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Khadijah's necklace
Makkah and Madinah, in the aftermath of the battle of Badr.
Makkah and Madinah2 AH, after Badr approximate1 min read
Among the Makkans taken captive at Badr was Abu-l 'As ibn ar-Rabi', husband of Zaynab, the Prophet's ﷺ eldest daughter, who had not accepted Islam.
Ransom began to arrive from Makkah for the various captives. What Zaynab sent for her husband included, by report, a necklace that had belonged to her mother Khadijah — given to her by Khadijah at her own wedding, years before.
When the Prophet ﷺ saw it, he is reported to have been visibly moved, and to have asked the Muslims present whether they would consider releasing Abu-l 'As without payment and returning the ransom to Zaynab, as a kindness to her. They agreed.
The release carried a condition: that Zaynab would go to Madinah. Abu-l 'As accepted it, and Zaynab made the journey — reported as a difficult one — to join her father.
He himself did not accept Islam at that point. He and Zaynab remained apart, on opposite sides of the same conflict, for some years yet.
In this moment: The Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, Zaynab bint Muhammad ﷺ
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As-Sirah an-Nabawiyyahالسيرة النبوية
Classical biography · Ibn Hisham, from the recension of Ibn Ishaq
Kitab at-Tabaqat al-Kabirالطبقات الكبرى
Classical biography · Ibn Sa'd
Companions of the Prophet
Modern biography · Abdul Wahid Hamid
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