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===Zaynab bint Jahsh's Age===
===Zaynab bint Jahsh's Age===


There is dispute about Muhammad's biological cousin's<ref>Maududi (1967), Tafhimul Quran, Chapter Al Ahzab</ref> exact age, but there is no doubt about her approximate age.
There is dispute about Muhammad's biological cousin's<ref>Bewley/Saad 8:72; {{Tabari|8|p. 4}}; {{Tabari|39|p. 180}}; cf Guillaume/Ishaq 3; Maududi (1967), Tafhimul Quran, Chapter Al Ahzab</ref> exact age, but there is no doubt about her approximate age.


{{Quote|Bewley/Saad 8:80.|I saw Umar ibn Al-Khattab pray over Zaynab bint Jahsh in 20 AH [641 CE] on a summer day, and I saw a cloth stretched over her grave.}}
{{Quote|Bewley/Saad 8:80.|I saw Umar ibn Al-Khattab pray over Zaynab bint Jahsh in 20 AH [641 CE] on a summer day, and I saw a cloth stretched over her grave.}}