Ata related that when they were with Ibn 'Abbas (Allah be pleased with them) at the funeral of Maimuna In Sarif, Ibn 'Abbas (Allah be pleased with them) said:
This is the wife of Allah's Apostle ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) ; so when you lift her bier, do not shake her or disturb her, but be gentle, for Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) had nine wives, with eight of whom he shared his time, but to one of them, he did not allot a share. 'Ati said: The one to whom he did not allot a share of time was Safiyya, daughter of Huyayy b. Akhtab.