Zaynab bint Nabit

زينب بنت نبيط

660~

Medina

An Ansari woman Companion, wife of Anas ibn Malik (may God be pleased with him); Ibn Sa'd names her among the women who gave the pledge. She narrated from her mother, her husband, Jabir ibn Abd Allah and Duba'a bint al-Zubayr.

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Roles
Companion
Era
The Prophetic Era
Region
Arabia
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Life in time

600625650675700725750775 c. c.
The Early Abbasid Caliphate · Pre-Islamic Arabia · The Prophetic Era · The Rashidun Caliphate · The Umayyad Period Contemporaries: Abd al-Aziz ibn Marwan · Abd al-Malik ibn Marwan · Abd al-Malik ibn Umayr · Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Layla · Abd al-Rahman ibn Abra

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Medina

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Summary

Zaynab bint Nabit (may God be pleased with him) ibn Jabir al-Ansariyya, wife of Anas ibn Malik. Ibn Sa'd names her among the women who gave the pledge; she narrated from her mother, a daughter of As'ad ibn Zurara, from her husband, from Jabir ibn Abd Allah and from Duba'a bint al-Zubayr ibn Abd al-Muttalib.

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Lived in
Medina
Member of
The Companions· The Ansar

People and things also explored

Abd Allah ibn Yazid al-Khatmi· Abd Allah ibn Yazid ibn Hisn al-Awsi (Abu Musa)· Abd Allah ibn Zayd al-Ansari· Abdullah ibn Amr ibn Haram· Abdullah ibn Atik· Abdullah ibn Zayd ibn Asim· Abu al-A'war al-Ansari· Abu al-Haytham ibn al-Tayyihan

Sources

  1. al-Isaba fi tamyiz al-sahaba — Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani , p.1888
  • al-Alam — al-Zirikli
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Abd Allah ibn Yazid al-Khatmi

Abd Allah ibn Yazid ibn Zayd al-Ansari al-Khatmi, Abu Musa, a Companion who as a young man witnessed Hudaybiyya, fought with Ali at the Camel and Siffin, and was his governor in Kufa. He narrated from the Prophet, Abu Ayyub, Abu Mas'ud and Zayd ibn Thabit; his son Musa, al-Sha'bi and Muhammad ibn Sirin narrated from him. The page gives his death as about 70 AH.