Zaynab bint Jahsh

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Zaynab bint Jahsh was a prominent early Muslim woman and one of the wives of the Prophet Muhammad, known for her piety and charitable nature.


Statements (47)
Predicate Object
instanceOf Companion of Muhammad
Muslim woman
historical figure
wife of Muhammad
associatedWithEvent revelation concerning adoption laws in Islam
clan Banu Asad ibn Khuzayma
contemporaryOf Abu Bakr
Ali ibn Abi Talib
Umar ibn al-Khattab
distributedWealthTo needy
poor
era early Islamic period
ethnicity Arab
father Jahsh ibn Ri’ab
fullName Zaynab bint Jahsh bint Ri’ab
givenName Zaynab
honorific Umm al-Mu’minin
householdPractice gave much of her income in charity
knownFor charity
devotion to prayer
frequent fasting
generosity to the poor
piety
language Arabic
legalSignificance her marriage to Muhammad affected Islamic rulings on adopted sons
maritalStatusWithMuhammad married
maritalStatusWithZayd divorced
marriageToMuhammadArrangedBy Allah (according to Islamic belief)
marriageToMuhammadOccasion after divorce from Zayd ibn Harithah
marriageToMuhammadType contracted by divine command
maternalGrandfather Abd al-Muttalib ibn Hashim
mentionedIn Quran 33:37
Quran 33:6 (by implication among the wives of the Prophet)
migratedTo Medina
mother Umayma bint Abd al-Muttalib
performedHijra yes
placeOfBirth Mecca
regionOfActivity Hejaz
religion Islam
sourceOfIncome handicrafts
manual work
spouse Muhammad
Zayd ibn Harithah
statusInIslamicTradition exemplary in charity
respected
title Mother of the Believers
tribe Quraysh

Referenced by (3)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Umm Salama
companionsWith
Zaynab bint Jahsh ("Zaynab bint Jahsh bint Ri’ab")
fullName
Muhammad
wife

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