Ages of Muhammads Wives at Marriage: Difference between revisions

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There is dispute about Zaynab’s exact age, but there is no doubt about her approximate age.
There is dispute about Zaynab’s exact age, but there is no doubt about her approximate age.


{{Quote|Bewley/Saad 8:80.|I saw Umar ibn Al-Khattab pray over Zaynab bint Jahsh in 20 AH [641] on a summer day, and I saw a cloth stretched over her grave.}}
{{Quote|Bewley/Saad 8:80.|I saw Umar ibn Al-Khattab pray over Zaynab bint Jahsh in 20 AH [641 CE] on a summer day, and I saw a cloth stretched over her grave.}}


{{Quote|{{Tabari|39|p. 182}}.|According to Umar ibn Uthman [ibn Abdullah al-Jahshi] from his father: “Zaynab bint Jahsh died at the age of 53.”}}
{{Quote|{{Tabari|39|p. 182}}.|According to Umar ibn Uthman [ibn Abdullah al-Jahshi] from his father: “Zaynab bint Jahsh died at the age of 53.”}}