Post by Ummati on Oct 15, 2011 12:02:47 GMT 5
Zainab bint Muhammad RA and Abu El'Aas ibn Rabee RA
This is the real love story between Zainab bint Muhammad and Abu El’Ass ibn Rabee’ [ra]; Zainab was the daughter of the Prophet sws and her cousin Abu El’Ass, was Khadeeja [ra]’s nephew. He was one of the nobles of the Quraish, and the Prophet sws loved him very much.
The Proposal
When Zaynab was old enough for marriage, her cousin came forward, asking for her hand in marriage. He was very close to his aunt Khadeejah who treated him like her own son and showed love and compassion to him.
Abu El'Aas had seen Zaynab each time he came to Khadeejah's house and he was fascinated by her beauty, pleasant talk, tenderness and good nature.
Zaynab on her part was also comfortable with his presence and loved to listen to his speeches and his jokes. For, he was despite his young age - one of the leading merchants, a wise reader who commanded the respect of the people and their elders.
That was how the two hearts opened to each other and the feeling of love and affection filled the hearts of both of them.
One day Abu El’Ass went to the Prophet sws before he had received his mission of Prophethood and said:
“I want to marry your eldest daughter.”
So the Prophet sallalahu alayhi wassalam replied: “I must ask her first.”
He sws went to Zainab and asked her: “Your cousin came to me and he wishes to marry you, do you accept him as your husband?”
Zaynab kept quiet out of shyness, and she did not utter a word. Her face became red ... but beatings of her pure heart and her shutting of her eyes were the best answer.
The Messenger of Allah sallalahu alayhi wassalam smiled and did not repeat the question. He then went back to Abu el'aas and gave him a congratulatory handshake and supplicated for blessings.
At their matrimonial home, Zaynab and her husband, Abu al'Aas enjoyed an extreme happiness and mutual love.
Abu al-'Aas, being a trader and a well-placed person among his people, travelled a lot. He would be away in Syria for days and nights making his wife suffer the agony of separation.
Zaynab bore two children for Abu al-'Aas, a boy named 'Ali and a girl named Umaymah. This brought the happiness of their household to perfection and the entire household was full of cheerfulness and delight. The two children were the Prophet's first grandchildren.
One day, when Abu al-'Aas was on one of his joumeys, a great event happened: The Messenger of Allah was called to Prophethood and was commissioned to deliver a divine message. As did her mother and her sisters, she also followed her father and embraced Islam.
When her husband came back from his journey, she told him of what had happened while he was away. He also heard the same news from the people.
A trial
When he first came back, his wife said,
“I have great news for you”.
He stood up and left her. Zainab was surprised and followed him as she said,
“My father became a Prophet and I have become a Muslim.”
He replied, “Why didn’t you tell me first?”
Hence a big problem began between the two; a problem of religion and belief.
She told him, “I wasn’t going to disbelieve in my father and his message, he is not a liar, and he is “The Honest and Trustworthy” [Al-Siddiq wal Ameen]. I’m not the only believer; my mother and my sisters became Muslims, my cousin Ali ibn Abi Talib became a Muslim, your cousin Uthman ibn Affan became a Muslim, and your friend, Abu Bakr, became a Muslim.”
He replied, “By Allah, I have nothing against your father and nothing is dearer to me than following the same path with you, my dear. But I hate that people should say that I have disappointed my clan by disbelieving in the deities of my ancestors in order to please my wife.”
Then he said, “So will you excuse me and understand?”
She replied, “Who will excuse and understand you if I don’t? I will stay beside you and help you until you reach the truth.”
Zaynab RA kept her word for 20 years.
Persecution of the Believers
The disbelievers' persecution of the Messenger of Allah and the early Muslims became more severe. So he, along with his followers and members of his family were isolated for many years in the alleys of Abu Talib beside the valley of Abu Qubays. The Quraysh had blockaded them there and prevented anyone from helping them.
During this period, Zaynab was very sad and distressed. She would cry and cry and then resign her fate to Allah hoping that He would one day provide a way out for them.
Zaynab woke up one morning to hear that the Quraysh were in pursuit of the Messenger of Allah who had left Makkah for Yathrib (Madeenah) as an emigrant. When she heard of his safe arrival there she was happy.
After some days, an envoy came from Yathrib and accompanied Zaynab's other two sisters, Umm Kulthoom and Falimah to Madeenah. Zaynab remained in Makkah in her husband's house waiting for Allah's decision concerning her situation.
