It is narrated from Muhammad bin Ibrahim bin al-Harith al-Taymi that Sayyidah Zaynab bint Jahsh (may Allah be pleased with her) left instructions that she be carried on the bier of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and that a funeral canopy (na'sh) be placed over it; before her, the bier of Sayyiduna Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) had also been carried on it. On a very hot day Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) passed by the grave-diggers who were preparing Sayyidah Zaynab's grave, and he said (for their comfort): "What if I were to pitch a tent over them (it would be better)." And this was the first tent put up over a grave in al-Baqi'.

It is narrated from Abdullah bin Abi Salit that he said: I saw Abu Ahmad bin Jahsh carrying the bier of Sayyidah Zaynab (may Allah be pleased with her); he was blind and was weeping. I heard Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) say: "O Abu Ahmad, move away from the bier so that the people do not hurt you," for there was a great crowd around her bier. Abu Ahmad said: "She is the one through whom we attained every good, and this cools the heat that I am feeling (from the grief of parting)." Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Keep to it, keep to it (that is, stay with it)."

Umar bin Uthman al-Jahshi narrates from his father that he said: Sayyidah Zaynab bint Jahsh (may Allah be pleased with her) left behind neither a dinar nor a dirham. Whatever she obtained she would give away in charity, and she was a refuge for the poor. She left behind her house, which her heirs sold to al-Walid bin Abd al-Malik for fifty thousand dirhams at the time when the Mosque (of the Prophet) was being expanded.

It is narrated from Umar bin Uthman al-Jahshi, from Ibrahim bin Abdullah bin Muhammad al-Jahshi, from his father, that the mother of Sayyiduna Ukkashah bin Mihsan (may Allah be pleased with him) was asked: How old was Sayyidah Zaynab bint Jahsh (may Allah be pleased with her) at the time of her death? She said: "When we came to Madinah as emigrants she was a little over thirty, and she died in the year 20 AH." Umar bin Uthman says that his father used to say: "When Sayyidah Zaynab bint Jahsh (may Allah be pleased with her) died, she was fifty-three (53) years old."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to his wives: "The first of you to join me will be the one with the longest hand." Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) says: After the death of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), whenever we gathered in the house of one of us, we would place our hands against the wall and compare their length with one another. We kept doing this until Sayyidah Zaynab bint Jahsh (may Allah be pleased with her) passed away. She was a short woman and was not the tallest of us. Then we understood that by the length of the hand the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had meant charity. Sayyidah Aishah says: "Sayyidah Zaynab (may Allah be pleased with her) was skilled with her hands; she would tan leather and sew, and give it away in charity in the path of Allah." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Muslim, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Amir that Sayyidah Zaynab bint Jahsh (may Allah be pleased with her) used to say to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "I have a greater right over you than all your wives: my marriage was the best of them, my envoy was the most honoured, and I am the closest to you in kinship." Then she would say: "The Most Merciful, the Mighty and Majestic, married me to you from above His Throne, and Jibril (peace be upon him) was its envoy; and I am the daughter of your paternal aunt, and none of your wives besides me is so closely related to you." (As I have mentioned, her mother Umaymah bint Abd al-Muttalib was the paternal aunt of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).)

It is narrated from Mujahid that the Mother of the Believers, Sayyidah Juwayriyah bint al-Harith (may Allah be pleased with her), said to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him): "Your other wives boast over me and say that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) did not marry you (as a free woman), rather you are merely his property (a slave-woman)." The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Did I not make your dowry great? Did I not free forty people of your tribe (for your sake)?"

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that she said: When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) acquired the captives of Banu al-Mustaliq, Sayyidah Juwayriyah bint al-Harith bin Abi Dirar fell to the share of Thabit bin Qays bin Shammas (may Allah be pleased with him). So she made a contract (mukatabah, an agreement to pay for her freedom) with him for her freedom. She was a beautiful woman; whoever saw her could not help being taken by her. So she came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) to seek help in paying her mukatabah.

It is narrated from Muhammad bin Umar (al-Waqidi) that Sayyidah Juwayriyah bint al-Harith bin Abi Dirar bin Habib bin A'idh bin Malik bin Jadhimah (who are called Banu al-Mustaliq and are from the tribe of Khuza'ah) had been married to Musafi' bin Safwan, who was killed on the day of al-Muraysi'.

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) took the women of Banu al-Mustaliq as war captives, he (peace and blessings be upon him) set aside the fifth (khumus) and distributed the rest among the people. He (peace and blessings be upon him) gave the horseman two shares and the foot soldier one share. Sayyidah Juwayriyah bint al-Harith bin Abi Dirar fell to the share of the Ansari Companion Thabit bin Qays bin Shammas (may Allah be pleased with him). Before that she had been married to her paternal cousin Safwan bin Malik bin Jadhimah, who had been killed. Thabit bin Qays made a contract (mukatabah) with her for her freedom in exchange for nine uqiyyahs of silver. She was so attractive and beautiful a woman that whoever saw her could not help being taken by her. Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) says: While the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was sitting with me, Juwayriyah came to seek help regarding her mukatabah. By Allah, as soon as I saw her, I disliked her coming to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), for I knew that he (peace and blessings be upon him) would also see in her the (beauty) that I had seen. She said: "O Messenger of Allah, I am Juwayriyah, the daughter of al-Harith, the chief of his people, and you know the trial that has befallen me. I have fallen to the share of Thabit bin Qays, and he has made a contract with me for nine uqiyyahs, so help me in gaining my freedom." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Would you like something better than that?" She asked: What is it? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I will pay your mukatabah on your behalf and marry you." She said: "Yes, O Messenger of Allah!" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I have done so." When this news reached the people, they said: "Are the in-laws of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) to be kept as slaves?" So they freed all the captives of Banu al-Mustaliq that were in their hands. Through the blessing of his (peace and blessings be upon him) marriage to her, a hundred households of Banu al-Mustaliq were freed. I know of no woman who proved a greater blessing for her people than she. This took place on the return from the expedition of al-Muraysi'.