It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that she was asked: When did the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) take you to his home? She said: When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) emigrated to Madinah, he left us and his daughters behind (in Makkah). Then, when he (peace and blessings be upon him) reached Madinah, he (peace and blessings be upon him) sent Zayd bin Harithah and his freed slave Abu Rafi' to us, and gave them two camels and five hundred dirhams, which he (peace and blessings be upon him) had taken from Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him), to buy the mounts they needed. Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) sent Abdullah bin Uraiqit al-Dili along with them with two or three camels, and wrote to Abdullah bin Abi Bakr to bring his household, namely Umm Ruman, me, and my sister Asma', the wife of al-Zubayr. So they all set out, and when they reached Qudayd, Zayd bin Harithah bought three camels with those five hundred dirhams. Then they all entered Makkah, and there they met Talhah bin Ubaydullah, who intended to emigrate with the family of Abu Bakr. Then we all set out together. Zayd bin Harithah and Abu Rafi' took Sayyidah Fatimah, Sayyidah Umm Kulthum and Sayyidah Sawdah bint Zam'ah, while Zayd also mounted Umm Ayman and Usamah bin Zayd. Abdullah bin Abi Bakr set out with his mother Umm Ruman and his two sisters, and Sayyiduna Talhah bin Ubaydullah was also with them. We all travelled together until, when we reached al-Bayd, my camel bolted while I was in a litter with my mother. My mother began crying out: "O my daughter! O my bride!" until our camel came down the slope of Lift and was brought under control, and we remained safe. Then we reached Madinah, and I stayed with the family of Abu Bakr, while the family of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) stayed in their own place. In those days he (peace and blessings be upon him) was building the mosque and our apartments; then he (peace and blessings be upon him) moved his household there, and we stayed a few days in the house of Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him). Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "O Messenger of Allah, what prevents you from taking your wife to your home?" The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The dowry (mahr)." So Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) gave him (peace and blessings be upon him) twelve uqiyah and a nashsh (twelve and a half uqiyah) for the dowry. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sent that dowry to us, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) took me to his home in this very house in which I live today; in this same house he (peace and blessings be upon him) passed away and there he (peace and blessings be upon him) was buried. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) made a door for himself into the mosque directly opposite the door of Sayyidah Aishah's (may Allah be pleased with her) apartment. Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) relates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) built for Sayyidah Sawdah (may Allah be pleased with her) one of those houses that were beside mine, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to stay with her. Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) died in the year 58 AH, in the month of Ramadan.