ِ َ َم ْيمُو َنة ِب ْنت ٱ َلح, romanized: Maymūnah ibnat al- Ḥārith al-Hilālīyah; c. 594–673),[1] was a wife of Muhammad. Her original name was Barrah (Arabic: )بَرَّ ة, but Muhammad changed it to Maymunah, meaning "good tidings", as his marriage to her marked the first time in seven years when he could enter his hometown of Mecca.[2]