when he married Khadijah.

She was among the very first emigrants.

Her name was Barakah. She was subsequently married to ʿUbayd ibn al-Ḥārith al-Khazrajī, by whom she bore Ayman; Ayman himself made the Hijra and fought in jihad, and he was martyred on the Day of Hunayn.

Thereafter Zayd ibn Ḥārithah married her in the early days after the Prophet ﷺ was commissioned, and she bore him Usamah ibn Zayd, the beloved of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ.

A report with a weak, disconnected chain states that the Prophet ﷺ used to say to Umm Ayman, “My mother,” and would also say, “She is the last remnant of my household.” (1)

Jarir ibn Hazim narrated: ʿUthman ibn al-Qasim told us:

When Umm Ayman emigrated, she halted for the night at al-Munṣaraf, short of al-Rawḥāʾ. She became very thirsty, and she had no water with her while she was fasting and exhausted. Then a bucket of water attached to a white rope was lowered to her from the sky; she drank from it, and thereafter used to say, “From that moment on I have never suffered from thirst. I even exposed myself to thirst by fasting during the hottest midday hours, yet I never felt thirsty.” (2)

Fudayl ibn Marzūq reported from Sufyān ibn ʿUqbah:

Umm Ayman used to show kindness to the Prophet ﷺ and attend to his needs. He said, “Whoever would be pleased to marry a woman from the people of Paradise, let him marry Umm Ayman.”