Asma' bint Marthad

Asma' bint Marthad of Banu Haritha. Abu Umar names her and says: "her hadith is not sound — Haram ibn Uthman alone transmitted it, and he is weak to all of them" ¹.

Isma'il ibn Ishaq the judge connected it in his Ahkam through al-Darawardi, and Ibn Manda through Ibrahim ibn Tahman — both from Haram ibn Uthman from Abd al-Rahman and Muhammad, sons of Jabir, and Abu Atiq, from Jabir ibn Abdullah: Asma' bint Marthad came to the Prophet saying: "I have a menses — I stay three or four days after I am clean, then it returns and forbids me the prayer." He said: "when you see that, wait three days, then wash and pray" ¹.

Ibn Sa'd in al-Tabaqat mentions "Asma' bint Marthada" with an added ha; her mother Salama bint Mas'ud; al-Dahhak ibn Khalifa married her and she bore him Thabit, Abu Bakr, Abu al-Hasan, Umar, Thubayta, Bakra, Hammada and Safiyya; Muhammad ibn Salama married Thubayta — "and Asma' became Muslim and pledged" ¹.

Ibn Hajar says: "she appears to me to be the one mentioned in Jabir's hadith, though she may be another" ¹.

Abu Umar's wording shows the report from her is weak in its chain, so no ruling is built on it here; this entry records only her existence and her kinship.