she is maymona bint al-harith ibn hazan ibn jubair ibn al-hazm ibn robyyah ibn abdullah ibn helal ibn amer ibn sa'sa' al-helalya. her mother was called hind bint awf ibn zohair ibn al-harth. her sisters were omm al-fadle (the old lobaba) who was al-abas' wife (may allah be pleased with them both), the younger lobaba who was the wife of al-walid ibn al-moghira al-makhzomy and the mother of khaled ibn al-walid, assma' bani al-harith who was obyy ibn al-khalaf's wife and ghorra bint al-harith who was zyad ibn abdullah ibn malek al-helaly's wife. the previous ones were her full sisters. there were half sisters from her mother only: asma' bint omays ja'far's wife (may allah be pleased with her). after ja'far had died, she married abu bakr as siddeek (may allah be pleased with him) and married ali (may allah honor him) after the death of abu bakr, her sister salma bint omays; the wife of hamza ibn abdullmuttalilb (may allah be pleased with him), then he died and she married to shadad ibn osama ibn al-had. the last one was sallama bint omays the wife of ka'b ibn enaba al-khath’amy.

as a result, her mother hind bint awf was known as the most honorable old woman on the earth. as her sons-in-law were the noblest of humanity, the messenger of allah (pbuh), his companion al-siddeek, the prophet's uncles hamza and al-abbas the sons of abdullmuttalib, the prophet's cousins gha'far and ali the sons of abu talib and shadad ibn al-had (may allah be pleased with them all). and these are good merits. as there is no noble or high position like that.

she was first married to mas’oud ibn amr al-thakafy before islam. he left her and she was married to abu rahm ibn abd al-uzza. and he also died when she was in her bloom youth. after that, the faith filled her heart and lightened her soul, she embraced islam. allah the almighty certified her faith in him as she was one of the first people to embrace islam. so she had the honor to marry the messenger of allah (pbuh) after he had finished making omrah (al kadha’ omrah) in year 7 of the hegira (7 a.h.).

in the seventh year of hijra, the prophet (pbuh) and his companions entered makkah heading for making omra (minor hajj). when the prophet started walking around the ka'ba, maymona was there also in makkah and saw him, so she filled her eyes with his beauty till the idea - to have the honor of marrying him and becoming one of the mothers of believers - obsessed her. why not? nothing prevents her achieving such a dream that occupied her mind completely especially being one of the first muslims and believers of allah and his messenger. at this time, maymona revealed to her sister, omm al-fadle, her wish to be one of the prophet's (pbuh) wives. omm al-fadle didn't keep this matter and told her husband al-abas who revealed it to his nephew the prophet (pbuh). the prophet (pbuh) sent his cousin ga'far ibn abu talib to propose to her. as soon as ga'far left her house, she mounted her camel and went to the prophet (pbuh). once she reached there and saw him she said: the camel and what it carries is for allah and his messenger.

thus, maymona bestowed herself to the prophet (pbuh). as allah said: “and a believing woman if she offers herself to the prophet, and the prophet wishes to marry her; a privilege for you only, not for the (rest of) the believers.”