Anas (RA) reported that Allah's Apostle ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) had nine wives. So when he divided (his stay) with them, the turn of the first wife did not come but on the ninth (day). They (all the wives) used to gather every night in the house of one where he had to come (and stay that night). It was (the night when he had to stay) in the house of 'A'isha (Allah be pleased with her), when Zainab came there. He (the Holy Prophet) stretched his hand towards her (Zainab), whereupon she ('A'isha) said: It is Zainab. Allah's Apostle ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) withdrew his hand. There was an altercation between the two until their voices became loud (and it was at that time) when Iqama was pronounced for prayer. There happened to come Abu Bakr (RA) and he heard their voices and said: Messenger of Allah, (kindly) come for prayer, and throw dust in their mouths. So the Prophet ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) went out. 'A'isha said: When Allah's Apostle ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) would finish his prayer there would also come Abu Bakr (RA) and he would do as he does (on such occasions, i. e. reprimanding). When Allah's Apostle ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) had finished his prayer, there came to her Abu Bakr. and spoke to her ('A'isha) in stern words and said: Do you behave like this?

'A'isha (Allah be pleased with her) reported: Never did I find any woman more loving to me than Sauda bint Zam'a. I wished I could be exactly like her who was passionate. As she became old, she had made over her day (which she had to spend) with Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) to 'A'isha. She said: I have made over my day with you to 'A'isha. So Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) allotted two days to 'A'isha, her own day (when it was her turn) and that of Sauda.

A hadith like this has been transmitted on the authority of Hisham with the same chain of narrators (and the words are): When Sauda became old (the rest of the hadith is the same) and in the narration of Sharik there is an addition (of these words: "She was the first woman whom he (Allah's Apostle) ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) married after me."

'A'isha (Allah be pleased with her) reported: I felt jealous of the women who offered themselves to Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) and said: Then when Allah, the Exalted and Glorious, revealed this: "You may defer any one of them you wish, and take to yourself any you wish; and if you desire any you have set aside (no sin is chargeable to you)" (xxxiii. 51), I ('A'isha.) said: It seems to me that your Lord hastens to satisfy your desire.

Hisham reported on the authority of his father that 'A'isha (Allah be pleased with her) used to say: Does the woman not feel shy of offering herself to a man? Then Allah the Exalted and Glorious revealed this verse: "You may defer any of them you wish and take to yourself any you wish." I ('A'isha said): It seems to me that your Lord hastens to satisfy your desire.

'Ata related that when they were with Ibn 'Abbas (RA) at the funeral of Maimuna In Sarf, Ibn 'Abbas (RA) said: This is the wife of Allah's Apostle ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) ; so when you lift her bier, do not shake her or disturb her, but be gentle, for Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) had nine wives, with eight of whom he shared his time, but to one of them, he did not allot a share. 'Ata said: The one to whom he did not allot a share of time was Safiyya, daughter of Hayy bin Akhtab.

Ibn Juraij narrated a hadith with the same chain of transmitters, and she (Hadrat Maimuna) was the last of them to die at Madinah.

Abu Hurairah (RA) reported Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) as saying: A woman may be married for four reasons: for her property, her status, her beauty and her religion, so try to get one who is religious, may your hand be besmeared with dust.

Jabir bin 'Abdullah (RA) reported: I married a woman during the lifetime of Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) . I met the Apostle of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) , whereupon he said: Jabir, have you married? I said: Yes. He said: A virgin or one previously marrried? I said: With due previously married, whereupon he said: Why did you not marry a virgin with whom you could sport? I said: Allah's Messenger, I have sisters; I was afraid that she might intervene between me and them, whereupon he said: Well and good, if it is so. A woman is married for four reasons, for her religion, her property, her status, her beauty, so you should choose one with religion. May your hands cleave to dust.

Jabir bin 'Abdullah (RA) reported: I married a woman, whereupon Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said to me: Have you married? I said: Yes. He said: Is it a virgin or a previously married one (widow or divorced)? I said: With a previously married one, whereupon he said: Where had you been (away) from the amusements of virgins? Shu'bah said: I made a mention of it to 'Amr bin Dinar and he said: I too heard from Jabir making mention of that (that Allah's Apostle) ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: Why didn't you marry a girl, so that you might sport with her and she might sport with you?