Al-Tirmidhi (1) likewise transmits—on the authority of Abu Rafiʿ, who served as the envoy between them—that “both of them were not in iḥrām.”

It is also said that her original name was Barrah, and that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ changed it to Maymunah.

She passed away at Sarif, between Mecca and Madinah—­the very place where the Messenger of Allah ﷺ consummated the marriage with her—­during this same year. Another opinion places her death in 63 AH, and yet another in 66 AH (2); the first view, however, is the more widely accepted. Her nephew ʿAbd Allah ibn ʿAbbās (may Allah be pleased with him) led the funeral prayer over her.

[Then the year 52 AH commenced.]

In that year Sufyan ibn ʿAwf al-Azdi campaigned in Byzantine territory and wintered there; he died on site, after which ʿAbd Allah ibn Masʿadah al-Fazari assumed command of the army. Another report maintains that the commander of the expedition in Byzantine lands that year was Busr ibn Abi Artaah, with Sufyan ibn ʿAwf under him.

That same year the pilgrimage was led for the people by Saʿid ibn al-ʿAs, the governor of Madinah, as related by Abu Maʿshar, al-Waqidi, and others. The summer campaign (ṣāʾifah) was undertaken by Muhammad ibn ʿAbd Allah al-Thaqafi, and the provincial governors remained the same as in the previous year.

[A record of the notable persons who died this year]

Khālid ibn Zayd ibn Kulayb (3), better known as Abu Ayyub al-Ansari al-Khazraji: he witnessed Badr, the Pledge of ʿAqabah, and all the other engagements, and he fought alongside ʿAli against the Khārijites.