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Riyab’s son Jahsh married Umama (or Umayma) bint Abdulmuttalib, who was Muhammad’s aunt;<ref>Tabari 39:180.</ref> hence their six children were Muhammad’s first cousins. Zaynab was born c. 590;<ref>{{Tabari|39|p. 182}}.</ref> her sisters were Habibah (or Umm Habib) and Hamnah, but their birth-order is unknown. Some early sources claimed that Zaynab had only one sister, i.e., that “Umm Habib” was the ''kunya'' of Hamnah; but Ibn Ishaq makes it clear that they were indeed two people,<ref>Guillaume/Ishaq 522-523.</ref> and Ibn Saad presents their separate biographies.<ref>Bewley/Saad 8:170-171. It can only be speculated that, as Zaynab was the only one who did not marry a Muslim, hence was probably the only one who married before Islam, she may have been the eldest of the three. Hamnah married twice, both times to men who were some years younger than Zaynab and her brothers, suggesting that she was the youngest of the six.</ref> Her eldest brother, Abd, was always known as an adult by his ''kunya'' Abu Ahmad.<ref>Guillaume/Ishaq 214.</ref> He was born blind but “he used to go all round Mecca from top to bottom without anyone to lead him. He was a poet.”<ref>Guillaume/Ishaq 214.</ref> The second brother was Abdullah and the third was Ubaydullah.<ref>Guillaume/Ishaq 99, 116.</ref> | Riyab’s son Jahsh married Umama (or Umayma) bint Abdulmuttalib, who was Muhammad’s aunt;<ref>Tabari 39:180.</ref> hence their six children were Muhammad’s first cousins. Zaynab was born c. 590;<ref>{{Tabari|39|p. 182}}.</ref> her sisters were Habibah (or Umm Habib) and Hamnah, but their birth-order is unknown. Some early sources claimed that Zaynab had only one sister, i.e., that “Umm Habib” was the ''kunya'' of Hamnah; but Ibn Ishaq makes it clear that they were indeed two people,<ref>Guillaume/Ishaq 522-523.</ref> and Ibn Saad presents their separate biographies.<ref>Bewley/Saad 8:170-171. It can only be speculated that, as Zaynab was the only one who did not marry a Muslim, hence was probably the only one who married before Islam, she may have been the eldest of the three. Hamnah married twice, both times to men who were some years younger than Zaynab and her brothers, suggesting that she was the youngest of the six.</ref> Her eldest brother, Abd, was always known as an adult by his ''kunya'' Abu Ahmad.<ref>Guillaume/Ishaq 214.</ref> He was born blind but “he used to go all round Mecca from top to bottom without anyone to lead him. He was a poet.”<ref>Guillaume/Ishaq 214.</ref> The second brother was Abdullah and the third was Ubaydullah.<ref>Guillaume/Ishaq 99, 116.</ref> | ||
It is possible that Zaynab remembered Muhammad’s wedding to Khadijah, which took place when she was about five years old.<ref>{{Tabari|6|p. 47}}.</ref> As an honorary Umayyad, she would have socialised with the Meccan aristocracy. She was probably acquainted with her future co-wife, Hind bint Abi Umayya, whose stepmother was Zaynab’s aunt; however, Hind was about seven years younger. Zaynab was about fifteen when the [[ | It is possible that Zaynab remembered Muhammad’s wedding to Khadijah, which took place when she was about five years old.<ref>{{Tabari|6|p. 47}}.</ref> As an honorary Umayyad, she would have socialised with the Meccan aristocracy. She was probably acquainted with her future co-wife, Hind bint Abi Umayya, whose stepmother was Zaynab’s aunt; however, Hind was about seven years younger. Zaynab was about fifteen when the [[Ka'aba]] was damaged by floods and had to be repaired. This re-housing of the idols seems to have made a deep impression on her brother Ubaydullah, for he then decided that the [[Black Stone]] was useless “for it can neither see nor hear nor hurt nor help.” He declared that he believed in only one God and set out on a quest to discover the true religion.<ref>Guillaume/Ishaq 98-99.</ref> He came under the influence of the monotheist Zayd ibn Amr, whose outspoken opinions on the Arabian gods made him so unpopular in Mecca that his family drove him out of the town proper into the mountains. Zayd journeyed to Syria and Mesopotamia, questioning monks and rabbis about the religion of Abraham. On his return to Mecca, before he could enter the city, he was attacked and murdered by some unknown persons.<ref>Guillaume/Ishaq 102-103. Ibn Ishaq also states that Zayd met in Syria a monk who told him that a prophet would soon arise in his own country, and that Zayd was returning home in order to meet that prophet. But it is difficult to discern how this could have been known to anyone in Mecca, since Zayd did not have the opportunity to talk about his travels before he was murdered.</ref> Ubaydullah was not discouraged but “went on searching until Islam came.”<ref>Guillaume/Ishaq 99.</ref> | ||
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