Islamic Timeline of RevelationOpen in flowchart →Zaynab bint Khuzaymah (RA)
زينب بنت خزيمة
Known as Umm al-Masakin ('mother of the poor') for her charity. She died a few months after marrying the Prophet ﷺ.
Biography
Zaynab bint Khuzaymah was widowed (her husband is generally named as Abdullah ibn Jahsh, martyred at Uhud, though sources differ) and married the Prophet ﷺ around 3-4 AH. She died within a few months, the only wife besides Khadijah to die during his lifetime.
Details of her life are scarce and come from biographical works (Ibn Sa'd, Ibn Hajar's al-Isabah).
Sources & explanation
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💬 Explanation Unverified
Engineer Muhammad Ali Mirza's perspective
Methodological note (not a direct quote): Engineer Muhammad Ali Mirza's widely known approach is to build narratives primarily on the Quran and Sahih Hadith, to set aside Israiliyat (Judeo-Christian lore absorbed into later tafsir) and weak or fabricated narrations, and to avoid sectarian framing. Applied to this node: Sparse biographical data; marked as historical.
Further references
- Tabaqat Ibn Sa'd (historical)
- Ibn Hajar, al-Isabah (historical)
Connections
Linked with
- Prophet Muhammad ﷺ married — Wife (marriage)