Abu Bakr ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān reported that Umm Salamah told him:

“When I reached Madinah I informed the people that I was the daughter of Abū Umayyah, but they did not believe me. Later, when a group of them set out for Hajj, they asked, ‘Will you write to your family?’ I sent a letter with them. When they returned, they confirmed my lineage and my honour among them grew all the more.

“After I had delivered Zaynab, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came and proposed to me. I said, ‘Someone like me is not fit to be married!’ Nevertheless, he married me, and he would come and say, ‘Where is Zunāb?’

“Then ʿAmmār came, snatched her away (1) and said, ‘This child is keeping the Messenger of Allah away.’ I had been nursing her. The Prophet ﷺ came and asked again, ‘Where is Zunāb?’ They replied, ‘ʿAmmār has taken her.’ He said, ‘I will come to you tonight.’

“So I set down my thifālī (2), took a few grains of barley that were in my jar, brought out some fat, and pounded them together for him. He spent the night with me and awoke in the morning.

“He then said, ‘You enjoy distinction among your people. If you wish, I will give you seven nights; but if I give you seven, I must give seven to my other wives as well (3).’”

Muṣʿab al-Zubayrī said: “She was the first woman traveller to enter Madinah as an emigrant. Abū Salamah fought at Badr, and she bore him ʿUmar, Salamah, Zaynab and Durrah.”

Abū Usāmah narrated from al-Aʿmash, from Shaqīq, from Umm Salamah, who said:

“When Abū Salamah died, I went to the Prophet ﷺ and asked, ‘What should I say?’ He replied, ‘Say: O Allah…’”