ميمونة

‘The Prophet would instruct me, when I was menstruating, to wrap myself with a cloth (izar) and then lie down with him in bed.'

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said that when the Messenger of Allah, O Allah, grant compensation to Muhammad and his family worthy of their services to Your cause, married Maymunah, daughter of al-Harith, he served food to people and it was mashed dates with the stones removed, with ghee.’”

“Abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.), has said, ‘When you decide to buy an animal, say this, “O Allah, if this is of great blessings, extra benefits and of a fortunate nature, I pray to You to make its purchasing easy for me. If it is otherwise, then turn me to what is better than this; You know and I do not know. You have power over all things but I do not have such power and You know the unseen.” You should say this three times’”

I heard him [the Imam] saying: May Allah have mercy on the sisters among the inhabitants of paradise and he named them: Asma bt. Umays al-Khath’amiyya who was married to Ja’far b. Abi Talib عليه السلام and Salma bt. Umays al-Khath’amiyya who was married to Hamza.Also on five [women] from the Bani Hilal: Maymuna bt. al-Harith who was married to the Prophet صلى الله عليه واله. Umm al-Fadhl who was married to al-Abbas [b. Abd al-Muttalib] and her name was Hind. al-Ghumaysa the mother of Khalid b. al-Walid. Azza who was with the [tribe of] Thaqif and married to al-Hajjaj b. Ghiladh. Finally Hamida who had no children.

God is kind to Heavenly sisters.” Then he (MGB) said their names as follows: Asma’, the daughter of Amis, from the Khasam clan and the wife of Ja’far ibn Abi Talib; Salmi, the daughter of Amis, and the wife of Hamzih; and five from the Hellal clan: Maymuna - the daughter of Al-Harith and the wife of the Prophet; Umm Al-Fazl Hind - the wife of Abbas ibn Abdul Mutalib; Qamisa - the mother of Khalid ibn Valid; Ezzat who was in the Saqif clan - the wife of Hajjaj ibn Qalaz; and Hamideh who did not have any children.”

"The Messenger of God (ṣ) married fifteen women, consummated his marriages with thirteen of them, and was survived by nine wives. As for the two with whom he did not consummate his marriage, they were ʿAmrah and al-Sanā. As for the thirteen with whom he did consummate his marriages, the first was Khadījah bt. Khuwaylid; then Sawdah bt. Zamʿah; then Umm Salamah, whose name was Hind bt. Abī Umayyah; then Umm ʿAbd Allāh, ʿĀʾishah bt. Abī Bakr; then Ḥafṣah bt. ʿUmar; then Zaynab bt. Khuzaymah b. al-Ḥārith, the mother of the poor; then Zaynab bt. Jaḥsh; then Umm Ḥabībah, who is Ramlah bt. Abī Sufyān; then Maymūnah bt. al-Ḥārith; then Zaynab bt. ʿUmays; then Juwayriyyah bt. al-Ḥārith; and finally Ṣafiyyah bt. Ḥuyayy b. Akhṭab. As for the one who gave herself to the Prophet (ṣ), it was Khawlah bt. Ḥakīm al-Sulamī. He, additionally, had two concubines he would alternate nights with, as he did with his wives: Māriyah and Rayḥānah of Khandaq. The nine wives who survived him were ʿĀʾishah; Ḥafṣah; Umm Salamah; Zaynab bt. Jaḥsh; Maymūnah bt. al-Ḥārith; Umm Ḥabībah bt. Abī Sufyān; Ṣafiyyah bt. Ḥuyayy b. Akhṭab; Juwayriyyah bt. al-Ḥārith; and Sawdah bt. Zamʿah. The best of them was Khadījah bt. Khuwaylid, and after her, Umm Salamah bt. al-Ḥārith."

I said to Abi `Abdillah al-Sadiq (as): How was the birth of Fatima (sa)? So, he said: Yes, when Khadija (as) married the Messenger of Allah (s), the women of Mecca abandoned her, so no women would visit her or greet her. No women were left to go to her. Khadija (as) became lonely because of that, and the Messenger (s) became concerned with her melancholy. So, when she became pregnant with Fatima (sa), she would speak to her from her womb and console her. Khajida kept this hidden from the Messenger of Allah (s). One day, the Messenger of Allah (s) entered and heard Khadija conversing with Fatima (sa), so he said to her: Khadija, who are you talking to? She said: The fetus in my womb speaks kindly to me. He said: O Khadija! This Gabriel informs me that she is a female, and that her progeny will be pure and auspicious, and that Allah will make my progeny her progeny, and He will make Imams from her progeny, and He will make them the vicegerents in His Earth after the cessation of revelation. When Khadija (as) went into labour, she turned to the women of Quraysh and Banu Hashim and said: Come comfort me, just as women comfort women [in labour]. So, they went to her and said to her: You disobeyed us and did not accept our words by marrying Muhammad, the orphan of Abu Talib, who is poor and has no wealth. So, we will not come, nor will we assist you with anything. Khadija despaired over that, and it became apparent; when four tall dark women came to her. It was as if they were women from Banu Hashim. She was startled by them when she saw them. One of the women said: Do not grieve, O Khadija, for we are messengers from your Lord to you. We are your sisters: I am Sara, this is Asiya bint Mazahim, who is your friend in Paradise, and this is Maryam the daughter of `Imran, and this is Kulthum the sister of Musa the daughter of `Imran. Allah sent us to you to comfort you just as women comfort women. One of them sat to her right, one of them sat to her left, one of them sat in front of her, and one of them sat behind her. Fatima (sa) was born pure and purifying. When she came to the ground, a light shined from her that entered the houses of Mecca. There was not a place in the East or the West that was not illuminated with that light. Ten dark-eyed beauties (hur al-`ayn) entered, each of whom carried a pan and a pitcher from Paradise. In each pitcher was water from al-Kawthar. They were given to the woman that was in front of her, and she washed her (Fatima) with the water of al-Kawthar. She brought out two cloths whiter than milk and smelling better than musk and ambergris. She wrapped her in one and veiled her with the other. Then, Fatima (sa) spoke, saying: I bear witness that there is no god except Allah, and that my father is the Messenger of Allah and Master of the Prophets, and that `Ali is the Master of the Deputies, and that my children are the Masters of the Tribes. Then, Fatima greeted all the women, and called each one of them by their names. They smiled to her, and the dark-eyed beauties became delighted, and all the people of the heavens gave glad tidings to one another over the birth of Fatima (sa). An illuminating light appeared in the heaven that the angels had never seen before. So, the women said: Take her, O Khadija. She is pure, purifying, and auspicious. Congratulations to you on her and her progeny. So, Khadija received her happy and delighted, and breastfed her. Fatima would grow in one day as much as a child would grow in a month, and she would grow in a month as much as a child would grow in a year.