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{{Quote|{{Tabari|39|p. 182}}.|According to Umar ibn Uthman [ibn Abdullah al-Jahshi] from his father: “Zaynab bint Jahsh died at the age of 53.”}} | {{Quote|{{Tabari|39|p. 182}}.|According to Umar ibn Uthman [ibn Abdullah al-Jahshi] from his father: “Zaynab bint Jahsh died at the age of 53.”}} | ||
Note that this narrator was the grandson of Zaynab’s own nephew. If Zaynab was 53 in 20 AH, she was born in 34 BH between July 589 and July 590 (median = | Note that this narrator was the grandson of Zaynab’s own nephew. If Zaynab was 53 in 20 AH, she was born in 34 BH between 23 July 589 and 11 July 590 (median = 15 January 590). | ||
{{Quote|{{Tabari|39|p. 182}}.|The Prophet married Zaynab bint Jahsh on the first of Dhu’l-Qada 5.}} | {{Quote|{{Tabari|39|p. 182}}.|The Prophet married Zaynab bint Jahsh on the first of Dhu’l-Qada 5.}} | ||
The first of Dhu’l-Qada 5 AH was 27 March 627. However, there is a contradiction. The same nephew who said she died at 53 also said: | The first of Dhu’l-Qada 5 AH was 27 March 627. However, there is a contradiction. The same nephew who said she died at age 53 also said: | ||
{{Quote|Bewley/Saad 8:81|Uthman ibn Abdullah al-Jahshi said, “The Messenger of Allah married Zaynab bint Jahsh at the beginning of the month of Dhu’l-Qada in 5 AH. '''She was 35''' at the time.”}} | {{Quote|Bewley/Saad 8:81|Uthman ibn Abdullah al-Jahshi said, “The Messenger of Allah married Zaynab bint Jahsh at the beginning of the month of Dhu’l-Qada in 5 AH. '''She was 35''' at the time.”}} | ||