Abdullah ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said regarding (this verse of the Quran) «نذرت لك ما في بطني محررا» "Whatever is in my womb, O Allah! I have vowed to dedicate it to You as free (from worldly duties)." He said that she had vowed to dedicate (the child) to the service of the mosque, that (the child) would serve it for life.

Narrated Abu Rafi: Abu Huraira said, "A man or a woman used to clean the mosque." (A sub-narrator said, 'Most probably a woman..') Then he narrated the Hadith of the Prophet