Zaynab bint Muhammad, The eldest daughter

Family of the Prophet ﷺ

Family of the Prophet ﷺThe eldest daughter

Zaynab bint Muhammadزينب بنت محمد

Approximate dateMadinah

Eldest daughter of the Prophet ﷺ, who ransomed her husband with her mother's necklace.

Zaynab married her cousin Abu al-As before Islam. When he was captured at Badr fighting for Quraysh, she sent Khadijah's necklace to ransom him, and the Prophet ﷺ was moved to tears. She then emigrated to Madinah. Abu al-As later accepted Islam and they were reunited, but she died in 629.

What grew out of it?

Her children were Ali and Umamah.

Source: hadith · Wikipedia

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