Prophet Muhammad ﷺ & his householdṢaḥīḥ hadith
Maymūna bint al-Ḥārithرضي الله عنهامَيْمُونَة
Also known as Maymunah, Maimuna
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
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