Sa’sa’ah." One story about their married life tells how a poor man came to Zaynab’s house to beg for some flour. She gave him the last of what she had and had no food for herself that night. Moved by her compassion, Muhammad told his other wives about it, saying: "If you have faith in Allah ... he will provide for your sustenance even as he does for the birds, who leave their nest hungry in the morning but return full at night". Death Zaynab's marriage to Muhammad lasted only a few months. She died at aged about thirty. Muhammad carried her to Jannat al-Baqi and recited the funeral prayers, then three of her brothers descended into her grave to lay the corpse. Her house at the mosque remained empty for six months until Muhammad's sixth wife, Umm Salama, was moved into it. References 626 deaths Wives of Muhammad 596 births 7th-century women Muslim female saints Burials at Jannat al-Baqī Banu Hilal