Zaynab bint Khuzaymah, Mother of the Poor
Family of the Prophet ﷺMother of the Poor
Zaynab bint Khuzaymahزينب بنت خزيمة
Approximate dateMadinah
Called Umm al-Masakin, Mother of the Poor, she died only months after her marriage.
Zaynab was known even before Islam for feeding the poor, earning the name Umm al-Masakin. Widowed by the early battles, she married the Prophet ﷺ in Madinah. She died a few months later, the only wife besides Khadijah to die in his lifetime.
What does the Quran say?
The lesson
A name earned by generosity outlives a short life.
Who else is linked?
Who lived at the same time?
Muhammad ﷺZayd ibn HarithaHeracliusKhosrow IIAbu al-Aswad al-Du'aliTalhah ibn UbaydullahAl-Zubayr ibn al-AwwamAbdullah ibn Mas'ud
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People named in the Quran and the hadith, the Prophet's ﷺ family and Companions, scholars, rulers, the nations of the Quran, the world's empires and the places where it all happened. Where scholars differ, each entry says so.
Family of the Prophet ﷺ
- Khadijah bint Khuwaylid
- Sawdah bint Zam'ah
- Aishah bint Abi Bakr
- Hafsah bint Umar
- Zaynab bint Khuzaymah
- Umm Salamah
- Zaynab bint Jahsh
- Juwayriyah bint al-Harith
- Umm Habibah
- Safiyyah bint Huyayy
- Maymunah bint al-Harith
- Maria al-Qibtiyyah
- Rayhanah bint Zayd
- al-Qasim ibn Muhammad
- Zaynab bint Muhammad
- Ruqayyah bint Muhammad
- Umm Kulthum bint Muhammad
- Fatimah al-Zahra
- Abdullah ibn Muhammad
- Ibrahim ibn Muhammad
- Hasan ibn Ali
- Husayn ibn Ali
- Umamah bint Abi al-As
- Ali ibn Abi al-As
- Abdullah ibn Uthman
- Zaynab bint Ali
- Umm Kulthum bint Ali
- Ali Zayn al-Abidin
- Fatimah bint Asad
- Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah
- Sukaynah bint al-Husayn
- Fatimah bint al-Husayn
- Zayd ibn Ali