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Maymunah bint al-Harith (RA)

ميمونة بنت الحارث

d. 51 AH at Sarif date disputed · wife (Umm al-Mu'minin)

The last woman the Prophet ﷺ married (7 AH, after the Compensatory Umrah), aunt of Ibn Abbas and Khalid ibn al-Walid. Many hadith on the Prophet's household practice come through her.

Biography

Maymunah married the Prophet ﷺ at Sarif near Makkah in 7 AH, during or after 'Umrat al-Qada'. Scholars differ on whether he was in ihram at the time, since Ibn Abbas said he was and Maymunah herself said he was not (Sahih Bukhari; Sahih Muslim). She was the maternal aunt of Abdullah ibn Abbas, who stayed at her house and observed the Prophet's night prayer (Sahih Bukhari).

She died at Sarif, the same place she was married, around 51 AH.

Sources & explanation

۞ Qur'an

33:6

Links open quran.com.

📜 Hadith verified on sunnah.com

  • Sahih al-Bukhari 1837 Sahih

    Ibn 'Abbas reported that the Prophet ﷺ married Maymunah while in ihram (other reports differ).

  • Sahih Muslim 1411 Sahih

    Maymunah herself reported the Prophet ﷺ married her when he was not in ihram.

💬 Explanation Unverified

Engineer Muhammad Ali Mirza's perspective

Methodological note (not a direct quote): Engineer Muhammad Ali Mirza's widely known approach is to build narratives primarily on the Quran and Sahih Hadith, to set aside Israiliyat (Judeo-Christian lore absorbed into later tafsir) and weak or fabricated narrations, and to avoid sectarian framing. Applied to this node: Sahih reports; the ihram question is presented as a known difference.

Further references

  • Sahih Bukhari & Muslim (marriage; Ibn Abbas in her house)

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