Which of the two statements is more accurate regarding the death of Abu al-As ibn al-Rabi‘: did he die a year after the death of Zaynab, the daughter of the Messenger, or in Dhul-Hijjah of the twelfth year of the Hijrah?
Abu al-ʿAs ibn al-Rabiʿ died in the year 12 AH, during the caliphate of Abu Bakr al-Siddiq, while Zaynab, daughter of the Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him), died in the year 8 AH. It is not mentioned that he died one year after her. Details of their marriage are available in the books of Sirah (biography of the Prophet).
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