Saʿd ibn Ibrāhīm, the judge of Medina, said: “Abu Bakr stipulated in his will that Asmāʾ should perform his final washing.”

Qatādah added: “Accordingly, the daughter of ʿUmays—his wife—washed him (1).”

It is also reported that he insisted she break her fast, saying, “That will give you greater strength.” Toward the end of the day she remembered the oath he had laid upon her, so she called for water, drank, and declared, “By Allah, I will not follow his death today by breaking an oath (2).”

Mālik transmitted, on the authority of ʿAbd Allah ibn Abī Bakr, that Asmāʾ washed Abu Bakr. She then asked the Emigrants who were present, “I am fasting, and this is a very cold day—must I bathe afterwards?” They replied, “No (3).”

Abū Isḥāq narrated from Muṣʿab ibn Saʿd that when ʿUmar set the public stipends, he allotted one thousand dirhams to Asmāʾ bint ʿUmays (4).

Al-Wāqidī said: “She later married ʿAlī and bore him Yaḥyā and ʿAwn (5).”

Zakariyyā ibn Abī Zāʾidah reported: I heard ʿĀmir say, “When ʿAlī married Asmāʾ bint ʿUmays, her two sons—Muḥammad ibn Abī Bakr and Muḥammad ibn Jaʿfar—began to boast, each saying, ‘I am nobler than you, and my father is better than yours.’ ʿAlī said to her, ‘Give judgment between them.’ She replied, ‘I have never seen a youth among the Arabs better than Jaʿfar, nor have I seen an elder better than Abu Bakr.’”