It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) spent his wedding night with Sayyidah Safiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her), Sayyiduna Abu Ayyub al-Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) spent the night at the door of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), holding a sword and keeping guard. When morning came and he saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), he said Allahu Akbar, and he said: O Messenger of Allah, she was a young woman newly married, and you had killed her father, her brother and her husband, so I did not feel safe from her on your account. Hearing this, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) laughed and spoke words of good about him. This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) served bread and meat at the wedding feast of Sayyidah Safiyyah bint Huyayy (may Allah be pleased with her). This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Aminah bint Abi Qays al-Ghifariyyah (may Allah be pleased with her) that she said: I was one of the women who escorted Sayyidah Safiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her) as a bride to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). I heard her say: "On the night I was brought to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), I was seventeen years old, or at most around seventeen." The narrator says: Sayyidah Safiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her) died in the time of Sayyiduna Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) in the year 52 AH, and she was buried in al-Baqi'.

It is narrated from the Mother of the Believers, Sayyidah Safiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her), that she said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came to me while I was weeping. He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "O daughter of Huyayy, what makes you weep?" I said: I have learned that Sayyidah Hafsah and Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with them both) make taunting remarks about me and say that they are better than me, because they are both cousins of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and his wives. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Why did you not say to them: How can you two be better than me, when my father is Harun, my uncle is Musa, and my husband is Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him)?"

Bukayr bin Ahmad al-Sufi narrated to me in Makkah in his own handwriting; he said: Al-Hasan bin Ali al-Ma'mari narrated to us; he said: Abu Thawr Ibrahim bin Khalid al-Kalbi informed us; he said: Abu Qatan informed us; he said: Shu'bah said to me: Mis'ar bin Kidam said to me: "Maymunah bint al-Harith, the wife of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), is my grandmother," and I have not told this to anyone before you. She is Maymunah bint al-Harith bin Hazn bin Bujayr bin al-Huzam bin Ruwaybah bin Abdullah bin Hilal bin Amir bin Sa'sa'ah, and her mother was Hind bint Awf bin Zuhayr bin al-Harith bin Hamatah bin Jurash, who belonged to the tribe of Himyar.

It is narrated from Muhammad bin Umar (al-Waqidi) that Maymunah bint al-Harith bin Hamatah bin Jurash was the maternal aunt of Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) and the sister of Umm al-Fadl bint al-Harith. In the time of ignorance (Jahiliyyah) she had been married to Mas'ud bin Amr bin Umayr al-Thaqafi; then, after he separated from her, Abu Ruhm bin Abd al-Uzza of Banu Malik bin Hisl married her. After his death the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) married her. Her marriage was conducted by Sayyiduna al-Abbas bin Abd al-Muttalib (may Allah be pleased with him), who was the guardian of her affairs. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) married her at Sarif, ten miles from Makkah. She was the last woman whom the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) married, and this took place in the year 7 AH, on the occasion of the Umrah of al-Qada'.

Muhammad bin Umar (al-Waqidi) said: Sayyidah Maymunah (may Allah be pleased with her) died in the year 61 AH, and she was the last of the wives of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) to die. At the time of her death she was eighty or eighty-one years old, and despite her advanced age she was quite vigorous and strong.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the name of Sayyidah Maymunah was formerly "Barrah", and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) changed it and named her "Maymunah". This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it; and it has a corroborating report (shahid) narrated with a sahih chain.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the name of Sayyidah Maymunah was formerly "Barrah", and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) changed it and named her "Maymunah".

It is narrated from Ibn Shihab al-Zuhri that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) set out to perform Umrah in the year after (the Treaty of) al-Hudaybiyah, in the month of Dhu al-Qa'dah, 7 AH. This was the same month in which the polytheists had barred him (peace and blessings be upon him) from al-Masjid al-Haram. When he (peace and blessings be upon him) reached Ya'jaj, he (peace and blessings be upon him) sent Sayyiduna Ja'far bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him) to Sayyidah Maymunah bint al-Harith with a proposal of marriage. She entrusted her affairs to Sayyiduna al-Abbas bin Abd al-Muttalib (may Allah be pleased with him), while her sister Umm al-Fadl was married to Sayyiduna al-Abbas. So Sayyiduna al-Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) married her to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) stayed at Sarif until Sayyidah Maymunah arrived, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) consummated the marriage with her at Sarif itself. And see the decree of Allah Almighty: a long time afterwards, Sayyidah Maymunah also died at Sarif, that is, she died in the very place where the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had spent his first night with her.