The same narration is also transmitted with another chain: Abdul Malik bin Abu Bakr, on the authority of his father, narrates the statement of Sayyida Umm Salama (may Allah be pleased with her): When she was married, the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to her: "You are not of lesser status with your husband. If you wish, I will stay with you for three days, which will be exclusively for you (while the other wives will receive one day each according to their turn), and if you wish, I will stay with you for seven days, but then I will stay with each of my wives for seven days." So Sayyida Umm Salama (may Allah be pleased with her) said: "You may stay with me for three days." Imam Malik and Ibn Abi Dhi'b have derived from this the ruling: with a virgin, one should stay for seven days, and with a previously married woman, for three days.