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5.2. HER LIFE BEFORE THE PROPHET (PEACE BE UPON HIM)

Narrators have varying opinions concerning whom she married before the Prophet (peace be upon him). It was said that previously she was married to Abdallah ibn Jahsh, the Prophet’s cousin, who was martyred in the Battle of Uhud. It was also said that she had married at-Tufayl ibn al-Harith ibn Abd al-Muttalib, and after he had passed away, she was married to his brother, X Ubaydah ibn al-Harith. After the latter’s martyrdom in the Battle of Badr, the Prophet (peace be upon him) married her.

Bint ash-Shati’ gave preference to the opinion which says that she first married at-Tufayl and after being divorced, she married his brother, S Ubaydah ibn al-Harith. This opinion is supported by the fact that the Prophet’s (peace be upon him) marriage to Hafsah was after the Battle of Badr in which Ubaydah (may Allah be pleased with him) was killed. The Prophet (peace be upon him) then married Zaynab shortly thereafter, estimated by some scholars to be twenty days after his marriage to Hafsah.

Zaynab bint Khuzaymah emigrated to Madinah. Though she felt bitterness of leaving family and homeland, she was not discouraged. Rather, she emigrated seeking Allah’s content.

The life of Zaynab (may Allah be pleased with her) with her husband, Ubaydah was truly a good example for a righteous wife. When the Muslims achieved victory in the Battle of Badr and the victorious army returned to Madinah and Ubaydah came back to his wife injured, losing much blood, she nursed him but he passed away soon after. So she kept patient in anticipation of Allah’s reward, asking Allah to grant him great reward and eternal bliss.

It is more fitting for a Muslim woman to be patient in anticipation of Allaht s reward in such situations and to be content with her destiny bestowed on her by Allah (the Exalted and Glorified) and to receive such grave misfortune with stronger faith.

(SOURCE: Wives of Prophet Muhammad, Their Strives and Their Lives by Muhammad Fathi Mus’ ad)

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