Zaynab bint Jahsh Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
Zaynab bint Jahsh was a wife of prophet Muhammad. She was a cousin of Muhammad, and her previous marriage, which was arranged by Muhammad himself, ended in a divorce. Her mother, Umayma, was the daughter of Muhammad's grandfather, Abdul Muttalib.According to Ibn Kathir, Zaynab came from a noble Arab family and she wanted to marry a man with high social status. However, Muhammad wanted her to marry Zayd ibn Harith, a former slave that Muhammad had adopted as son. Zaynab was unhappy marrying a former slave and refused to marry him. This Qur'anic verse relates to the event,
- It is not fitting for a Believer, man or woman, when a matter has been decided by Allah and His Messenger to have any option about their decision: if any one disobeys Allah and His Messenger, he is indeed on a clearly wrong Path. (Qur'an 33:36)
- '\'Zayd asked the Prophet's permission to divorce Zaynab more than once, and although he was counseled to hold onto his wife and to fear Allah, in the end the divorce took place. The Prophet then was ordered by Allah to marry Zaynab bint Jahsh, which he did in 5 AH, when he was fifty-eight years old, and she was thirty-five years old''.