THE DEATH OF ZAYNAB (MAY ALLAH BE PLEASED WITH HER) THE DAUGHTER OF THE MESSENGER OF ALLAH ﷺ
Hijri date: 8
She is Zaynab, the daughter of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and the eldest of her sisters. She was married to the son of her maternal aunt Aboo Al-‘Aas ibn Al-Rabee’ during her mother’s life. She bore him Umaamah, whom Ali ibn Abee Taalib married after the demise of Fatimah, and she bore him Ali ibn Abi Al-‘Aas. Zaynab embraced Islam and emigrated six years before her husband converted to Islam. Umm ‘Atiyyah says, “When Zaynab, the daughter of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ died, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ told us, “Wash her an odd number of times, three times, or five, and use camphor in the fifth time, or some camphor. Once you have washed her, let me know.” She said, “So we informed him, and he gave us his lower garment and said, ‘Shroud her in it.’”