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The Prophet's ﷺ household

Zaynab bint Muḥammad ﷺ رضي الله عنها

زينب بنت محمد

His eldest daughter, married to Abū al-ʿĀṣ ibn ar-Rabīʿ before the revelation.

Where they appear

  1. The Hijrah — migration to Madinah

    Her necklace — a gift from Khadījah رضي الله عنها — arrived as ransom for her husband captured at Badr, and the Prophet ﷺ was visibly moved.

How it ended

Died in Madinah in 8 AH from injuries suffered when she was attacked while migrating.

Sunan Abī Dāwūd 2692; ar-Raḥīq al-Makhtūm, al-Mubārakpūrī