The Day of Criterion
It was the time of the Battle of Badr. Abu El’Ass was to fight in the army of Quraish against the Muslims. For Zainab, it meant that her husband will be fighting her father, a time Zainab had always feared. She kept crying out:
“O Allah, I fear one day the sun may rise and my children become orphans or I lose my father”.
So the battle started, and ended in victory for the Muslims. Abu El’Ass was captured by the Muslims.
Zaynab was in an unenviable position. When it was time to ransom the captives, she wanted her husband to be returned to her, arousing by that the concern of her great father. She brought out from her clothes and jewellery box a necklace that used to be her mother's and which she presented to her as a gift on her wedding day. She gave this necklace to her husband's brother, 'Amr ibn Rabee' so that he could present it as ransom for her husband.
While the Prophet sws was sitting, taking payments and releasing captives, he saw Khadeeja’s necklace. He held it up and asked:
“Whose payment is this?”
They said: “Abu El’Ass ibn Rabee.”
He cried and said “This is Khadeeja’s necklace.”
As soon as the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) saw that necklace, he had a feeling of extreme compassion and his heart palpitated for the great memory. The Companions who were present there gazed in amazement having being captivated by the magnificence of the situation.
After a long silence, the Messenger of Allah sws stood up and said,
“O my people, this man is my in-law, should I release him? And do you accept the return of this necklace to my daughter?”
They answered in unison “Yes, O Messenger of Allah!”
The Prophet sws gave the necklace to Abu El’Ass and said to him,
“Tell Zainab not to give away Khadeeja’s necklace.” Then he sws said, “Abu El’Ass, Can we speak privately?”
He took him aside and said, “Allah has ordered me to separate between a Muslim and a disbeliever, so could you return my daughter to me?”
And he swore a pledge that he would do so.
The bitter-sweet reunion
Abu al-' Aas returned to Makkah, and his wife was very happy to have him back. But sorrow and distress could be seen all over his face.
He told his wife, "Zaynab, I come here to bid you farewell."
And he told her of the pledge he had sworn to his father that he would sent her to him.
Zaynab reluctantly departed Makkah and bade Abu al-' Aas an emotional farewell. He told her, "Zaynab, whatever happens, I shall always love you as long as I live. Your ghost shall forever continue to fill this house that had witnessed the sweetest and the most pleasant days of our life."
Zaynab wiped off her flowing tears and went away.
The Quraysh accosted her on her way out and returned her back to Makkah. She was terrified by what had happened. And she
was pregnant. So she started bleeding until this led her to miscarry.
Abu al-'Aas gave her protection in his house and took care of her until she regained some of her health and strength.
One day, he seized upon Quraysh's inattention and sent her out of Makkah in the company of his brother Kinanah until she was
safely brought to the Messenger of Allah.
For 6 years she refused to remarry, hoping that one day Abu El’Ass would come.
Captive once again!
After 6 years, Abu al-'Aas travelled to Syria with a Quraysh caravan. During the journey, he was intercepted by some of the Prophet’s companions- who prevailed upon the caravan and returned to Madinah taking those who were guarding it as captives.
As for Abu al-'Aas, he was able to escape. He used the cover of the night to escape unto what looked like a bush of heavily branched trees and hid there. He remained motionless and even tried to hold his breath so that dogs would not hear him. He stayed there in a chilling cold, fearing what might be his fate.
While he was there, his disturbed heart was longing for the beloved Zaynab; Zaynab without whom he had knew no happiness, security or peace of mind.
He thought of what to do after a part of the night had gone. The Muslims who had attacked him, killed his companions and prevailed over their property had left the place after giving up the hope of finding him.
What should he do now? Should he come out of his hiding place and head for Makkah alone with no provision and animal to ride on? Or should he go to the house of Zaynab, the beloved and dutiful former wife who would never refuse to give him shelter and protection?
He was overwhelmed by love and sincere feelings. So he sneaked to her house under the cover of the night and knocked at her door. The throbbing of his disturbed heart could be heard louder than his knocking of the door.
Zaynab woke up in fear wondering about who could be knocking at her door at this hour of the night. She asked to know who was at the door and the voice was a recognised one: It was humming, fearful and shaking voice of Abu al-'Aas!
She opened the door and met her beloved husband!!!
