Narrated to me Al-Hasan ibn 'Ali al-Hulwani, Abu Bakr ibn al-Nadr, and 'Abd ibn Humayd. 'Abd said: narrated to me, and the other two said: narrated to us, Ya'qub ibn Ibrahim ibn Sa'd, narrated to me my father, from Salih, from Ibn Shihab: Muhammad ibn 'Abd al-Rahman ibn al-Harith ibn Hisham informed me that 'A'ishah, the wife of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: The wives of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, sent Fatimah, the daughter of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, to the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. She asked permission to enter upon him while he was lying with me in my mantle, and he gave her permission. She said: O Messenger of Allah, your wives have sent me to you, asking you for justice regarding the daughter of Abu Quhafah. And I remained silent. She said: The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said to her: "O my daughter, do you not love what I love?" She said: Yes. He said: "Then love this one." She said: Fatimah stood up when she heard that from the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and returned to the wives of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and told them what she had said and what the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, had said to her. They said to her: We do not see that you have availed us anything. Return to the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and say to him: Your wives adjure you to be just regarding the daughter of Abu Quhafah. Fatimah said: By Allah, I will never speak to him about her again. 'A'ishah said: So the wives of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, sent Zaynab bint Jahsh, the wife of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and she was the one among them who vied with me in rank with the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. And I have never seen a woman better in religion than Zaynab, more God-fearing, more truthful in speech, more mindful of kinship ties, greater in charity, and more self-sacrificing in the work she gave in charity and by which she sought nearness to Allah, the Exalted, except for a quickness of temper in her from which she would soon return. She said: She asked permission to enter upon the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, while the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was with 'A'ishah in her mantle, in the same state in which Fatimah had entered upon him, and he was with her. The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, gave her permission. She said: O Messenger of Allah, your wives have sent me to you, asking you for justice regarding the daughter of Abu Quhafah. She said: Then she turned on me and spoke at length against me, while I watched the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and watched his eye, whether he would permit me to respond to her. She said: Zaynab did not stop until I knew that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, would not disapprove if I defended myself. She said: When I turned on her, I did not let her go once I began against her. She said: The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, smiling: "Indeed, she is the daughter of Abu Bakr."