Ahmad ibn Hanbal narrated to me: Ya‘qub ibn Ibrahim informed us: my father narrated to us, from al-Walid ibn Kathir: Muhammad ibn ‘Amr ibn Halhalah al-Du’ali narrated to me that Ibn Shihab narrated to him that ‘Ali ibn al-Husayn narrated to him that when they arrived in Medina from the presence of Yazid ibn Mu‘awiyah after the killing of al-Husayn ibn ‘Ali, may God be pleased with them both, al-Miswar ibn Makhramah met him and said to him: “Do you have any need of me that you might command me to fulfill?” He said: I said to him, “No.” He said to him: “Will you give me the sword of the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace? For I fear that the people will overcome you and take it from you. And by God, if you give it to me, no one will ever reach it until my soul departs.” Indeed, ‘Ali ibn Abi Talib sought to marry the daughter of Abu Jahl in addition to Fatimah, and I heard the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, while he was addressing the people concerning that from this pulpit of his—and I was at that time a mature youth—saying: “Fatimah is part of me, and I fear that she will be tried in her religion.” He said: Then he mentioned a son-in-law of his from Banu ‘Abd Shams and praised him for his marriage to his daughter, and he spoke well of him. He said: “He spoke to me and told me the truth, and he promised me and fulfilled his promise to me. And I do not forbid what is lawful nor make lawful what is forbidden, but by God, the daughter of the Messenger of God and the daughter of the enemy of God will never be united in one place, ever.”