She was Muhammad's mother-in-law and Ibn Abbas' grandmother. She was the mother of several female Sahabiyat. Her father was Awf ibn Zuhayr ibn al-Haarith ibn Humaatah ibn juraysh /jarsh. She was first married to Mas'ud ibn 'Amr ath Thaqafi but he divorced her. From her marriage with Umays ibn Ma'ad, she was the mother of Salma bint Umays, who married Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib; and Asma bint Umays who married three prominent Sahaba.From her marriage with Hareth ibn Hazen, she was the mother of Maymuna bint al-Harith, who married Muhammad, and Lubaba bint al-Harith, who claimed to be the second female to convert to Islam, close friend to Khadija and also the mother of the famous Ibn Abbas.