But in this meeting, it were the eyes that talked rather than the tongues; it were the hearts that shook one another rather than the hands and it were the souls that embraced one another rather than the bodies. And the eyes shed plentiful tears.
Zaynab brought Abu al-' Aas in, fed him, offered him a seat and gave him all that could make him comfortable and relaxed. In spite of having regained some peace of mind, Abu al-'Aas was still anxious and afraid, and he could utter only few words.
Zaynab knew that he had come to seek her protection and shelter and to intercede with her father on his behalf. She assured him that, if Allah willed, she would do what would alleviate his sufferings and doubts.
Protection to Abu El Aas
When the Messenger of Allah finished the Fajr prayer, Zaynab stood up and called out interceding on behalf of her former husband:
"I have given protection to Abu al-'Aas ibn Rabee'!"
The Messenger of Allah sallalahu alayhi wassalam aid, "0' people, did you hear what I have just heard?" The people answered in the affirmative. He then said, "I swear by Him in Whose Hand is my life, I knew nothing of this matter until I heard what you have also heard now."
And he added, "The Muslims are like one hand against those who are outside their community and the lowest of the Muslims is entitled to give protection on behalf of the rest of his co-Muslims. So we give protection to she had given protection."
When the Messenger of Allah returned home, his daughter Zaynab came to him and requested that Abu al-' Aas should be given back what was taken from him. He agreed but warned her that she should not allow him have any marital intercourse with her because she was not lawful for him as long as he was still a polytheist.
A Change of Heart
When Abu al-'Aas felt that he could attain security in Madeenah and that the Messenger of Allah sallalahu alayhi wassalam had provided refuge and shelter to him, and he experienced the quality of magnanimity and truthfulness that Islam possessed, he realised that the blind state of ignorance in which he was living had misled for a long time.
He also realised that Zaynab's love for him and his love for her was firmly-rooted in the hearts of both of them.
When he realised all this, he wanted to enter into the fold of this pure religion willingly, not out of coercion. He wanted to
proclaim his acceptance of Islam, but...
It was over this 'but' that Abu al-'Aas pondered a little. His Arab gallantry and tribal pride swirled up in him. So he confided it to himself that he would not allow his proclamation of Islam to be attributed to any influence or pressure. He would not want anyone in Makkah to claim that he accepted Islam for the love of this life and fear of death or anything.
He resolved to proclaim his Islam in the assemblies of Makkah and in front of all and sundry.
There was other issue that attracted his concern: He had properties of people in his trust. If he remained in Madeenah and announced his Islam there, people would say that he wanted to escape from giving the trusts to whom they were due. And this is what his sense of honour would not permit.
Therefore, he returned to Makkah, returned the trusts to whom they were due and then proclaimed his Islam in the assembly of Quraysh and in the presence of many people. He did so in a dignified and honoured manner. After that, he went to Madeenah as a Muslim and an immigrant.
Reaching Madina, he ran to the Prophet sws and said, “Dear Prophet, you freed me yesterday, and today I say that I testify there is no god but Allah and you are His Messenger.”
He asked the Prophet, “Will you give me the permission to go back to Zainab?”
The Prophet sws smiled and said, “Come with me”;
He took him to Zainab’s house and knocked on her door. The Prophet sws said, “O Zainab, your cousin came to me and asked if he can return to you”.
Just like 20 years before, her face turned red with bashfulness and she smiled.
The happiness and prosperity with which the house was known before then returned.
The final separation
For a whole year afterwards, the loving couple lived in Madeenah in happiness and contentment. Then came the eternal separation after which there is no reunion except in the abode of the Hereafter. Zaynab died at the beginning of the 5th year of Hijrah from complications of haemorrhage which she had been suffering from since her migration.
Abu al-' Aas shed hot tears because of her death and drove those who were around him to tears.
The Messenger of Allah came with eyes, full of tears and a heart full of sorrow. Zaynab's death reminded him of the death of his wife, Khadeejah.
He told the women, who gathered around Zaynab's corpse, "Wash her three times and use the camphor in the third wash." He performed funeral prayers on her and followed her final resting place.
Abu al-' Aas returned to his children, 'Ali and Umamah kissing them and wetting them with his tears and remembering the face of his departed darling.
Abu El’Ass would cry so profusely that the people saw the Prophet himself weeping and calming him down. Abu El’Ass would say,
“By Allah, I can’t stand life anymore without Zainab.”
He died one year after Zainab’s death.
May Allah be pleased with Zaynab, the Prophet's daughter!
