The death of Zaynab coincided with that of Abu Salamah, a devout Muslim and Muhammad's foster brother, as a result of the wounds he had gotten from the Battle of Uhud worsened after Muhammad sent him to the expedition of Qatan. After her "iddah" had over, Abu Bakr and Umar proposed marriage to her; but she declined. She was the paternal cousin of Khalid Ibn Al Waleed, the military commander who fought against Muhammad in many battles. Her marriage made Khalid take an undecisive attitude at the Battle Of Uhud. When Muhammad proposed her marriage, she was reluctant for three reasons: she claimed to suffer from jealousy and pointed out the prospect of an unsuccessful marriage, her young children, and none of her relatives who could act as guardian was present. But Muhammad replied that he would pray to God to free her from jealousy and provide her young children, and regarding her relatives, he said present or absent, none of them that would not be pleased with him. Muhammad then married her, and that time she was 28.