Fatima:
- Youngest daughter and born a few years before prophethood;
- She was the only daughter to outlive the Prophet;
- She was upset over the treatment he faced by the Quraysh in Makka;
- The Prophet showed his affection for her and would visit her before he left on a journey and upon returning;
- When the Prophet was ill, she was upset that he was dying but happy when he told her she would be joining him soon;
- She was married to ‘Ali and had two sons and two daughters;
- She suffered hardships after her marriage due to poverty and took to grounding flour to earn money.
Zaynab:
- Was the eldest daughter;
- Born in 5th year of marriage when the Prophet was 30;
- She was married to Abu al-Aas bin Rabi;
- She died in 8AH; she had two children, Ali and Umaymah;
- She became Muslim but her husband did not initially;
- She stayed behind with him when the other Muslims migrated to Madina;
- He fought in Battle of Badr against the Muslims and was captured;
- Zaynab sent her mother’s necklace for his ransom;
- She returned to her father in Madina while her husband was freed and returned to Makka;
- She did not remarry hoping Abu al-Aas would become Muslim, which he did. He asked the Prophet to allow him to go back to Zaynab;
- She died a year later.
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