Companion of the Prophet ﷺ
زينب بنت أم سلمة المخزومية
زينب بنت عبد الله بن عبد الأسد بن هلال بن عبد الله بن عمر بن مخزوم
Appears in 125 hadith across the six canonical collections.
An abridged path through the isnād
From the Prophet ﷺ to the written books
مُحَمَّد ﷺ
The Messenger
زينب بنت أم سلمة المخزومية
Selected narrator
Immediate student layer
Passed onward to
No onward narrator is recorded
Preserved in the six books
صحيح البخاري
Sahih al-Bukhari
45
صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
27
سنن أبي داود
Sunan Abi Dawud
9
جامع الترمذي
Jami‘ at-Tirmidhi
6
سنن النسائي
Sunan an-Nasa’i
24
سنن ابن ماجه
Sunan Ibn Majah
14
Life & identity
Biographical notes
- Lineage / nisba
- المخزومي
- Died in
- المدينة, مكة
Teachers in the transmission
Received from
No names recorded.
Students in the transmission
Passed onward to
No names recorded.
The written record
Hadith in this narrator’s chain
Bukhari · 130إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَسْتَحْيِي مِنَ الْحَقِّ ، فَهَلْ عَلَى الْمَرْأَةِ مِنْ غُسْلٍ إِذَا احْتَلَمَتْ ؟ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : إِذَا رَأَتِ الْمَاءَ ، فَغَطَّتْ أُمُّ سَلَمَةَ تَعْنِي وَجْهَهUm-Sulaim came to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and said, "Verily, Allah is not shy of (telling you) the truth. Is it necessary for a woman to take a bath after she has a wet dream (nocturnal sexual discharge?) The Prophet repli6 narratorsBukhari · 282نَعَمْ ، إِذَا رَأَتِ الْمَاءَ(the mother of the believers) Um Sulaim, the wife of Abu Talha, came to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Verily Allah is not shy of (telling you) the truth. Is it necessary for a woman to take a 6 narratorsBukhari · 298بَيْنَا أَنَا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مُضْطَجِعَةٌ فِي خَمِيصَةٍ ، إِذْ حِضْتُ فَانْسَلَلْتُ فَأَخَذْتُ ثِيَابَ حِيضَتِي ، قَالَ : أَنُفِسْتِ ؟ قُلْتُ : نَعَمْ ، فَدَعَانِي فَاضْطَجَعْتُ مَعَهُ While I was laying with the Prophet (ﷺ) under a single woolen sheet, I got the menses. I slipped away and put on the clothes for menses. He said, "Have you got "Nifas" (menses)?" I replied, "Yes." He then called me and m6 narratorsBukhari · 322حِضْتُ وَأَنَا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي الْخَمِيلَةِ ، فَانْسَلَلْتُ فَخَرَجْتُ مِنْهَا فَأَخَذْتُ ثِيَابَ حِيضَتِي فَلَبِسْتُهَا ، فَقَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّUm-Salama said, "I got my menses while I was lying with the Prophet (ﷺ) under a woolen sheet. So I slipped away, took the clothes for menses and put them on. Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, 'Have you got your menses?' I repl6 narratorsBukhari · 323بَيْنَا أَنَا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مُضْطَجِعَةً فِي خَمِيلَةٍ حِضْتُ ، فَانْسَلَلْتُ فَأَخَذْتُ ثِيَابَ حِيضَتِي ، فَقَالَ : أَنُفِسْتِ ؟ فَقُلْتُ : نَعَمْ ، فَدَعَانِي فَاضْطَجَعْتُ مَعَهُ فWhile I was lying with the Prophet (ﷺ) under a woolen sheet, I got my menses. I slipped away and put on the clothes for menses. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Have you got your menses?" I replied, "Yes." He called me and I slept6 narratorsBukhari · 464طُوفِي مِنْ وَرَاءِ النَّاسِ وَأَنْتِ رَاكِبَةٌ ، فَطُفْتُ وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، يُصَلِّي إِلَى جَنْبِ الْبَيْتِ يَقْرَأُ بِ وَالطُّورِ { 1 } وَكِتَابٍ مَسْطُورٍ { 2 } سورة الطور آية 1-2I complained to Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) that I was sick. He told me to perform the Tawaf behind the people while riding. So I did so and Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was praying beside the Ka`ba and reciting the Sura starting wit6 narratorsBukhari · 1280لَمَّا جَاءَ نَعْيُأَبِي سُفْيَانَ مِنْ الشَّأْمِ دَعَتْ أُمُّ حَبِيبَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا بِصُفْرَةٍ فِي الْيَوْمِ الثَّالِثِ ، فَمَسَحَتْ عَارِضَيْهَا وَذِرَاعَيْهَا , وَقَالَتْ : إِنِّي كُنْتُ عَنْ هَذَا لَغَنِWhen the news of the death of Abu Sufyan reached from Sham, Um Habiba on the third day, asked for a yellow perfume and scented her cheeks and forearms and said, "No doubt, I would not have been in need of this, had I not6 narratorsBukhari · 1281حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ ، حَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ حَزْمٍ ، عَنْ حُمَيْدِ بْنِ نَافِعٍ ، عَنْ زَيْنَبَ بِنْتِ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ أَخْبَرَتْهُ , قَاI went to Um Habiba, the wife of Prophet, who said, "I heard the Prophets saying, 'It is not legal for a woman who believes in Allah and the Last Day to mourn for any dead person for more than three days except for her h6 narratorsBukhari · 1467يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِأَلِيَ أَجْرٌ أَنْ أُنْفِقَ عَلَى بَنِي أَبِي سَلَمَةَ إِنَّمَا هُمْ بَنِيَّ ؟ , فَقَالَ : أَنْفِقِي عَلَيْهِمْ ، فَلَكِ أَجْرُ مَا أَنْفَقْتِ عَلَيْهِمْ(the daughter of Um Salama) My mother said, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! Shall I receive a reward if I spend for the sustenance of Abu Salama's offspring, and in fact they are also my sons?" The Prophet (ﷺ) replied, "Spend 6 narratorsBukhari · 1619شَكَوْتُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنِّي أَشْتَكِي ، فَقَالَ : طُوفِي مِنْ وَرَاءِ النَّاسِ وَأَنْتِ رَاكِبَةٌ ، فَطُفْتُ وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ حِينَئِذٍ يُصَل(the wife of the Prophet) I informed Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) that I was ill. So he said, "Perform the Tawaf while riding behind the people." I did so, and at that time the Prophet (ﷺ) was praying beside the Ka`ba and recit6 narratorsBukhari · 1626أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قَالَ وَهُوَ بمكة وَأَرَادَ الْخُرُوجَ ، وَلَمْ تَكُنْ أُمُّ سَلَمَةَ طَافَتْ بالبيت وَأَرَادَتِ الْخُرُوجَ ، فَقَالَ لَهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْه(the wife of the Prophet) I informed Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) (about my illness). (Through other sub-narrators, Um Salama narrated that when Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was at Mecca and had just decided to leave (Mecca) while she11 narrators·parallel chainBukhari · 1633شَكَوْتُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنِّي أَشْتَكِي ، فَقَالَ : طُوفِي مِنْ وَرَاءِ النَّاسِ وَأَنْتِ رَاكِبَةٌ ، فَطُفْتُ وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يُصَلِّي إِلَى I informed Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) that I was sick. He said, "Perform Tawaf (of the Ka`ba) while riding behind the people." So, I performed the Tawaf while Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) was offering the prayer beside the Ka`ba and6 narrators