It was narrated to us by Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah, Muhammad ibn Hatim, and Ya‘qub ibn Ibrahim — and the wording is that of Abu Bakr — who said: It was narrated to us by Yahya ibn Sa‘id, from Sufyan, from Muhammad ibn Abi Bakr, from ‘Abd al-Malik ibn Abi Bakr ibn ‘Abd al-Rahman ibn al-Harith ibn Hisham, from his father, from Umm Salamah, that when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) married Umm Salamah, he stayed with her for three nights and said: "You are not held in low esteem by your family. If you wish, I will stay with you for seven nights, and if I stay with you for seven nights, I will stay with my other wives for seven nights as well."