According to Islamic accounts, Muhammad, the Prophet of Islam had six children from his first wife Khadija bint Khuwailad. They are: "Al-Qasim, Zeinab, Ruqayyah, Umm Kulthum, Fatima, and Abdullah," four daughters and two sons.
According to the accounts, "Al-Qasim and Abdullah died at an early stage", and the two daughters, "Ruqayya, and Umm Kulthum," were married to the sons of "Abu Lahab, the uncle of the Prophet Muhammad, and his nickname was Abu Utba. He died in 624AD. Later, they separated from their husbands after the "revelation of Muhammad", because "Abu Lahab" was the first to avow his hostility to Islam, as the Prophet revealed his invitation.
As for Fatima, the youngest of Muhammad's daughters, she married Ali bin Abi Talib, the cousin of the Prophet.
Zeinab bint Muhammad bin Abdullah, the eldest daughter of Muhammad from his first wife, Khadija bint Khuwailid, was born in the year 600 AD, i.e. ten years before the beginning of the message of Islam. She died in 8AH corresponding to 629AD at the age of about 29 years, and was married to her cousin (son of her mother's sister) Abu al-Aas ibn Al-Rabee. He was a merchant.
Most of the books of the Islamic biography ignored the talk of Zeinab, compared to the rest of the daughters of Muhammad, about whom books, stories and endless narratives were written, unlike Zeinab, whose mention is limited to summarize only her marriage, birth and death!
Why did the Islamic narrative ignore Zeinab, the eldest daughter of Muhammad?
Why did Zeinab stay with her husband even though he did not believe in Islam and he even fought her father?
What is the problem, while history has covered Muhammad's family with the smallest details except Zeinab?
Why did the daughters of Muhammad "Ruqayya and Umm Kulthum" separate from their husbands, and Zeinab did not?
In the book Anasab al-Ashraf (Genealogies of Nobles) by Baladhuri (1), it was narrated that Muhammad told his daughter Zeinab to separate from her husband because he did not believe in Islam. Zeinab refused and stayed with her husband. This story was a major blow and the most important reasons for the biography of Muhammad to ignore Zeinab.
Zeinab did not believe in the message of Islam… Yes, she did not believe in her father as a Prophet!
After the migration of Muhammad from Makkah to Madinah, Abu al-Aas, Zeinab's husband, went out with his tribe Quraish fighting against the Muslims in the "Battle of Badr" in the year 2AH, and his wife Zainab remained in Makkah. With the end of the battle in favour of the Muslims, Abu al-Aas, Zeinab's husband, was captured by Muslims. When the people of Makkah sent money in the redemption of their captives, Zeinab bint Muhammad, for the redemption of her husband Abu al-Aas from the captivity of her father Muhammad, sent a "necklace" she had from her mother Khadija bint Khuwailid. The Prophet Muhammad was so moved, and because of his love for her mother Khadija, he released him and returned her money.
Muhammad, in return for the release of Abu al-Aas, demanded that Abu al-Aas go to Makkah and send his wife to her father. Abu al-Aas pledged to do so and fulfilled his promise as the Arab tribes were known then for their commitment to promises.
After her husband's release and upon his arrival in Makkah and the covenant he made, he asked his wife to go to her father.
Her husband's brother came to her and carried her on his camel; she rode it and sat in a howdah. He went out by day carrying his bow with him to guard her. The tribe of Quraish knew about this and so they followed her and frightened her with the spears while she was in howdah. She was pregnant; so when she was frightened, she had miscarriage.
Her father Muhammad later sent a platoon to kill those who attacked her, and he told them to burn them when they caught them. But later, he sent to them telling them to kill only without burning.
After Zeinab moved to live reluctantly in Madinah with her father, her husband Abu al-Aas stayed in Makkah. In the year 8AH, Abu Al-Aas traveled to the Levant as he was a merchant. On his way back, one of the platoons of Muhammad, who used to stop caravans of merchants as usual, intercepted him, took all his money and brought him to Muhammad.
Zeinab, the lover and loyal to her husband, again with her love she defies and comes out to the people; she shouts at people at dawn. She was not afraid from her father:
"People, Abu al-Aas is under my protection.." » .. You're protected.
This custom was known to the Arabs before Islam. A person would protect someone else, and publicly declares that no one should touch that person because he is under the protection of one of the dignitaries in Medinah.
So Muhammad let him go after he fell in confusion before the people; he asked those who attacked him and robbed his money to return his money to him. So they did, and then he returned with his full money to Makkah and Zeinab went with him.
Zeinab, the woman who defeated Muhammad by love.
Zeinab died in the life of her father in 8AH corresponding to 629AD. It was narrated that the reason for her death was that she was ill because of what she suffered during her migration to Madinah and her miscarriage. She was still ill until she died.
Zeinab refused to divorce her husband categorically several times, due to her love and loyalty to him, and she died like that. In addition, all the Islamic narrations say that her father made her a very large funeral. She was the first woman who was buried inside the "coffin", so that one of the books of Muhammad's biography says: That this is the first time and non-traditional for Muslims to bury the Prophet's daughter in a coffin. Only Christians in Abyssinia did so.
It should be noted that "Waraqa bin Nofal", one of the Christian scholars then, according to Islamic and Christian sources was the cousin of Khadija, mother of Zeinab.
And here remains the question that confuses everyone: Was Zeinab Christian as her mother Khadija, the cousin of Waraqa bin Nofal, the Christian?
Does her strong insistence on not divorcing her husband come from her Christian background?
Just a question mark in this context; no more.
Zeinab left the world after she set an example of loyalty and honesty; even her husband cried warmly, and clung to her so that everyone around him cried.
This story tells us about the challenge of violence with love, and also about the woman, her power and strength.
Zeinab, the woman whom I love, and is the only one - in my opinion - the bright spot in all Islamic history, was not afraid; she defended her love and won through her wisdom, loyalty, and determination.
1. Anasab al-Ashraf (Genealogies of Nobles) is the largest encyclopedia in the genealogy of the tribes of Mudhar and their news. There are only two copies in the world’s libraries, in Rabat and Istanbul. It was written by Al-Baladhuri Ahmad bin Yahya bin Jaber bin Dawood who died in 278AH.
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