Zaynab bint Khuzayma

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The Wives of Muhammad
Khadijah bint Khuwaylid
Sawda bint Zama*
Aisha*
Hafsa bint Umar
Zaynab bint Khuzayma
Umm Salama Hind bint Abi Umayya
Zaynab bint Jahsh
Juwayriya bint al-Harith
Ramlah bint Abi-Sufyan
Safiyya bint Huyayy
Maymuna bint al-Harith
Maria al-Qibtiyya**
*succession disputed **disputed

Zaynab (Arabic: زينب died November, 624) bint Khuzayma was one of the wives of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Following her husband's death at the battle of Badr (March 17, 624), Zaynab asked Muhammad to marry her. She died eight months after the marriage.

Kinanah ibn Rabi is the brother-in-law of Zaynab bint Khuzayma.

Zaynab can also be written as Zainab.

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