Zaynab bint Khuzayma

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Part of a series on Islam: The Wives of Muhammad
Khadijah bint Khuwaylid Sawda bint Zama* Aisha bint Abi Bakr* Hafsa bint Umar Zaynab bint Khuzayma Umm Salama Hind bint Abi Umayya Zaynab bint Jahsh Juwayriya bint al-Harith Ramlah bint Abi-Sufyan Rayhana bint Amr ibn Khunafa** Safiyya bint Huyayy Maymuna bint al-Harith Maria al-Qibtiyya** *succession disputed ** status as wife or concubine is disputed

Zaynab or Zainab (Arabic: زينب; ) bint Khuzayma died November 624 was one of the wives of Muhammad, and therefore a Mother of the Believers (Arabic: "Umm-al-Momineen"). Following her husband's death at the battle of Badr (March 17, 624), Zaynab asked Muhammad to marry her. She died eight months after the marriage. Kinanah ibn Rabi is the brother-in-law of Zaynab bint Khuzayma.^[1]

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