About
A Mother of the Believers (33:6), of Banū Hilāl, and sister-in-law of al-ʿAbbās, whose wife was her sister. The Prophet ﷺ married her at Sarif, near Makkah, at the time of the ʿumra of 7 AH; it was the last of his marriages. Through her sisters she was the maternal aunt of ʿAbdullāh ibn ʿAbbās and of Khālid ibn al-Walīd. Years later she died at Sarif itself, where she had been married, and was buried there.
The name
'Blessed, fortunate.' Tradition says her name had been Barra and the Prophet ﷺ named her Maymūna.
Source: Sīrah
Relationships
HusbandHer husband; his last marriage, at the ʿumra of 7 AH
Key appearances
Tap a reference to read the āyah — Arabic with English beneath.