May He reward her with Paradise for her patience, endurance and struggle!
This is the real love story between Zainab bint Muhammad and Abu El’Ass ibn Rabee’ [ra]; Zainab was the daughter of the Prophet sws and her cousin Abu El’Ass, was Khadeeja [ra]’s nephew. He was one of the nobles of the Quraish, and the Prophet sws loved him very much.
The Proposal
When Zaynab was old enough for marriage, her cousin came forward, asking for her hand in marriage. He was very close to his aunt Khadeejah who treated him like her own son and showed love and compassion to him.
Abu El'Aas had seen Zaynab each time he came to Khadeejah's house and he was fascinated by her beauty, pleasant talk, tenderness and good nature.
Zaynab on her part was also comfortable with his presence and loved to listen to his speeches and his jokes. For, he was despite his young age - one of the leading merchants, a wise reader who commanded the respect of the people and their elders.
That was how the two hearts opened to each other and the feeling of love and affection filled the hearts of both of them.
One day Abu El’Ass went to the Prophet sws before he had received his mission of Prophethood and said:
“I want to marry your eldest daughter.”
So the Prophet sallalahu alayhi wassalam replied: “I must ask her first.”
He sws went to Zainab and asked her: “Your cousin came to me and he wishes to marry you, do you accept him as your husband?”
Zaynab kept quiet out of shyness, and she did not utter a word. Her face became red ... but beatings of her pure heart and her shutting of her eyes were the best answer.
The Messenger of Allah sallalahu alayhi wassalam smiled and did not repeat the question. He then went back to Abu el'aas and gave him a congratulatory handshake and supplicated for blessings.
At their matrimonial home, Zaynab and her husband, Abu al'Aas enjoyed an extreme happiness and mutual love.
Abu al-'Aas, being a trader and a well-placed person among his people, travelled a lot. He would be away in Syria for days and nights making his wife suffer the agony of separation.
Zaynab bore two children for Abu al-'Aas, a boy named 'Ali and a girl named Umaymah. This brought the happiness of their household to perfection and the entire household was full of cheerfulness and delight. The two children were the Prophet's first grandchildren.
One day, when Abu al-'Aas was on one of his joumeys, a great event happened: The Messenger of Allah was called to Prophethood and was commissioned to deliver a divine message. As did her mother and her sisters, she also followed her father and embraced Islam.
When her husband came back from his journey, she told him of what had happened while he was away. He also heard the same news from the people.
A trial
When he first came back, his wife said,
“I have great news for you”.
He stood up and left her. Zainab was surprised and followed him as she said,
“My father became a Prophet and I have become a Muslim.”
He replied, “Why didn’t you tell me first?”
Hence a big problem began between the two; a problem of religion and belief.
She told him, “I wasn’t going to disbelieve in my father and his message, he is not a liar, and he is “The Honest and Trustworthy” [Al-Siddiq wal Ameen]. I’m not the only believer; my mother and my sisters became Muslims, my cousin Ali ibn Abi Talib became a Muslim, your cousin Uthman ibn Affan became a Muslim, and your friend, Abu Bakr, became a Muslim.”
He replied, “By Allah, I have nothing against your father and nothing is dearer to me than following the same path with you, my dear. But I hate that people should say that I have disappointed my clan by disbelieving in the deities of my ancestors in order to please my wife.”
Then he said, “So will you excuse me and understand?”
She replied, “Who will excuse and understand you if I don’t? I will stay beside you and help you until you reach the truth.”
Zaynab RA kept her word for 20 years.
Persecution of the Believers
The disbelievers' persecution of the Messenger of Allah and the early Muslims became more severe. So he, along with his followers and members of his family were isolated for many years in the alleys of Abu Talib beside the valley of Abu Qubays. The Quraysh had blockaded them there and prevented anyone from helping them.
During this period, Zaynab was very sad and distressed. She would cry and cry and then resign her fate to Allah hoping that He would one day provide a way out for them.
Zaynab woke up one morning to hear that the Quraysh were in pursuit of the Messenger of Allah who had left Makkah for Yathrib (Madeenah) as an emigrant. When she heard of his safe arrival there she was happy.
After some days, an envoy came from Yathrib and accompanied Zaynab's other two sisters, Umm Kulthoom and Falimah to Madeenah. Zaynab remained in Makkah in her husband's house waiting for Allah's decision concerning her situation.
