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Life Story

Zaynab was raised in Sarat in the Arabian Peninsula. She married a young man from her own tribe named Abdullah ibn Harith ibn Sakhbarah Azdi. They had three children, Tufail, Asma and Abdullah.

At some point, Zaynab and her family moved to Mecca, where her husband Abdullah Azdi became the partner and companion of Abu Bakr (who was already married to Qutaylah bint Abd-al-Uzza. Shortly afterwards, Zaynab was widowed and left with no support. Seeing her precarious condition, Abu Bakr married her. They later had two children: a daughter, Aisha bint Abu Bakr, who married the Prophet Muhammad and a son, Abdul Rahman.

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