It is narrated from Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) that when my sister opened (the door) for me, I said: "O enemy of your own self! Have you abandoned your religion?" She said something (in reply), and then she said: "O son of al-Khattab! Do whatever you intend to do, for I have already accepted Islam." Umar says: Then I went in and sat on the couch, and suddenly I saw a written sheet in the middle of the house. I asked: "What is this sheet doing here?" She said: "O son of al-Khattab! Leave us alone. You neither take the ritual bath after major impurity (janabah) nor purify yourself, whereas this may be touched only by those who are pure." Mention of Sayyidah Asma' bint Sa'id bin Zayd bin Amr bin Nufayl, who is the daughter of Sayyidah Fatimah bint al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with her).

It is narrated from Sayyidah Asma' bint Sa'id bin Zayd bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with her) that she heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "There is no prayer for the one who has no ablution, and there is no ablution for the one who did not mention the name of Allah (at the start of ablution), and the one who does not believe in me and does not love the Ansar has not believed in Allah." Mention of Umm Nubayh bint al-Hajjaj (mother of Abdullah bin Amr, may Allah be pleased with them both).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with them both) that Umm Nubayh bint al-Hajjaj (who was the mother of Abdullah bin Amr) used to send gifts to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and treat him (peace and blessings be upon him) with great affection and kindness. One day the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) came to visit her and asked: "O Umm Abdullah! How are you?" She said: May my father and mother be sacrificed for you (peace and blessings be upon him), O Messenger of Allah! I am well. He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "And how is Abdullah?" She said: May my father and mother be sacrificed for you (peace and blessings be upon him); he too is well, but Abdullah is a man who has completely cut himself off from the world. He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "How so?" She said: He has made sleep forbidden for himself, so he does not sleep, nor does he ever break his fast (he fasts continuously); he has made meat forbidden for himself, so he does not taste meat; and he does not even fulfil the right of his wife. He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "Where is he?" She said: He has just gone out and will soon be back. So the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When he comes to you, keep him here for me." Before long Abdullah arrived, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him: "Indeed, your own self has a right over you, and your wife has a right over you." Mention of Sahlah bint Suhayl (wife of Abu Hudhayfah bin Utbah).

It is narrated from Mus'ab bin Abdullah al-Zubayri that among the women of Banu Amir bin Lu'ayy is Sayyidah Sahlah bint Suhayl bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with her). She was among the women who emigrated with her husband Abu Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him) to the land of Abyssinia, and it was in Abyssinia that Muhammad bin Abi Hudhayfah was born to them.

It is narrated from Sayyidah Sahlah (may Allah be pleased with her) (wife of Abu Hudhayfah) that she mentioned to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) that Salim, the freed slave of Abu Hudhayfah, used to come in to her. So the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered her to suckle him, and she suckled Salim while he was a grown man, after he had taken part in the Battle of Badr.

It is narrated from the Mother of the Believers, Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her), that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered Sayyidah Sahlah (may Allah be pleased with her) (wife of Abu Hudhayfah) to suckle Salim, the freed slave of Abu Hudhayfah (and make him her foster son), so that Abu Hudhayfah's jealousy (and unease) would go away. So she suckled him while he was a grown man. Rabi'ah says: This was a special concession for Salim. Mention of Umm Habibah, whose name is Hamnah bint Jahsh (may Allah be pleased with her).

It is narrated from Mus'ab bin Abdullah al-Zubayri that among the women of Quraysh is Umm Habibah, whose name is Hamnah bint Jahsh. She is the sister of the Mother of the Believers, Sayyidah Zaynab bint Jahsh (may Allah be pleased with her), and she belongs to Banu Asad bin Khuzaymah, who were allies of Banu Abd Shams.

It is narrated from Abd al-Rahman bin Abi Layla that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saw a rope tied between two pillars in the mosque and asked: "What is this rope?" It was said: O Messenger of Allah! Hamnah bint Jahsh prays, and when she gets tired she supports herself with this rope. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Let her pray as long as she has the strength, and when she gets tired, let her sit down."

A similar narration is reported from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him).

It is narrated from Sayyidah Hamnah bint Jahsh (may Allah be pleased with her) that when she was told that her brother had been martyred, she said: May Allah have mercy on him. Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'un (Indeed, we belong to Allah and to Him we shall return). Then she was told that her maternal uncle Hamzah (may Allah be pleased with him) had been martyred, and she said: Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'un. Then when she was told that her husband had been martyred, she said (in anguish): "Oh, what grief! (Wa harbah)" Seeing this, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed, the husband has a place in a woman's heart that no one else has."