Fatima bint Qais reported that Abu 'Amr bin Hafs divorced her absolutely when he was away from home, and he sent his agent to her with some barley. She was displeased with him and when he said: I swear by Allah that you have no claim on us. she went to Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) and mentioned that to him. He said: There is no maintenance due to you from him, and he commanded her to spend the 'Idda in the house of Umm Sharik, but then said: That is a woman whom my companions visit. So better spend this period in the house of Ibn Umm Maktum, for he is a blind man and you can put off your garments. And when the 'Idda is over, inform me. She said: When my period of 'Idda was over, I mentioned to him that Mu'awiyah bin Abu Sufyan (RA) and Jahm had sent proposal of marriage to me, whereupon Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: As for Abu Jahm, he does not put down his staff from his shoulder, and as for Mu'awiyah, he is a poor man having no property; marry Usama bin Zaid. I objected to him, but he again said: Marry Usama; so I married him. Allah blessed there in and I was envied (by others).

Fatima bint Qais reported that her husband divorced her during the life time of Allah's Prophet ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) and gave her a meagre maintenance allowance. When she saw that, she said: By Allah, I will inform Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) , and if maintenance allowance is due to me then I will accept that which will suffice me, and if it is not due to me, I will not accept anything from him. She said: I made a mention of that to Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) and he said: There is neither maintenance allowance for you nor lodging.

Fatima bint Qais reported that her husband al-Makhzumi divorced her and refused to pay her maintenance allowance. So she came to Allah's Messenger (may peace he upon him) and informed him, whereupon he said: There is no maintenance allowance for you, and you better go to the house of Ibn Umm Maktum and live with him for he is a blind man and you can put off your clothes in his house (i. e. you shall not face much difficulty in observing purdah there).

Abu Salama reported that Fatima bint Qais, the sister of al-Dahhak bin Qais informed him that Abu Hafs bin Mughira al-Makhzumi divorced her three times and then he proceeded on to the Yemen. The members of his family said to her: There is no maintenance allowance due to you from us. Khalid bin Walid along with a group of persons visited Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) in the house of Maimuna and they said: Abu Hafs has divorced his wife with three pronouncements; is there any maintenance allowance due to her? Thereupon Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: No maintenance allowance is due to her, but she is required to spend the 'Idda; and he sent her the message that she should not be hasty in making a decision about herself and commanded her to move to the house of Umm Sharik, and then sent her the message that as the first immigrants (frequently) visit the house of Umm Sharik, she should better go to the house of Ibn Umm Maktum, the blind, (and further said: In case you put off your head-dress, he (Ibn Umm Makhtum) will not see you. So she went to his house, and when the 'Idda was over, Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) married her to Usama bin Zaid bin Haritha.

This hadith has been transmitted through another chain of narrators.

'Ubaidullah bin 'Abdullah bin 'Utba reported that 'Amr bin Hafs bin al-Mughirahh set out along with ' Ali Ibn Abi Talib (RA) to the Yemen and sent to his wife the one pronouncement of divorce which was still left from the (irrevocable) divorce; and he commanded al-Harith bin Hisham and 'Ayyash bin Abu Rabi'a to give her maintenance allowance. They said to her: By Allah, there is no maintenance allowance for you, except in case you are pregnant. She came to Allah's Apostle ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) (may peace he upon him) and mentioned their opinion to him, whereupon he said: There is no maintenance allowance for you. Then she sought permission to move (to another place), and he (the Holy Prophet) permitted her. She said: Allah's Messenger, where (should I go)? He said: To the house of Ibn Umm Maktum and, as he is blind, she could put off her garmeqts in his presence and he would not see her. And when her 'Idda was over. Allah's Apostle ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) married her to Usama bin Zaid. Marwan (the governor of Madinah) sent Qabisa bin Dhuwaib in order to ask her about this hadith, and she narrated it to him, whereupon Marwan said: We have not heard this hadith but from a woman. We would adopt a safe (path) where we found the people. Fatima said that when these words of, Marwan were conveyed to her. There is between me and you the word of Allah, the Exalted and Majestic: Do "not turn them out" of their houses. She asserted: This is in regard to the revocable divorce what new (turn can the event take) after three pronouncements (separation between irrevocable). Why do you say there is no maintenance allowance for her if she is not pregnant? Then on what ground do you restrain her?

Sha'bi reported: I visited Fatima bint Qais and asked her about the verdict of Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) about (board and lodging during the 'Idda) and she said that her husband divorced her with an irrevocable divorce. She (further said): I contended with him before Allah's Messerger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) about lodging and maintenance allowance, and she said: He did not provide me with any lodging or maintenance allowance, and he commanded me to spend the 'Idda in the house of Ibn Umm Maktum.

A hadith like this has been trarismitted on the authority of Hushaim through another chain of narrators.