The woman who offered herself to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)

Urwah (may Allah have mercy on him) said: It used to be said that Sayyidah Khawlah bint Hakim (may Allah be pleased with her) was among the women who offered themselves to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).

Mujahid (may Allah have mercy on him), explaining the verse of the Qur'an, "And a believing woman, if she gives herself to the Prophet" [Al-Ahzab: 50], said: That woman did not give herself.

Al-Hakam (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Abd al-Malik wrote to the people of Madinah asking them about this woman, and Ali bin Husayn (may Allah have mercy on him) wrote in reply that she was a woman of the tribe of al-Azd called Umm Sharik, who had given herself to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).

Al-Sha'bi (may Allah have mercy on him) said: She was a woman of the Ansar who gave herself to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and she was among those whom he deferred.

Shu'bah (may Allah have mercy on him) said that the people of Madinah used to say about something abounding in blessing: "It is more than the leather skin of Umm Sharik."

Muhammad bin Ka'b, Umar bin al-Hakam and Abdullah bin Ubaydah said: The woman who gave herself to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was Sayyidah Maymunah (may Allah be pleased with her).

Mujahid (may Allah have mercy on him), explaining the verse of the Qur'an, "And a believing woman, if she gives herself to the Prophet" [Al-Ahzab: 50], said: It means marriage without a dowry (mahr).

Mujahid (may Allah have mercy on him), explaining the verse of the Qur'an, "And a believing woman, if she gives herself to the Prophet" [Al-Ahzab: 50], said: The woman did give herself, but the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) did not accept.