She was married to Abu Salamah (RA). The migrated to Abyssinia twice. She bore several children while married to him, but he died in Jamad Al-Akhir, 4 A.H. The Prophet (saw) married her at the end of Shawwal, 4 A.H. She was a great jurist and one of the wisest women of her time. She died in 59 A.H. at the age of 84 (other sources date her death in 62 A.H.). She was buried in Baqi.
She gave up her life of wealth and privilege for Islam, became a refugee, endured the kidnap of her son and the fatal wounding of her first husband, turned down marriage proposals from both Abu Bakr and Umar before finally accepting that of Mohammed and becoming Umm al-Mumineen, mother of the believers. An eventful life!