This information caused Umm Salama, her husband, and the rest of the Muslim emigrants to travel back to Mecca.
[15] Umm Salama recounted this story: Before we were out of Makkah, however, some men from my clan stopped us and said to my husband: 'Though you are free to do what you like with yourself, you have no power over your wife.
After some time, Umm Salama was permitted by the Quraysh to leave Mecca, and was given her son back by her husband's tribe.
While Abu Salamah was dying due to these wounds, he recalled a story to Umm Salamah involving a message he had heard from Muhammad: "I heard the Messenger of God saying, 'Whenever a calamity afflicts anyone he should say, "Surely from God we are and to Him we shall certainly return."'
[7][8] Umm Salamah remembered the hadith recalled by her husband prior to his death, and began reciting the given prayer.
[20] Following Abdullah ibn Abdulasad's death in the battle of Uhud[7][8] she became known as Ayyin al-Arab - "the one who had lost her husband".
After finishing the iddah of four months and ten days, the prescribed period that a woman must wait after the death of her husband before she can remarry, Umm Salama got offers of marriage.
[8][22][23] In the fourth year following the migration to Medina (4 AH), Umm Salama accepted a marriage proposal from Muhammad.
After sharing her three reservations about the marriage, and hearing the response from Muhammad, Umm Salama was so pleased that she accepted the proposal.
[24] Her elevated status among the rest of the wives was a result of her presence in many wars and her defense of the household of Muhammad.
[24] Because of her beauty, knowledge, and wisdom, Umm Salama held a prominent role in the house of Muhammad and society.
"[26] In a response from heaven to Muhammad, Allah declares that the two sexes are of total equality as members of the community and believers.
It doesn't matter the sex, as long as the person is faithful and has the desire to obey Allah, they will earn his grace.
This act by Umm Salama sets the precedent, and shows that women could go directly to Muhammad when unsatisfied with a gender role associated with them in society.
[27] Umm Salama possessed very good judgment, rapid powers of reasoning, and unparalleled ability to formulate correct opinions.
The treaty was aimed at achieving peace between the two groups and allowing the Muslims to complete their annual pilgrimage to the Kaaba, known as Hajj, which they did the following year in 629 (7 AH).
[3] Umm Salama, along with one of Muhammad's other wives, Aisha, also took roles as imams, leading other women in worship.
[30] Umm Salama also took a strong position in the Battle of the Camel, in which the factions of Aisha and Ali were in direct opposition.
And Allah only wishes to remove all abomination from you, ye members of the Family, and to make you pure and spotless.
According to Umm Salama, the verse of purification was revealed in her home when only Muhammad, Ali, Fatimah, Hasan, and Husayn were present.
Scholars such as Tarbasi and Tha'labi have described Umm Salama narrating: "One day Lady Fatima having cooked some food brought it to my house for the Prophet.
'"[34] When all had gathered and they had eaten from that food, Angel Jibra'eel descended and revealed the following verse: Indeed God desires to repel all impurity from you, O People of the Household, and purify you with a thorough purification.
'[34] Some exegesis, including Amina Wadud interpret the first line, "stay quietly in your houses, and make not a dazzling display, like that of the former Times of Ignorance" not to imply women shouldn't be allowed to go out at all, but rather to stress the limitation of going out for the aim of wanton display.
[33] Umm Salama sought out equality and autonomy for Muslim women and never hesitated to posit political questions to Muhammad.