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====Subsequent Career of Zayd==== | ====Subsequent Career of Zayd==== | ||
Zayd married Umm Kulthum bint Uqba al-Umayyiya, a woman even more aristocratic than Zaynab and | Zayd married Umm Kulthum bint Uqba al-Umayyiya, a woman even more aristocratic than Zaynab<ref></ref> and probably much younger.<ref></ref> Muhammad ordered this marriage.<ref></ref> She bore him his son Zayd and his daughter Ruqayya.<ref></ref> Given the short duration of the marriage, they were probably twins. This marriage ended in divorce, though the circumstances are not known.<ref></ref> The child Zayd died in infancy, but Ruqayya lived to come under the protection of Caliph Uthman.<ref></ref> | ||
Umm Kulthum then married Al-Zubayr ibn Al-Awwam, and Zayd married Al-Zubayr's sister Hind. Neither marriage lasted very long. Umm Kulthum engineered a divorce from Al-Zubayr, who was violent; and Zayd had not much longer to live. | Umm Kulthum then married Al-Zubayr ibn Al-Awwam,<ref></ref> and Zayd married Al-Zubayr's sister Hind.<ref></ref> Neither marriage lasted very long. Umm Kulthum engineered a divorce from Al-Zubayr, who was violent;<ref></ref> and Zayd had not much longer to live. | ||
Zayd commanded the Muslim army at the Battle of Muta in 629 and was among the first to be killed there. | Zayd commanded the Muslim army at the Battle of Muta in 629 and was among the first to be killed there.<ref></ref> | ||
===The Order of the Veil=== | ===The Order of the Veil=== | ||