The Day of Criterion
It was the time of the Battle of Badr. Abu El’Ass was to fight in the army of Quraish against the Muslims. For Zainab, it meant that her husband will be fighting her father, a time Zainab had always feared. She kept crying out:
“O Allah, I fear one day the sun may rise and my children become orphans or I lose my father”.
So the battle started, and ended in victory for the Muslims. Abu El’Ass was captured by the Muslims.
Zaynab was in an unenviable position. When it was time to ransom the captives, she wanted her husband to be returned to her, arousing by that the concern of her great father. She brought out from her clothes and jewellery box a necklace that used to be her mother's and which she presented to her as a gift on her wedding day. She gave this necklace to her husband's brother, 'Amr ibn Rabee' so that he could present it as ransom for her husband.
While the Prophet sws was sitting, taking payments and releasing captives, he saw Khadeeja’s necklace. He held it up and asked:
“Whose payment is this?”
They said: “Abu El’Ass ibn Rabee.”
He cried and said “This is Khadeeja’s necklace.”
As soon as the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) saw that necklace, he had a feeling of extreme compassion and his heart palpitated for the great memory. The Companions who were present there gazed in amazement having being captivated by the magnificence of the situation.
After a long silence, the Messenger of Allah sws stood up and said,
“O my people, this man is my in-law, should I release him? And do you accept the return of this necklace to my daughter?”
They answered in unison “Yes, O Messenger of Allah!”
The Prophet sws gave the necklace to Abu El’Ass and said to him,
“Tell Zainab not to give away Khadeeja’s necklace.” Then he sws said, “Abu El’Ass, Can we speak privately?”
He took him aside and said, “Allah has ordered me to separate between a Muslim and a disbeliever, so could you return my daughter to me?”
And he swore a pledge that he would do so.
The bitter-sweet reunion
Abu al-' Aas returned to Makkah, and his wife was very happy to have him back. But sorrow and distress could be seen all over his face.
He told his wife, "Zaynab, I come here to bid you farewell."
And he told her of the pledge he had sworn to his father that he would sent her to him.
Zaynab reluctantly departed Makkah and bade Abu al-' Aas an emotional farewell. He told her, "Zaynab, whatever happens, I shall always love you as long as I live. Your ghost shall forever continue to fill this house that had witnessed the sweetest and the most pleasant days of our life."
Zaynab wiped off her flowing tears and went away.
The Quraysh accosted her on her way out and returned her back to Makkah. She was terrified by what had happened. And she
was pregnant. So she started bleeding until this led her to miscarry.
Abu al-'Aas gave her protection in his house and took care of her until she regained some of her health and strength.
One day, he seized upon Quraysh's inattention and sent her out of Makkah in the company of his brother Kinanah until she was
safely brought to the Messenger of Allah.
For 6 years she refused to remarry, hoping that one day Abu El’Ass would come.
Captive once again!
After 6 years, Abu al-'Aas travelled to Syria with a Quraysh caravan. During the journey, he was intercepted by some of the Prophet’s companions- who prevailed upon the caravan and returned to Madinah taking those who were guarding it as captives.
As for Abu al-'Aas, he was able to escape. He used the cover of the night to escape unto what looked like a bush of heavily branched trees and hid there. He remained motionless and even tried to hold his breath so that dogs would not hear him. He stayed there in a chilling cold, fearing what might be his fate.
While he was there, his disturbed heart was longing for the beloved Zaynab; Zaynab without whom he had knew no happiness, security or peace of mind.
He thought of what to do after a part of the night had gone. The Muslims who had attacked him, killed his companions and prevailed over their property had left the place after giving up the hope of finding him.
What should he do now? Should he come out of his hiding place and head for Makkah alone with no provision and animal to ride on? Or should he go to the house of Zaynab, the beloved and dutiful former wife who would never refuse to give him shelter and protection?
He was overwhelmed by love and sincere feelings. So he sneaked to her house under the cover of the night and knocked at her door. The throbbing of his disturbed heart could be heard louder than his knocking of the door.
Zaynab woke up in fear wondering about who could be knocking at her door at this hour of the night. She asked to know who was at the door and the voice was a recognised one: It was humming, fearful and shaking voice of Abu al-'Aas!
She opened the door and met her beloved husband!!!
But in this meeting, it were the eyes that talked rather than the tongues; it were the hearts that shook one another rather than the hands and it were the souls that embraced one another rather than the bodies. And the eyes shed plentiful tears.
