It is narrated from the Mother of the Believers, Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her), that Umm Habibah bint Jahsh (who was the wife of Abd al-Rahman bin Awf and the sister of the Mother of the Believers Zaynab bint Jahsh) came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and told him that she had been suffering from istihadah (bleeding due to illness) for seven years. She asked for a ruling about it, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "This is not menstruation; rather it is (blood from) a vein, so take a ritual bath (ghusl) and pray." So she would bathe in a washtub until the redness of the blood rose over the water, then she would stand up and pray. Mention of Fatimah bint Abi Hubaysh (may Allah be pleased with her), who belongs to Banu Asad bin Abd al-Uzza and is the maternal aunt of Ibn Abi Mulaykah, the imam of Makkah.

It is narrated from Ibn Abi Mulaykah that his maternal aunt Fatimah bint Abi Hubaysh came to Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) and said: I fear that I may be among the people of Hell, because I have not prayed for about two years (due to bleeding). Then I asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) about it, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Leave the prayer every month for the number of days of your menstruation (qur'), then perform ablution for every prayer, for it is only (blood from) a vein." Mention of Fatimah bint al-Mujallil al-Qurashiyyah (Umm Jamil) (may Allah be pleased with her).

It is narrated from Sayyidah Umm Jamil (may Allah be pleased with her) that she said (to her son Muhammad bin Hatib): I brought you along, and when we were one or two nights' journey from Madinah, I cooked some food for you. The firewood ran out, so I went out to fetch firewood. You grabbed the cooking pot, and it tipped over onto your arm. When I reached Madinah, I brought you to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: O Messenger of Allah! This is Muhammad bin Hatib, and he is the first child to be named after you (peace and blessings be upon him). He (peace and blessings be upon him) passed his hand over your head and prayed for blessing for you, then put some of his saliva into your mouth, and began blowing over your hand while reciting: 'Adhhibil-ba's, Rabban-nas, ishfi antash-Shafi, la shifa'a illa shifa'uk, shifa'an la yughadiru saqama' (O Lord of mankind, remove the harm and grant healing; You are the Healer; there is no healing except Your healing; grant a healing that leaves behind no illness) Mention of Umm Ayman (may Allah be pleased with her), the freed slave-woman and nurse of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him).

It is narrated from Muhammad bin Umar (al-Waqidi) that among these women is Umm Ayman, the freed slave-woman and nanny of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). Her name is Barakah. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) received her as inheritance (from his father's estate) together with five camels and a flock of goats. When he (peace and blessings be upon him) married Sayyidah Khadijah (may Allah be pleased with her), he freed Umm Ayman. She was married to Ubayd bin Yazid of Banu al-Harith bin al-Khazraj, and from him her son Ayman was born, who was martyred in the Battle of Hunayn. Zayd bin Harithah was the slave of Sayyidah Khadijah (may Allah be pleased with her), whom she gifted to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him); he (peace and blessings be upon him) freed him and, after the Prophethood, married him to Umm Ayman, and from them Usamah bin Zayd was born.

It is narrated from an elder of Banu Sa'd bin Bakr that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to address Sayyidah Umm Ayman (may Allah be pleased with her) as "O my mother!", and whenever he looked at her he would say: "She is the remnant of my household."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Umm Ayman (may Allah be pleased with her) that she said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) got up at night and urinated in an earthenware vessel (fakhkhar) kept in a corner of the house. Then I got up during the night, very thirsty, and unknowingly drank what was in that vessel. In the morning the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Umm Ayman! Get up and pour out whatever is in that earthenware vessel." I said: By Allah! I have drunk it. The narrator says: Hearing this, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) laughed until his (peace and blessings be upon him) molar teeth became visible, then he said: "Know that after this your stomach will never suffer any pain (ache or illness)."

It is narrated from Mus'ab bin Abdullah that Sayyidah Umm Ayman (may Allah be pleased with her), the freed slave-woman and nurse of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), passed away in the early days of the caliphate of Sayyiduna Uthman bin Affan (may Allah be pleased with him).

Yahya bin Muhammad bin Sa'id narrates from his father that a dispute arose between Ibn Abi al-Furat, the freed slave of Usamah bin Zayd, and al-Hasan bin Usamah. During the exchange Ibn Abi al-Furat said to him (mockingly): O son of Barakah! (By this he meant Umm Ayman.) Al-Hasan said: Bear witness, all of you. Then he took the matter to Abu Bakr bin Muhammad bin Amr bin Hazm, who was the judge of Madinah at that time, and related the whole incident. Abu Bakr asked Ibn Abi al-Furat: What did you mean by calling him "O son of Barakah"? He said: I only called her by her name. Abu Bakr said: Your intention by this was to insult and belittle her, although her standing in Islam is very high, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) himself used to address her as "O my mother!" and "O Umm Ayman". May Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, not pardon me if I pardon you. So he sentenced him to seventy lashes.

It is narrated from Mus'ab bin Abdullah al-Zubayri that Sayyidah Arwa bint Kurayz (may Allah be pleased with her) (who was the mother of Sayyiduna Uthman, may Allah be pleased with him) accepted Islam, emigrated to Madinah, and passed away during the caliphate of Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him).

It is narrated from Muhammad bin Umar (al-Waqidi) that the mother of Sayyidah Asma' bint Abi Bakr (may Allah be pleased with her) was Qutaylah bint Abd al-Uzza. She was the full sister of Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abi Bakr. She accepted Islam very early in Makkah and gave the pledge of allegiance to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). She was married to Sayyiduna al-Zubayr bin al-Awwam (may Allah be pleased with him), and from him she had seven children: Abdullah, Urwah, Asim, al-Muhajir, Khadijah al-Kubra, Umm al-Hasan and Aishah.