It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) married Sayyidah Maymunah bint al-Harith and stayed in Makkah for three days. On the third day Huwaytib bin Abd al-Uzza came with a group of Quraysh and said: "Your time is up, so now leave our city." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "What harm would it do you if you let me stay here, so that I could hold the wedding among you and prepare food for you, which you would also attend?" They said: "We have no need of your food; leave this place." So he (peace and blessings be upon him) set out with Sayyidah Maymunah (may Allah be pleased with her) until he consummated the marriage with her at Sarif. This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Muslim, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it. And it is a matter of wonder from the decree and predestination of Allah that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) consummated his marriage with Sayyidah Maymunah (may Allah be pleased with her) at Sarif and took her to Madinah on his return from the Umrah of al-Qada'. She remained married to him (peace and blessings be upon him) until he (peace and blessings be upon him) set out for the Conquest of Makkah; he (peace and blessings be upon him) took her with him until Ta'if was conquered and he returned to Madinah. Later, Sayyidah Maymunah died at that very place, Sarif, where the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had spent his first night with her at the time of their marriage.

Yazid bin al-Asamm narrates from Sayyidah Maymunah (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) married her when he (peace and blessings be upon him) was not in the state of ihram, and when the marriage was consummated at Sarif he (peace and blessings be upon him) was also not in ihram. She also died at Sarif, on the same night on which, years earlier, he (peace and blessings be upon him) had spent his first night with her. Maymunah (may Allah be pleased with her) was my maternal aunt. Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) and I went down into her grave. When we placed her in the niche (lahd), her head tilted to one side. I folded my cloak and wanted to place it under her head, but Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) took it and threw it away, and placed a stone (kaddhanah) under her head, and said: She had shaved her head during Hajj, so the hair on her head was short. The distance between Sarif and Makkah is twelve miles. This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Muslim, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it. This sahih chain testifies that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) married her when he was not in ihram; as for the reports of Ikrimah from Ibn Abbas, they state that he (peace and blessings be upon him) married her while in the state of ihram.

Abu al-Sha'tha' narrates from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) married (Sayyidah Maymunah (may Allah be pleased with her)) while he (peace and blessings be upon him) was in the state of ihram. Amr bin Dinar says: I mentioned this to Imam al-Zuhri, and he asked: O Amr, who do you think she was? I said: People say she was Sayyidah Maymunah (may Allah be pleased with her). Ibn Shihab al-Zuhri said: Yazid bin al-Asamm told me that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) married her when he (peace and blessings be upon him) was not in ihram. Amr said to Ibn Shihab al-Zuhri: Do you make a Bedouin who urinates on his heels equal to someone like Ibn Abbas (the great jurist)? Ibn Shihab al-Zuhri replied: She (Maymunah) was his (Yazid bin al-Asamm's) maternal aunt. Amr said: She was the maternal aunt of Ibn Abbas too. This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim).

It is narrated from Yazid bin al-Asamm, the nephew (sister's son) of Sayyidah Maymunah (may Allah be pleased with her), that he said: I and the son of Talhah bin Ubaydullah (who was the nephew of Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her)) met Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) as she was coming from Makkah. We had gone into one of the orchards of Madinah and eaten some fruit from it. When this reached her, she turned to her nephew, reproaching and scolding him; then she turned to me and gave me an eloquent admonition, and said: "Do you not know that Allah Almighty drew you along until He placed you among the household of His Prophet? By Allah, Maymunah has gone, and now your rope has been thrown over your back (that is, now you have no one watching over you). Indeed, she was the most God-fearing of us all towards Allah and the most diligent of us in upholding the ties of kinship (being good to relatives)." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Muslim, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from the Mother of the Believers, Sayyidah Maymunah (may Allah be pleased with her), that she said: One night the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) went out from my place, and I shut the door behind him. When he (peace and blessings be upon him) came back and wanted the door opened, I refused to open it. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I adjure you to open the door for me." I said: Did you go to your other wives on the night of my turn? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I did not do so; rather, I felt an urgent need to urinate (so I went out)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The sisters are true believers: Maymunah, the wife of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him); her sister Umm al-Fadl bint al-Harith; her other sister Salma bint al-Harith, the wife of Hamzah; and their sister through their mother, Asma' bint Umays." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Muslim, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Ata' that he said: We were present with Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) at the funeral of Sayyidah Maymunah (may Allah be pleased with her) at Sarif. Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: "This is Maymunah (may Allah be pleased with her); when you lift her bier, do not shake it much or jolt it, for the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) had nine wives; he (peace and blessings be upon him) divided the turns among eight, and one had no turn allotted to her." Ata' says: She (the one who had no turn allotted) was Sayyidah Safiyyah (may Allah be pleased with her). This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), and they did not record it.

It is narrated from Qatadah bin Di'amah that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) married Sayyidah Maymunah bint al-Harith bin Farwah, who was the sister of Umm al-Fadl, the wife of Sayyiduna al-Abbas bin Abd al-Muttalib. This marriage took place when he (peace and blessings be upon him) performed Umrah in Makkah. She had offered herself to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) as a gift, and it was about her that this verse was revealed: "And a believing woman if she offers herself to the Prophet, if the Prophet wishes to marry her; this is exclusively for you, not for the other believers." [Surah al-Ahzab: 50] Then she came with him (peace and blessings be upon him) to Madinah. Before him (peace and blessings be upon him) she had been married to Farwah bin Abd al-Uzza bin Asad of Banu Ghanm bin Dudan.

It is narrated from Imam al-Zuhri that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) married Sayyidah Zaynab bint Khuzaymah (may Allah be pleased with her) of Banu Hilal bin Amir. Before him (peace and blessings be upon him) she had been married to Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Jahsh (may Allah be pleased with him), who was martyred on the day of (the Battle of) Uhud.

It is narrated from Ibn Shihab al-Zuhri that Sayyidah Zaynab bint Khuzaymah (may Allah be pleased with her) passed away during the blessed lifetime of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). He further stated that she was Zaynab bint Khuzaymah bin al-Harith bin Abdullah bin Amr bin Abd Manaf bin Hilal bin Amir bin Sa'sa'ah, and that she was well known by the title Umm al-Masakin (the Mother of the Poor); even in the period of ignorance (Jahiliyyah) she was called by this name. She passed away in Madinah after the Hijrah, during the lifetime of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him).