Zaynab brought Abu al-' Aas in, fed him, offered him a seat and gave him all that could make him comfortable and relaxed. In spite of having regained some peace of mind, Abu al-'Aas was still anxious and afraid, and he could utter only few words.
Zaynab knew that he had come to seek her protection and shelter and to intercede with her father on his behalf. She assured him that, if Allah willed, she would do what would alleviate his sufferings and doubts.
Protection to Abu El Aas
When the Messenger of Allah finished the Fajr prayer, Zaynab stood up and called out interceding on behalf of her former husband:
"I have given protection to Abu al-'Aas ibn Rabee'!"
The Messenger of Allah sallalahu alayhi wassalam aid, "0' people, did you hear what I have just heard?" The people answered in the affirmative. He then said, "I swear by Him in Whose Hand is my life, I knew nothing of this matter until I heard what you have also heard now."
And he added, "The Muslims are like one hand against those who are outside their community and the lowest of the Muslims is entitled to give protection on behalf of the rest of his co-Muslims. So we give protection to she had given protection."
When the Messenger of Allah returned home, his daughter Zaynab came to him and requested that Abu al-' Aas should be given back what was taken from him. He agreed but warned her that she should not allow him have any marital intercourse with her because she was not lawful for him as long as he was still a polytheist.
A Change of Heart
When Abu al-'Aas felt that he could attain security in Madeenah and that the Messenger of Allah sallalahu alayhi wassalam had provided refuge and shelter to him, and he experienced the quality of magnanimity and truthfulness that Islam possessed, he realised that the blind state of ignorance in which he was living had misled for a long time.
He also realised that Zaynab's love for him and his love for her was firmly-rooted in the hearts of both of them.
When he realised all this, he wanted to enter into the fold of this pure religion willingly, not out of coercion. He wanted to
proclaim his acceptance of Islam, but...
It was over this 'but' that Abu al-'Aas pondered a little. His Arab gallantry and tribal pride swirled up in him. So he confided it to himself that he would not allow his proclamation of Islam to be attributed to any influence or pressure. He would not want anyone in Makkah to claim that he accepted Islam for the love of this life and fear of death or anything.
He resolved to proclaim his Islam in the assemblies of Makkah and in front of all and sundry.
There was other issue that attracted his concern: He had properties of people in his trust. If he remained in Madeenah and announced his Islam there, people would say that he wanted to escape from giving the trusts to whom they were due. And this is what his sense of honour would not permit.
Therefore, he returned to Makkah, returned the trusts to whom they were due and then proclaimed his Islam in the assembly of Quraysh and in the presence of many people. He did so in a dignified and honoured manner. After that, he went to Madeenah as a Muslim and an immigrant.
Reaching Madina, he ran to the Prophet sws and said, “Dear Prophet, you freed me yesterday, and today I say that I testify there is no god but Allah and you are His Messenger.”
He asked the Prophet, “Will you give me the permission to go back to Zainab?”
The Prophet sws smiled and said, “Come with me”;
He took him to Zainab’s house and knocked on her door. The Prophet sws said, “O Zainab, your cousin came to me and asked if he can return to you”.
Just like 20 years before, her face turned red with bashfulness and she smiled.
The happiness and prosperity with which the house was known before then returned.
The final separation
For a whole year afterwards, the loving couple lived in Madeenah in happiness and contentment. Then came the eternal separation after which there is no reunion except in the abode of the Hereafter. Zaynab died at the beginning of the 5th year of Hijrah from complications of haemorrhage which she had been suffering from since her migration.
Abu al-' Aas shed hot tears because of her death and drove those who were around him to tears.
The Messenger of Allah came with eyes, full of tears and a heart full of sorrow. Zaynab's death reminded him of the death of his wife, Khadeejah.
He told the women, who gathered around Zaynab's corpse, "Wash her three times and use the camphor in the third wash." He performed funeral prayers on her and followed her final resting place.
Abu al-' Aas returned to his children, 'Ali and Umamah kissing them and wetting them with his tears and remembering the face of his departed darling.
Abu El’Ass would cry so profusely that the people saw the Prophet himself weeping and calming him down. Abu El’Ass would say,
“By Allah, I can’t stand life anymore without Zainab.”
He died one year after Zainab’s death.
May Allah be pleased with Zaynab, the Prophet's daughter!
May He reward her with Paradise for her patience, endurance and struggle!