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Zaynab was married in Mecca, but almost nothing is known about her husband.<ref>Her words, "I am a widow," spoken in 624 or 625, do not even prove ''how many'' husbands she had had. While it is parsimonious to assume that it was only one, we note here that it is in theory possible that Zaynab was married more than once in Mecca.</ref> He appears to have been a Quraysh of respectable status. He was probably not from the leading clans of Umayya, Makhzum or even Hashim, since Zaynab's statement that he was a Quraysh<ref>{{Tabari|39|p. 180}}: "I am the widow of the Quraysh."</ref> was deliberately asserted to emphasise his social rank | Zaynab was married in Mecca, but almost nothing is known about her husband.<ref>Her words, "I am a widow," spoken in 624 or 625, do not even prove ''how many'' husbands she had had. While it is parsimonious to assume that it was only one, we note here that it is in theory possible that Zaynab was married more than once in Mecca.</ref> He appears to have been a Quraysh of respectable status. He was probably not from the leading clans of Umayya, Makhzum or even Hashim, since Zaynab's statement that he was a Quraysh<ref>{{Tabari|39|p. 180}}: "I am the widow of the Quraysh."</ref> was deliberately asserted to emphasise his social rank; if he had belonged to these prestigious families, she would certainly have mentioned it. But every Quraysh was deemed of higher social status than every other person in Mecca. | ||
We can take some educated guesses about Zaynab's married life. First, she was occasionally known as ''Umm al-Hakam'',<ref>[http://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/encyclopaedia-of-islam-1/zainab-bint-djahsh-SIM_6058/ Vacca, V. (2013). "Zainab bint Djahsh" in ''Encyclopaedia of Islam. First Edition (1913-1936)''. Brill Online, 2013. Retrieved 7 March 2013.]: "her ''kunya'' was Umm al-Hakam and her name had been Barra."</ref> which literally means "Mother of the Judge". There is nothing in her biography that indicates she had any kind of legal expertise or even that she was consulted for her general wisdom. It is therefore most likely that ''Umm al-Hakam'' was a literal ''kunya'' and that Zaynab gave birth to an actual child named Al-Hakam. This child is never otherwise mentioned, so he probably died in infancy. Zaynab probably had no further children; she certainly had none who survived and none at all by her subsequent husbands.<ref></ref> | We can take some educated guesses about Zaynab's married life. First, she was occasionally known as ''Umm al-Hakam'',<ref>[http://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/encyclopaedia-of-islam-1/zainab-bint-djahsh-SIM_6058/ Vacca, V. (2013). "Zainab bint Djahsh" in ''Encyclopaedia of Islam. First Edition (1913-1936)''. Brill Online, 2013. Retrieved 7 March 2013.]: "her ''kunya'' was Umm al-Hakam and her name had been Barra."</ref> which literally means "Mother of the Judge". There is nothing in her biography that indicates she had any kind of legal expertise or even that she was consulted for her general wisdom. It is therefore most likely that ''Umm al-Hakam'' was a literal ''kunya'' and that Zaynab gave birth to an actual child named Al-Hakam. This child is never otherwise mentioned, so he probably died in infancy. Zaynab probably had no further children; she certainly had none who survived and none at all by her subsequent husbands.<ref></ref> | ||