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There is no evidence that Medina was suddenly swamped by desperate widows; it is even claimed that only thirty of the dead men had been married,<ref></ref> suggesting that many bachelors would also have survived the battle. Hamnah had barely completed her ''idda'' before she was remarried to Talhah ibn Ubaydullah,<ref>Bewley/Saad 8:170.</ref> a wealthy<ref></ref> thirty-year-old<ref></ref> bachelor who was kin to Abu Bakr.<ref></ref> Hamza’s widow returned to Mecca, where she also found a new husband.<ref>Bewley/Saad 8:199.</ref> But Abdullah’s widow never remarried; she had a bleeding disorder that raised doubts about her ritual cleanness, i.e., availability for sex.<ref>Bewley/Saad 8:173. Fatima bint Abi Hubaysh and her sister-in-law Habibah bint Jahsh appear to have suffered from a similar gynaecological disorder.</ref>