Among them were Anasah, known as Abū Masrūh (1), Aflah, ‘Ubayd, Tahmān—said to be Kaysān—Dhakwān, Mihrān, and Marwān. It has also been said that these were variant names for Tahmān. Allah knows best.
Among them were also Hunayn, Sandar, Fadālah, a Yemeni, Ma’būr, a eunuch, Wāqid, Abū Wāqid, Hishām (2), Abū ‘Asīb, and Abū Muwayhibah.
Among the women were Salmā, Umm Rāfi‘, Maymūnah bint Sa‘d (3), Khadirah, Radwā, Rubayhah (4), Umm Dumayrah, Maymūnah bint (5) Abī ‘Asīb, Māriyah, and Rayhānah.
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His Attendants, Peace and Blessings Be upon Him
Among them was Anas ibn Mālik, who attended to his needs; ‘Abd Allāh ibn Mas‘ūd, who looked after his sandals and tooth-stick; ‘Uqbah ibn ‘Āmir al-Juhanī, who tended his mule and led it for him on journeys; and Asla‘ ibn Sharīk, who tended his riding camel. There were also Bilāl ibn Rabāh, the caller to prayer, and Sa‘d, both freedmen (6) of Abū Bakr; and Abū Dharr al-Ghifārī. Ayman ibn ‘Ubayd and his mother, Umm Ayman, were both freed slaves of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him. Ayman looked after his water vessel for purification and attended to his needs.