It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) took the women of Banu al-Mustaliq as war captives, he (peace and blessings be upon him) set aside the fifth (khumus) and distributed the rest among the people. He (peace and blessings be upon him) gave the horseman two shares and the foot soldier one share. Sayyidah Juwayriyah bint al-Harith bin Abi Dirar fell to the share of the Ansari Companion Thabit bin Qays bin Shammas (may Allah be pleased with him). Before that she had been married to her paternal cousin Safwan bin Malik bin Jadhimah, who had been killed. Thabit bin Qays made a contract (mukatabah) with her for her freedom in exchange for nine uqiyyahs of silver. She was so attractive and beautiful a woman that whoever saw her could not help being taken by her. Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) says: While the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was sitting with me, Juwayriyah came to seek help regarding her mukatabah. By Allah, as soon as I saw her, I disliked her coming to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), for I knew that he (peace and blessings be upon him) would also see in her the (beauty) that I had seen. She said: "O Messenger of Allah, I am Juwayriyah, the daughter of al-Harith, the chief of his people, and you know the trial that has befallen me. I have fallen to the share of Thabit bin Qays, and he has made a contract with me for nine uqiyyahs, so help me in gaining my freedom." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Would you like something better than that?" She asked: What is it? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I will pay your mukatabah on your behalf and marry you." She said: "Yes, O Messenger of Allah!" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I have done so." When this news reached the people, they said: "Are the in-laws of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) to be kept as slaves?" So they freed all the captives of Banu al-Mustaliq that were in their hands. Through the blessing of his (peace and blessings be upon him) marriage to her, a hundred households of Banu al-Mustaliq were freed. I know of no woman who proved a greater blessing for her people than she. This took place on the return from the expedition of al-Muraysi'.

Abdullah bin Abi al-Abyad narrates from his father that he said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) took Banu al-Mustaliq captive, and Sayyidah Juwayriyah (may Allah be pleased with her) was among those captives. Then her father came, ransomed her and freed her, and after that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) married her. As for the narration of Muhammad bin Ishaq, it is, to its end, close to the wording of al-Waqidi, and their meanings are all the same.

Abdullah bin Abi al-Abyad narrates from his father that he said: Sayyidah Juwayriyah bint al-Harith (may Allah be pleased with her), the wife of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), died in the month of Rabi' al-Awwal in the year 56 AH, during the governorship of Sayyiduna Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him), and Marwan bin al-Hakam, who was the governor of Madinah at that time, led her funeral prayer.

It is narrated from Sayyidah Juwayriyah (may Allah be pleased with her) that she said: "When I was married to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), I was twenty years old." The narrator says: Sayyidah Juwayriyah (may Allah be pleased with her) died in the year 50 AH, and on that day she was sixty-five years old, and Marwan bin al-Hakam led her funeral prayer.