Zaynab bint Jahsh

Zaynab bint Jahsh
Mother of the Believers
زينب بنت جحش
Bornc. 590 CE
Mecca, Hejaz, Arabia (present-day Saudi Arabia)
Diedc. 640/641 CE (aged 51)
Medina, Hejaz, Rashidun Caliphate (present-day Saudi Arabia)
Resting placeJannat al-Baqi, Medina
Known forSeventh wife of Muhammad
Spouses
  • Unknown first husband (died by 622)
  • Zayd ibn Harithah (m. around 625 – divorced in 627)
  • Muhammad (m. 627 – till his death in 632)
Parents
Relatives
brother(s):
sister(s):
cousin:
FamilyBanu Asad (by birth)
Ahl al-Bayt (by marriage)

Zaynab bint Jaḥsh (Arabic: زينب بنت جحش; c. 590–641), was the first cousin[1] and the seventh wife of Muhammad and therefore, considered by Muslims to be a Mother of the Believers.[2]

  1. ^ Gwynne, Paul (2013). Buddha, Jesus and Muhammad: A Comparative Study. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-1118465493.
  2. ^ 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.