Zainab bint khazeemah ra (women in islam)

Question 1

What is her full name?

Answer 1

Zainab bint khazeema

Question 2

what was zainab ras title?

Answer 2

• Zainab ra was known as ‘the mother of the poor and needy’, as she was the most generous in the household

Question 3

how many years before prophethood was she born?

Answer 3

13

Question 4

what happened when the makkans found out about prophethood?

Answer 4

• When nabi saw told people he was a prophet the makkans became his enemy and wanted to kill him, some believed him including Zainab ra

Question 5

what did nabi saw say to hamnah bint jahsh?

Answer 5

• husband of hamnah bint jahash was also shahid and she was deeply saddened. nabi saw said ‘the place a husband held in his wife’s heart could not be taken by any other’.

Question 6

what did she ask nabi saw to do? Who did she marry?

Answer 6

• she was mainly sad about her orphan children and asked nabi saw to pray that Allah gives her patience & strength, she then married the companion Talhah bin abdullah ra, who was a great husband and father.

Question 7

who was zainab ra married to before?

Answer 7

• She was married to Abdullah bin Jahash ra who became shahid in the battle of uhud.

Question 8

why did zainab ra marry nabi saw?

Answer 8

widows and orphans of the martyrs married other companions to protect, zainab ra married nabi saw

Question 9

how was she when nabi saw sent the proposal?

Answer 9

• Zainab ra and Hamnah ra were feeling the same way, but zainab ra didn’t appeal to anyone so would just devote herself to pray, meditation and Allah. Then when nabi saw sent a proposal she was very happy with Allah.

Question 10

what was her dowry?

Answer 10

• her dowry was 400 dirhams and an apartment near aisha ra and hafsah ra, she became a women of the household.

Question 11

how were aisha and hafsah ra to her?

Answer 11

• aisha ra and hafsah ra welcomed her greatly and tried their best to be sympathetic as they knew about the death of her husband, because of their kindness zainab ra’s grief lightened and she felt at peace.

Question 12

what did Allah say to the ladies of the household?

Answer 12

• Allah swt said to them:
  “Allah wishes only to remove evil deed from you, O member of the family, and to purify you with a thorough purification.”

“O wives of the prophet, you are not like any other woman”

Question 13

in what poems was zainab ra praised in?

Answer 13

• she was praised in poems by poets.
  1. Ibn Katheer wrote she earned the title because of her charity and generosity.
  2. Qastalani wrote she was known by this name before Islamic times.

Question 14

how many months did she live for after marriage?

Answer 14

8 months

Question 15

how old was she when she passed?

Answer 15

30

Question 16

who led her funeral prayer and where was she buried?

Answer 16

nabi saw, jannatul baqee

Question 17

What number wife was she?

Answer 17

Fifth