Abu Bakr says that I heard Hazrat Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) saying that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The person who enters the morning in a state that requires ghusl (ritual bath), his fast is not valid." After some time, I went with my father to the service of Hazrat Umm Salamah and Hazrat Aisha, and they informed us that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would sometimes enter the morning in a state that required ghusl by choice and would still fast. Then we met Hazrat Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him), and my father narrated this hadith to him. The color of his face changed, and he said: "This hadith was told to me by Fadl bin Abbas, but the noble wives (of the Prophet) know more about this."

It is narrated from Hazrat Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her) that once Hazrat Umm Sulaim presented herself in the court of the Messenger and said, "O Messenger of Allah, Allah does not shy away from the truth. Please tell me, if a woman experiences a wet dream, is ghusl (ritual bath) obligatory upon her as well?" The Prophet (peace be upon him) replied, "Yes, if she sees water." Upon this, Hazrat Umm Salamah began to laugh and said, "Does a woman also have wet dreams?" The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, "Then why does the child resemble its mother? Whichever fluid dominates in the womb, the resemblance becomes dominant from that."

It is narrated from Hazrat Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her) that once Hazrat Umm Habibah came to the presence of the Messenger of Allah and said, "O Messenger of Allah, are you interested in my sister?" The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, "What do you mean?" She said, "You should marry her." The Prophet (peace be upon him) asked, "Do you like this?" She replied, "Yes, I am not your only wife, so among those who can share in this goodness with me, my sister is the most deserving in my view." The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, "She is not lawful for me (because you are in my marriage)." She said, "By Allah, I have heard that you are going to send a marriage proposal for Durrah bint Umm Salamah." The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, "Even if she were lawful for me, I would not marry her, because both I and her father (Abu Salamah) were suckled by Thuwaibah, the freed slave woman of Banu Hashim. In any case, do not present your sisters and daughters before me."

Hazrat Amir Muawiyah once sent a messenger to Hazrat Aisha and inquired whether the Prophet (peace be upon him) had ever performed any prayer after Asr. She replied, "Not with me, but Hazrat Umm Salamah has informed me that the Prophet (peace be upon him) did so, so you should ask her!" Accordingly, they asked Hazrat Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her) this question, and she replied, "Yes, once the Prophet (peace be upon him) performed the Asr prayer and came to my house because it was my turn that day, and he performed two rak'ahs there. I asked, 'O Messenger of Allah, what are these two rak'ahs which you have been commanded to perform?' The Prophet (peace be upon him) replied, 'No, rather these are the rak'ahs which I used to perform after Zuhr, but I became so occupied with the distribution of wealth that the muezzin came to inform me of the Asr prayer, and I did not consider it appropriate to leave them (so I performed them now).'"

It is narrated from Hazrat Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) forbade every intoxicating substance and everything that causes disturbance to the mind.

It is narrated from Hazrat Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her) that I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) say: Whoever is afflicted by a calamity and says "Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'un" and then supplicates, "O Allah! Reward me for my affliction and grant me something better in exchange for it," Allah will reward him for his affliction and grant him something better in exchange. When my husband Abu Salamah passed away, I thought, "Who could be better than Abu Salamah?" Yet Allah honored me, gave me strength, and I recited this supplication. Consequently, I was married to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).

It is narrated from Hazrat Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her) that I submitted in the presence of the Messenger of Allah, "O Messenger of Allah, how much should women let their garments hang down?" The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, "You may let it hang down by one span." I said, "In that case, their shins will be exposed?" The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, "Then let it hang down by one cubit, but no more than that."

Yahya bin Jazaar says that once some companions presented themselves before Hazrat Umm Salamah and said, "O Mother of the Believers, tell us something about the private matters of the Prophet (peace be upon him)." She replied, "The private and public affairs of the Prophet (peace be upon him) were both the same." Then she felt regret and thought that she had disclosed the secret of the Prophet (peace be upon him). And when the Prophet (peace be upon him) arrived, she mentioned this to him. The Prophet (peace be upon him) said, "You did the right thing."

It is narrated from Hazrat Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her) that in the blessed era of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), women used to consider themselves in postpartum bleeding (nifas) for forty days after childbirth, and due to spots appearing on our faces, we used to apply wars (a type of herb) to our faces.

It is narrated from Hazrat Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her) that she asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), "O Messenger of Allah! Should we not mix a little gold with musk?" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "Why do you not mix it with silver, then blend it with saffron, by which the silver will also become like gold."