It is narrated from Hazrat Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her) that all the pure wives of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) denied that breastfeeding an adult man establishes the relationship of fosterage, and that such a man could come to them. All of them, including Hazrat Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), said that in our opinion, this was a concession which the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had given specifically to Salim, therefore, on the basis of this fosterage, no one can come to us nor can anyone see us.

Abu Ayyaz says that once Marwan sent a messenger to Umm Salama to ask her about a certain issue. She sent her freed slave to Marwan. She said that if it was obligatory for the Prophet (peace be upon him) to perform ghusl by choice, even then the Prophet (peace be upon him) would fast and would not miss it. The slave returned and conveyed this. Then Marwan sent his messenger to Aisha, and she also sent her slave to Marwan, and she gave the same answer. So Marwan said to the messenger, "Go to Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) and tell him this." So he went to Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) and told him this hadith from Umm Salama and Aisha. He said, "They both know better."

Abu Ayyaz says that once Marwan sent a messenger to Umm Salama to ask her about a certain issue. She sent her freed slave to Marwan. She said that if it was obligatory for the Prophet (peace be upon him) to perform ghusl by choice, even then the Prophet (peace be upon him) would fast and would not miss it. The slave returned and conveyed this. Then Marwan sent his messenger to Aisha, and she also sent her slave to Marwan, and she gave the same answer. So Marwan said to the messenger, "Go to Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) and tell him this." So he went to Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) and told him this hadith from Umm Salama and Aisha. He said, "They both know better."

Rawh narrated to us, Sa'id narrated to us, from Qatadah, from 'Abd Rabbihi, from Abu 'Iyad, from 'Abd al-Rahman ibn al-Harith ibn Hisham, that Marwan ibn al-Hakam sent him to Umm Salamah and Aisha, and he mentioned its meaning, except that he said: Then he met Aisha's servant, Dhakwan Abu 'Amr, and he said: I met Nafi', the servant of Umm Salamah.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha and Hazrat Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with them) that sometimes the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would be in a state of janabah in the morning without having seen a dream, by his own choice, and he would complete his fast.

It is narrated from Hazrat Aisha that sometimes the Prophet (peace be upon him) would be in a state of major ritual impurity (janabah) in the morning, then he would perform ghusl (ritual bath) and complete the fast for the rest of the day.

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It is narrated from Hazrat Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her) that sometimes the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would be in a state of janabah at the time of morning in the month of Ramadan, then he would perform ghusl and complete the fast for the rest of the day.

Urwah narrates that Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) used to say that the fast of a person who is in a state of major ritual impurity (junub) in the morning is not valid. Once, Marwan bin Hakam sent me with a man to Aisha and Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with them) to ask: If a person enters the morning in Ramadan in a state of major ritual impurity and has not yet performed ghusl, what is the ruling? Both replied: Sometimes the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would enter the morning in a state of major ritual impurity not by choice, and he would complete his fast. We both returned and informed Marwan of this. Marwan told me to inform Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) of this. Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: This was told to me by Fadl bin Abbas, but those two (Aisha and Umm Salamah) know better.

It is narrated from Hazrat Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her) through Abu Salamah that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: When any of you is afflicted by a calamity, he should say "Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'un" and then say: "O Allah, I seek reward from You for this calamity, so grant me reward for it and grant me a better substitute for it." When Abu Salamah fell ill with his fatal illness, I prayed: "O Allah, decide good for my husband." When he passed away, I recited the aforementioned supplication, and when I wanted to say, "Grant me a better substitute for him," the thought came to my mind: Who could be better than Abu Salamah? But still, I kept saying it. When my waiting period ('iddah) ended, Hazrat Abu Bakr and Hazrat Umar sent marriage proposals one after the other, but I rejected them. Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sent me a marriage proposal. I said, "O Messenger of Allah, none of my guardians are present here." The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said, "None of your guardians, whether absent or present, will dislike it." She said to her son, Umar bin Abi Salamah, "You arrange my marriage with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)." So he gave Hazrat Umm Salamah in marriage to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to her, "Whatever I have given to your sisters (my wives), I will not give you less than that: two millstones, a water-skin, and a leather pillow stuffed with palm fiber." After that, whenever the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would come to her for privacy, as soon as she saw him, she would take her daughter Zainab and seat her in her lap, and eventually the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) would leave as he came. When Hazrat Ammar bin Yasir, who was Hazrat Umm Salamah's foster brother, learned of this, he came to Hazrat Umm Salamah and said, "Where is that dirty girl through whom you have been causing the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) distress?" and he took her away with him. This time, when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came and entered the house, he looked around all four corners of the room and then asked about the girl, "Where is Zanab (Zainab)?" She replied, "Hazrat Ammar came and took her with him." Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had privacy with her and said, "If you wish, I will spend seven days with you, but then I will also spend seven days with each of my other wives."