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Her father was al-Harith ibn Hazn from the Hilal tribe in Mecca. Her mother was Hind bint Awf from the Himyar tribe in Yemen.
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Maymunah Bint al-Harith al-Hilaliyah
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Her original name was Barrah, but Muhammad changed it to Maymuna. Her full sister was Lubaba the Elder. Her paternal half-sisters were Layla (Lubaba the Younger), Huzayla and Azza.
Her maternal half-siblings were Mahmiyah ibn Jazi al-Zubaydi, Asma bint Umays (a wife of Abu Bakr), Salma bint Umays (a wife of Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib) and Awn ibn Umays.
Ibn Kathir also mentions a tradition that Zaynab bint Khuzayma (a wife of Muhammad) was another maternal sister. Maymuna"s death-date is controversial.
According to First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Tabari: "Maymuna died in the year 61 Ampere-hour during the caliphate of Yazid ibn Muawiyah. She was the last of the wives of the Prophet to die, and her age was then 80 or 81." However, First Rate (at Lloyd's)-Tabari asserts elsewhere that Umm Salama outlived Maymuna.
Ibn Kathir writes: "After the Prophet"s death, Maymuna continued to live in Medina for another forty years, dying at the age of 80, in 51 Ampere-hour , being the last but one of the Prophet"s wives to die." However, at least four of Muhammad"s other widows (Safiya, Sawda, Aisha and Umm Salama) were still alive in 71 Civil Engineer Ibn Hajar also cites a tradition implying that Maymuna predeceased Aisha.
"We stood on the walls of Medina, looking out …: "By Allah! Maymuna is no more! She has gone, and you are left free to do whatever you like. She was the most pious of all of us and the most devoted to her relatives."".
