The Holy Prophet (S) had married her before his proclamation...
The Holy Prophet (S) had married
her before his proclamation of prophethood and before command arrived
not to give daughters to infidels, to Abil Aas bin Rabia, from whom
Amamah binte Abil Aas was born and Amirul Momineen (a.s.) married her
after the passing away of Lady Fatima Zahra, according to the bequest of
Fatima. After the martyrdom of Imam Ali (a.s.) Amama married Mughaira
bin Naufal bin Harith bin Abdul Muttalib. And Ibn Babawayh has narrated through authentic chains of narrators that
Amama binte Abul Aas was born from Zainab, after the passing away of
Fatima Zahra (s.a.), married Amirul Momineen (a.s.) and after his
martyrdom she became the wife of Mughaira bin Naufal. After that she was
struck with a serious illness and she became dumb. Imam Hasan and Imam
Husain (a.s.) came to her when she could not speak. They told her to make her bequest, but Mughaira didn’t want her to make
a bequest. Imam Hasan and Imam Husain (a.s.) asked her: “Would you like
to emancipate so and so slave?” She gestured positively. Then they asked
if such and such action may be performed on her behalf. She nodded in
assent and in this way she made her bequest and authorized the two Imams
to carry out her will after her death. It is narrated that when Abul Aas
was taken as a prisoner in the Battle of Badr, Zainab brought her slave
who was given to her by Lady Khadija as a ransom to the Prophet for her
When the Holy Prophet (S) saw him, he was reminded of Lady Khadija and
he began to weep. So he requested the companions to forgo the ransom and
release Abul Aas without ransom. complied with his request
and the Holy Prophet (S) released him with the condition that when he
goes back to Mecca he will send Zainab to the Prophet. He fulfilled his
Then he also came to Medina and embraced Islam as was mentioned in brief
before. According to one report Zainab passed away in 7 A.H. and
according to another report in 8 A.H. The second daughter, Ruqaiyyah,
was said to be betrothed to Atba bin Abu Lahab, but she was divorced
before the consummation of marriage; she afterwards married Uthman at
Medina. A son, Abdullah was born to her but he died in childhood. Ruqaiyyah died in Medina at the time of the Battle of Badr. The third
daughter was Umm Kulthum and she was also married to Uthman.
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