Mawla of the Messenger, Sayyiduna Abu Rafi’ (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him and his family) married Umm al-Mu’minin Sayyida Maymunah (may Allah be pleased with her), and when her departure (rukhsati) took place, on both occasions he was not in the state of ihram. I was the messenger between these two personalities.

Mawla of the Messenger, Sayyiduna Abu Rafi’ (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: He says, once my name was also registered in a detachment. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me: Go and bring Maymunah. I submitted: O Prophet of Allah! My name has already been written in such-and-such detachment. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Do you not like the work that I like? I said: Yes, absolutely. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Then go and bring Maymunah to me. So I went and brought her. This hadith is evidence that a trustworthy Muslim slave can be sent with a woman during travel. (Abdullah Rafiq)

It is narrated from Abu Fazarah, who narrates from Yazid bin Asam, and he narrates from the wife of the Prophet, Sayyidah Maymunah (may Allah be pleased with her), that when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) married her and when she was sent to him (i.e., when the marriage was consummated), on both occasions he was not in the state of ihram. And the Mother of the Believers, Sayyidah Maymunah (may Allah be pleased with her), passed away at a place called Saraf. (It is a strange and beautiful coincidence that) she was buried at the very place where she had been alone with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and I and Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) descended into her grave.