My marriage (wedding) contract with the Prophet (ﷺ) was written when I was a girl of six (years). We came to Al-Madina and we dismounted at the place of Banî-al-bin Khazraj. Then I got ill and my hair fell down. Later on my hair grew (again) and my mother, Umm, came to me while I was playing in a swing with some of my girl friends. She called me, and I went to her, not knowing what she wanted to do to me. She caught me by the hand and made me stand at the door of the house. I was breathless then, and when my breathing became alright, she took some water and rubbed my face and head with it. Then she took me into the house. There in the house I saw some women who said, "Best wishes and Allâh's Blessing and a good luck." Then she entrusted me to them and they prepared me (for the marriage). Unexpectedly Allâh's Messenger (ﷺ) came to me in the forenoon and my mother handed me over to him, and at that time I was a girl of nine years of age. [5:234-O.B]