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.