Hazrat Zaynab bint Muhammad

The Eldest Daughter

Zaynab was the eldest daughter of the Prophet ﷺ, born of Khadija رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَاHazrat Khadija bint Khuwaylidرَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَاFirst wife of the Prophet ﷺ and the first of all people to believeMothers of the Believers · Ahl al-Bayt · Early Converts in the fifth year of their marriage. She was married to her cousin Abu al-As ibn al-Rabi’ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُHazrat Abu al-As ibn al-Rabiرَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُHusband of Zaynab, the Prophet's ﷺ eldest daughter; an honour-keeper who returned to Islam, and bore him a son, Ali, who died young, and a daughter, Umama رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَاHazrat Umamah bint Zaynabرَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَاGranddaughter of the Prophet ﷺ; carried on his shoulders in prayerAhl al-Bayt — the little girl the Prophet ﷺ would carry and set down as he prayed, and whom Ali رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُHazrat Ali ibn Abi Talibرَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُFourth Caliph; cousin and son-in-law of the Prophet ﷺKhulafa Rashidun · Ashara Mubashara · People of Badr later married after Fatimah رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَاHazrat Fatimah bint Muhammadرَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَاYoungest daughter of the Prophet ﷺ; chief of the women of ParadiseAhl al-Bayt’s death. 1 Stories of the Sahabah · pp. 259–260 — Zakariyya Kandhlawi — Zaynab the eldest daughter; her marriage to Abu al-As; her children Ali and Umama.

Emigration and Death

When she emigrated to Madinah she was harried by the Quraysh and took an injury on the journey from which she never recovered; she suffered long and died of it in early 8 AH. Her husband Abu al-As رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُHazrat Abu al-As ibn al-Rabiرَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُHusband of Zaynab, the Prophet's ﷺ eldest daughter; an honour-keeper who returned to Islam afterward accepted Islam and rejoined her. 2 Stories of the Sahabah · pp. 261 — Zakariyya Kandhlawi — Zaynab's injury during emigration, her lingering illness and death in early 8 AH; her husband's later Islam.