At a glance
- Roles
- Companion
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- The Prophetic Era
- Region
- Arabia · East Africa & Swahili coast
- Review
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Refugees, migrants and diaspora
Place in the story
- CompanionTradition
Sunni (transmitted)
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
In brief
Zaynab bint Abi Salama (may God be pleased with her) b. Abd al-Asad al-Makhzumiyya, stepdaughter of the Prophet ﷺ and sister of Umar; the Mother of the Believers Umm Salama bore them in Abyssinia. 1
Her transmission
She narrated from A'isha, Zaynab bint Jahsh (may God be pleased with her), Umm Habiba, and a group; from her narrated Urwa b. al-Zubayr, Ali b. al-Husayn, al-Qasim b. Muhammad, Abu Qilaba al-Jarmi, Kulayb b. Wa'il, Muhammad b. Amr b. Ata', Ubaydallah b. Abdallah b. Utba, Irak b. Malik, her son Abu Ubayda b. Ubaydallah b. Zam'a, and others. Among her hadith is her report that the Messenger of God was at Umm Salama's when he placed al-Hasan on one side, al-Husayn on the other, and Fatima in his lap, saying "the mercy of God and His blessings upon you, People of the House". She died around 74 AH. 1
Connections
- Member of
- Banu Makhzum
- Child of
- Abu Salama (Abdullah ibn Abd al-Asad)· Umm Salama (Hind bint Abi Umayya)
- Participated in
- Return of the Abyssinian emigrants with Ja'far ibn Abi Talib
- Mentioned in
- Muwatta 128· Muwatta 159· Muwatta 1747· Muwatta 1748· Muwatta 1749· Muwatta 612· Muwatta 2103· Muwatta 1084
People and things also explored
Umm Salama (Hind bint Abi Umayya)· Malik ibn Anas· Muhammad· Mourning of a widow (ihdad)· Quraysh· Muwatta, Book of Divorce (talaq)· Hisham ibn Urwa· Abdullah ibn Sufyan al-Makhzumi
Sources
- Siyar a'lam al-nubala' — al-Dhahabi (Ideas House International edition, 2004) , p.1755
- al-Sira al-Nabawiyya — Ibn Hisham, al-Saqqa edition (1355/1936)
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “Zaynab bint Abi Salama”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/zaynab-bint-abi-salama/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-21.