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The Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) said: “Allah has commanded me to marry with the women of Paradise only.”

She is the lady who was known as “The Mother of distressed and needy’ because she would give charity to deserving people.

The Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) said that Allah had ordained that he cold marry only those women deserving of Paradise. And Zainab (radeyallah anha) was a lady who was known as ‘The Mother of the poor and needy because she was the most generous among the ladies of the household.

She was born thirteen years before Muhammad (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) was chosen as the Messenger of Allah. When he declared himself as the chosen Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) of the Allah he caused a furor in Makkah. Even those who loved and respected him, those who called him ‘Truthful’ and ‘Trustworthy’, turned into enemies who wanted to kill him. But there were some who were fortunate enough to have the sense to answer his call immediately with the pledge of allegiance to Allah and to him. They called out that they believed and that he was truthful in his claim. Among the righteous band of people who first proclaimed his truthfulness was Zainab bint Khazeemah (radeyallah anha). She had been married to “Abdullah bin Jahash (radeyallah anh). This highly respected Companion attained martyrdom during the Battle of Uhud. The widows and orphaned children of the martyred Companion found security with the other Companion who married the windows and took the children under their protection. Thus Zainab bin Khazeemah (radeyallah anha) who was heafter the death of her husband attained the enviable position of becoming a wife of the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace).

The husband of Humnah bin Jahash (radeyallah anha) was also martyred during the Battle of Uhud and she was also grief stricken, seeing this the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) said: “The place a husband held in his wife’s heart could not be taken by any other.”

Hamnah told him sighing deeply that it was the thought of the orphaned children that troubled her most and she asked him to pray that Allah should give her patience and strength. The Prophet’s (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) prayers for her were accepted and she married the noble Companion Talhah bin ‘Abdullah (radeyallah anh). He was an ideal husband and a loving father for the orphaned children of her first husband.

Zainab (radeyallah anha) was in the same plight as Hamnah (radeyallah anha), but she did not appeal to any human being. She entrusted her affairs entirely to Allah and devoted herself to prayer and meditation. So when she received a proposal form the best man possible, the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace), she was overjoyed with the good fortune that Allah had bestowed on her.

The Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) married her with a dowry of four hundred Dirhams, and a apartment was constructed for her near those of Hafsah and “Aishah (radeyallah anhuma). Thus she joined the selected band of pure and virtuous ladies of the Prophet’s (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) household. Allah in the Noble Quran speaks of these ladies of his Prophet’s (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) household,

“Allah wishes only to remove evil deed from you, O member of the family (of the Prophet), and to purify you with a thorough purification,” (33:33)

And also:

“O wives of the Prophet, you are not like other women.” (33:32)

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