Maymuna bint al-Harith

The Last Wife of the Prophet ﷺ

Maymuna bint al-Harith was of Banu Hilal; her name had been Barrah until the Prophet ﷺ renamed her Maymuna (“the blessed”). Widowed, she was married to the Prophet ﷺ at a place called Saraf on his way to Makkah for the Compensatory Umrah in Dhul-Qa’da 7 AH. When the Quraysh would not let him linger in Makkah, he called her to him at Saraf on the return — and she was the last woman he married. 1 Stories of the Sahabah · pp. 256–257 — Zakariyya Kandhlawi — Maymuna's renaming, her marriage at Saraf during the Compensatory Umrah, the last wife the Prophet married.

A Life of Worship

Aisha said of her that she was the most pious of the wives and the most mindful of the ties of kinship, and Yazid ibn al-Asamm recalled that she was always to be found either in prayer, or at her housework, or making her miswak ready. 2 Stories of the Sahabah · pp. 257 — Zakariyya Kandhlawi — Aisha's praise of Maymuna's piety and family ties; Yazid ibn al-Asamm on her constant worship and work.

Death & Legacy

Maymuna died at Saraf, the very place she had been married and had begun her home with the Prophet ﷺ, in 51 AH, aged about eighty-one — a striking coincidence that she was married, settled, and finally buried all at one spot. 3 Stories of the Sahabah · pp. 257 — Zakariyya Kandhlawi — Maymuna dies and is buried at Saraf in 51 AH, aged about 81 — the place of her marriage.