Zaynab bint Khuzayma, may Allah be
pleased with her, was married to the Prophet (peace and blessings of
Allah be upon him) in Ramadan, 4 AH, soon after his marriage to Hafsa
when he was fifty-six years old and she was thirty years old. After she
had been made a widow when her husband was martyred at Badr, she offered
herself in marriage to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be
upon him) who accepted her proposal and married her. Zaynab bint
Khuzayma was so generous to orphans and the poor that she came to be
known as the 'Mother of the Poor'. She died only eight months after her
marriage, may Allah be pleased with her, and although not a great deal
is known about her today, there will be many who will testify to her
generosity on the Last Day.
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