Muhammad was moved by her compassion, and told his other wives about it and preached that "if you have faith in Allah...he would provide for your sustenance, even as he doeth for the birds, who leave their nest hungry in the morning, but return full at night". She died less than two years later, the second of Muhammad's three wives that died before him. It has been suggested she died during the month of Rabi' al-thani, four years after the Hijra. She was buried in Jannat al-Baqi, carried into her grave by Muhammad. After her death, her household in Muhammad's circle remained empty for a notable period of time, before his sixth wife, Umm Salama was moved in, and noted "He married me and moved me to the chamber of Zaynab bint Khuzayma, the Mother of the Poor".