The Prophet's ﷺ household
Maymūnah bint al-Ḥārith رضي الله عنها
ميمونة بنت الحارث
A Mother of the Believers whose report records freeing an enslaved woman and receiving guidance from the Prophet ﷺ.
She freed an enslaved woman
Family and householdHer challenges and choices
- The report records that Maymūnah رضي الله عنها borrowed frequently and that members of her family criticised her for it. She responded by citing the Prophet's ﷺ teaching about borrowing with the intention to repay.
Her standing in the sources
- Kuraib, the freed servant of Ibn ʿAbbās رضي الله عنهما, narrated her account of freeing an enslaved woman without first asking the Prophet ﷺ. When she told him ﷺ, he said giving that woman to her maternal uncles would have brought greater reward.
Connected lives
- ʿAbdullāh ibn ʿAbbās رضي الله عنهما
Kuraib, the freed servant of Ibn ʿAbbās رضي الله عنهما, narrated her account of freeing an enslaved woman without first asking the Prophet ﷺ. When she told him ﷺ, he said giving that woman to her maternal uncles would have brought greater reward.
- Umm al-Faḍl Lubābah bint al-Ḥārith رضي الله عنها
Ar-Raḥīq identifies her as the sister of Maymūnah bint al-Ḥārith رضي الله عنها.
Sources and accounts
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Maymūnah bint al-Ḥārith رضي الله عنها
She freed an enslaved woman
Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 2592The report records that Maymūnah رضي الله عنها borrowed frequently and that members of her family criticised her for it. She responded by citing the Prophet's ﷺ teaching about borrowing with the intention to repay.
Sunan an-Nasāʾī 4686 (Ḥasan, Darussalam)Kuraib, the freed servant of Ibn ʿAbbās رضي الله عنهما, narrated her account of freeing an enslaved woman without first asking the Prophet ﷺ. When she told him ﷺ, he said giving that woman to her maternal uncles would have brought greater reward.
Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 2592Biographical account and appearances
Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 2592
Connected accounts
ʿAbdullāh ibn ʿAbbās رضي الله عنهما — Kuraib, the freed servant of Ibn ʿAbbās رضي الله عنهما, narrated her account of freeing an enslaved woman without first asking the Prophet ﷺ. When she told him ﷺ, he said giving that woman to her maternal uncles would have brought greater reward.
Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 2592Umm al-Faḍl Lubābah bint al-Ḥārith رضي الله عنها — Ar-Raḥīq identifies her as the sister of Maymūnah bint al-Ḥārith رضي الله عنها.
ar-Raḥīq al-Makhtūm, The Prophet Household, pp. 311–312 (Issam Diab translation)