It is narrated from Sayyiduna Nafi' that he said: Sayyidah Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her) had left instructions that the governor of Madinah should not lead her funeral prayer, and he was al-Walid bin Utbah bin Abi Sufyan. She passed away at the beginning of the year 59 AH, and her funeral prayer was led by her nephew Abdullah bin Abdullah bin Abi Umayyah.

It is narrated from Sayyidah Hind bint al-Harith al-Firasiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Aishah has a special place with me which no one has reached so far." She said: When the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) married Sayyidah Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her), the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was asked: O Messenger of Allah! What has become of that special place? The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) remained silent, from which it was understood that Sayyidah Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her) had also attained that same place with him (peace and blessings be upon him).

It is narrated from Abu Ubaydah Ma'mar bin al-Muthanna that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) married Sayyidah Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her) in Madinah before the battle of Badr, in the year 2 AH; her name was Hind bint Abi Umayyah bin al-Mughirah bin Abdullah bin Umar bin Makhzum. The first of the pure wives of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) to pass away was Sayyidah Zaynab (may Allah be pleased with her), and the last of them to pass away was Sayyidah Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her).

It is narrated from Salma that she said: I went to the Mother of the Believers Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her) and she was weeping. I asked: Why are you weeping? She said: "I have just seen the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) in a dream; he (peace and blessings be upon him) was weeping, and there was dust on his blessed head and his blessed beard. I said: O Messenger of Allah! What is the matter with you? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'I was just now present at the place of the killing of Husayn.'"

It is narrated from Shahr bin Hawshab that he said: I came to Sayyidah Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her) to offer condolences on the martyrdom of Sayyiduna Husayn bin Ali (may Allah be pleased with them both).

It is narrated from Abu Bakr bin Abd al-Rahman that the Mother of the Believers Sayyidah Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her) told the people that she was the daughter of Abu Umayyah bin al-Mughirah (a chief of Makkah), but they disbelieved her and said (mockingly): "How the traveller lies!" Then, when some people were setting out for Hajj, she was asked: Will you write a letter to your family? She sent a letter with them, and (after it was confirmed) her honour in the people's hearts increased. Sayyidah Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: "After I gave birth to Zaynab, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) married me."

It is narrated from Ata bin al-Sa'ib that he said: We were sitting with Muharib bin Dithar, and he said: A son of Sayyiduna Sa'id bin Zayd (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated to me that Sayyidah Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her) had left instructions that Sayyiduna Sa'id bin Zayd (may Allah be pleased with him) should lead her funeral prayer, because she feared that Marwan bin al-Hakam might lead her funeral prayer.

It is narrated from Imam al-Zuhri that then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) married Sayyidah Umm Habibah bint Abi Sufyan (may Allah be pleased with her). Before him she had been married to Ubaydullah bin Jahsh al-Asadi, who died away from her in the land of Abyssinia. He had taken her with him from Makkah as an emigrant, but there he fell into trial, became a Christian and died in the state of Christianity, while Sayyidah Umm Habibah (may Allah be pleased with her) refused to become a Christian, and Allah Almighty preserved for her the virtue of Islam and emigration until she came to Madinah. Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) proposed to her, and Sayyiduna Uthman bin Affan (may Allah be pleased with him) married her to him (peace and blessings be upon him). Al-Zuhri said: People also relate that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) wrote to the Negus (al-Najashi), and he married her to him (peace and blessings be upon him) and paid forty uqiyyah as dowry on his (peace and blessings be upon him) behalf.

It is narrated from Mus'ab bin Abdullah al-Zubayri that the name of Sayyidah Umm Habibah bint Abi Sufyan bin Harb was Ramlah bint Abi Sufyan; according to one view it was Hind, but Ramlah is better known. Her mother was Safiyyah bint Abi al-As bin Umayyah; according to one view she was Aminah bint Abd al-Uzza. She passed away one year before the death of Sayyiduna Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him).

It is narrated from Muhammad bin Umar (al-Waqidi) that Sayyidah Umm Habibah's name was Ramlah bint Abi Sufyan bin Harb, and her mother was Safiyyah bint Abi al-As bin Umayyah, who was the paternal aunt of Sayyiduna Uthman bin Affan (may Allah be pleased with him). Ubaydullah bin Jahsh bin Ri'ab, who was an ally of Harb bin Umayyah, married her, and Habibah was born to them, after whom she took her kunyah (Umm Habibah); and Habibah was married to Dawud bin Urwah bin Mas'ud al-Thaqafi.