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Zaynab bint Jahsh





Introduction

Hazrat Zaynab (RA) was the daughter of Hazrat Jahsh ibn Rabab, an immigrant from Mecca. Her mother, Hazrat Umayya, was the paternal aunt of the Prophet (SAW) and daughter of Abdul Muttalib.



Early life

First Hazrat Zaynab (RA) was married to Hazrat Zayd ibn Harithah (RA), the former slave and adopted son of Prophet Muhammad (SAW), When Prophet Muhammad asked for her hand on behalf of Zayd, her family did not consent to this marriage, because of Zayd’s status as a freed slave. However, after the revelation of the 36th verse of Surat al-Ahzab, they approved of this marriage. The marriage between Hazrat Zaynab and Hazrat Zayd put an end to the tradition of noble and wealthy women of higher class not marrying the poor or former slaves. The fact that this was first practiced by people close to the Prophet set a precedent.

However, the marriage of Hazrat Zaynab (RA) and Hazrat Zayd (RA) lasted for only one year. Due to increasing incompatibility between the couple, Hazrat Zayd and Hazrat Zaynab divorced, although Prophet Muhammad (SAW) tried to encourage them to stay married.

To demonstrate beyond a doubt that in Islam an adopted son is not regarded in the same light as a natural son, and therefore, his wife is not regarded as the wife of a natural son, the 37th verse of Surat al-Ahzab was revealed a short while after the divorce, declaring that Hazrat Zaynab had been joined in marriage to the Prophet (SAW) by Allah. Actually, when Hazrat Zayd divorced Hazrat Zaynab, the Prophet (SAW) understood that this judgment would be given, but he was worried about possible rumors and instigation by hypocrites. However, the judgment was exercised in the revelation of the above-mentioned verse.

Unfortunately, the rumors and fabricated stories of the hypocrites about the Prophet’s marriage to Hazrat Zaynab are still used today by various groups for different purposes. It must be born in mind that not only do these marriages demonstrate that people are only better in accordance with their piety, not their family, in the sight of God, and that some former prohibitions and beliefs were eliminated by Islam, but these marriages also reminded people that marriage is a means of testing one’s faith.



Her Character

Hazrat Zaynab (RA) was known as a generous and content woman, who was fond of worship and who was pious. It was also reported that she had other virtues, such as being hard-working, and giving away what she earned to the poor and orphans.

Sayeda Ayesha (RA) said,” There was none like her in affairs of religion, piety, truth, helping the poor and generosity.



Her Demise

Hazrat Zaynab was the first of Prophet Muhammad’s wives who died after him. She passed away at the age of 53, in 20 A.H. The funeral prayer of Hazrat Zaynab bint Jashs, reporter of 11 hadiths, was led by Hazrat Umar (RA).

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