Zaynab bint Jahsh, Married by heaven's decree: Family of the Prophet ﷺ in Islamic History

Family of the Prophet ﷺ

Family of the Prophet ﷺMarried by heaven's decree

Zaynab bint Jahshزينب بنت جحش

Married 627 CE; died 641 CEApproximate dateMadinah

The Prophet's ﷺ cousin, whose marriage to him was ordained in the Quran.

Zaynab was the Prophet's ﷺ cousin and was first married to his adopted son Zayd ibn Harithah. After their divorce, Allah revealed that the Prophet ﷺ should marry her, ending the old Arab custom that treated adopted sons as real sons. She would say Allah had married her from above the seven heavens. She worked with her hands and gave it all away.

What does the Quran say?

And [remember, O Muhammad], when you said to the one on whom Allah bestowed favor and you bestowed favor, "Keep your wife and fear Allah," while you concealed within yourself that which Allah is to disclose. And you feared the people, while Allah has more right that you fear Him. So when Zayd had no longer any need for her, We married her to you in order that there not be upon the believers any discomfort concerning the wives of their adopted sons when they no longer have need of them. And ever is the command of Allah accomplished.
Quran 33:37

33:6

What does the hadith say?

Sahih al-Bukhari 7420

What grew out of it?

The Prophet ﷺ said the first of his wives to follow him would be the one with the longest hand; it was Zaynab, the most generous.

Who else is linked?

Madinah Muhammad ﷺ Abdullah ibn Jahsh Zayd ibn Haritha

Who lived at the same time?

Muhammad ﷺ Zayd ibn Haritha The Three Who Stayed Behind Khosrow II Heraclius Al-Muqawqis Jabalah ibn al-Ayham Al-Numan ibn al-Mundhir

Source: the Quran · Wikipedia

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