparative Study. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-1-118-46549-3.
- ↑ Bewley/Saad 8:72; The History of al-Tabari. Volume VIII: The Victory of Islam, page-4; The History of al-Tabari. Volume XXXIX: Biographies of the Prophet's Companions and Their Successors, page-180; cf Guillaume/Ishaq 3; Maududi (1967), Tafhimul Quran, Chapter Al Ahzab.
- ↑ Abdulmalik ibn Hisham. Notes to Ibn Ishaq's "Life of the Prophet", Note 918. Translated by Guillaume, A. (1955). The Life of Muhammad, p. 793. Oxford: Oxford University Press.