| The Wives of Muhammad |
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Khadijah bint Khuwaylid • Sawda bint Zama* • Aisha* • Hafsa bint Umar • Zaynab bint Khuzayma • Umm Salama Hind bint Abi Umayya • Zaynab bint Jahsh • Juwayriya bint al-Harith • Ramlah bint Abi-Sufyan • Safiyya bint Huyayy • Maymuna bint al-Harith • Maria al-Qibtiyya** *Succession Disputed **Disputed |
Biography by Ibn Kathir
Zaynab bint Khuzayma, may Allah be pleased with her, was married to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) in Ramadan, 4 AH, soon after his marriage to Hafsa when he was fifty-six years old and she was thirty years old. After she had been made a widow when her husband was martyred at Badr, she offered herself in marriage to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) who accepted her proposal and married her. Zaynab bint Khuzayma was so generous to orphans and the poor that she came to be known as the 'Mother of the Poor'. She died only eight months after her marriage, may Allah be pleased with her, and although not a great deal is known about her today, there will be many who will testify to her generosity on the Last Day.