It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sent a proposal for Sayyiduna Julaibib (may Allah be pleased with him) to the father of an Ansari woman. Her father said: I will consult her mother. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Alright. That man went to his wife and mentioned the matter to her. She said: No, by Allah! This cannot happen. Has the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) found only Julaibib for us? We did not even give her in marriage to so-and-so and so-and-so. The girl was listening to this conversation from behind the curtain. The man set out to inform the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The girl said: Are you rejecting the command of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)? If he (peace and blessings be upon him) has chosen him, then marry me to him. By saying this, the girl revealed the hidden matter to her parents. They said: She is speaking the truth. Her father presented himself before the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: If you are pleased, then we are also pleased with this match. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: I am pleased. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) married Julaibib to that girl. Afterwards, once the people of Madinah were frightened, Sayyiduna Julaibib mounted to dispel it, but when the Muslims reached there, they found Julaibib in such a state that he had been killed, and some polytheists were lying dead around him. Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) says: I saw that woman, and her house was the most prosperous among the houses of Madinah.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Barzah Aslami (may Allah be pleased with him), similar to the aforementioned narration, except that at the end it states: Sayyiduna Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Among the Ansar, there was no woman without a husband who spent more than her. Ishaq bin Abdullah narrated from Sayyiduna Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him) and said: Do you know what supplication the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) made for her? The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) made this supplication: O Allah! Bestow abundant goodness upon her and do not make her life one of hardship and toil. Among the Ansar, there was no woman without a husband who was more renowned and blessed than her.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), he says: My daughter, Sayyidah Hafsa (may Allah be pleased with her), became a widow after the death of Sayyiduna Khunais bin Hudhafah (may Allah be pleased with him). He was among the companions of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and had participated in the Battle of Badr, and he passed away in Madinah. I met Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) and offered Hafsa to him, and I said: If you wish, I will marry Hafsa to you. He said: I will think about it. I waited for a few days, then he met me and said: I do not intend to marry at this time. Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) says: I met Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) and I said: If you wish, I will marry my daughter Hafsa to you. He did not give any answer, and because of this, I was more grieved with him than with Uthman. Nevertheless, I waited for a few days, and then a proposal for my daughter’s marriage came from the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and I married her to him. Later, when Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) met me, he said: When you offered Hafsa to me and I did not give you any answer, you must have been upset with me? I said: Yes, indeed. He said: The only thing that prevented me from responding to your offer was that I had heard the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) mention Sayyidah Hafsa (may Allah be pleased with her). It was a secret, and I did not want to disclose the secret of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). If he (peace and blessings be upon him) had not married her, I would have married Hafsa.

Thabit Banani says: I was sitting with Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) and one of his daughters was also present with him. Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) said: A woman came to the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: O Messenger of Allah! Do you have a desire to marry me? Sayyiduna Anas’s (may Allah be pleased with him) daughter said that the woman had so little modesty. Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) said: O daughter! She was better than you, because she expressed her desire regarding the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and presented herself to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him).