[Machine] The messenger of Allah ﷺ gave a sermon to Umm Salamah and she said, "O messenger of Allah, none of my allies whether present or absent dislikes that." He said, "None of your allies whether present or absent dislike that." She said, "O Umar, marry the daughter of the Prophet ﷺ to me." So, the Prophet ﷺ married her to him and he said to her, "Indeed, I do not diminish from what I have given to your sisters, Ruqayyah and Um Kulthum, a quilt and a mattress from the wool of a sheep." So, the messenger of Allah ﷺ used to come to her to have intimacy with her, but when she saw him, she would take her daughter Zainab and put her in her chamber. So, the messenger of Allah ﷺ would leave. And Ammar bin Yasir knew this and he was her brother through breastfeeding, so he went to her and said, "Where is this scratched and pockmarked one with whom you have annoyed the messenger of Allah ﷺ ?" So, he took her and left with her. Then the messenger of Allah ﷺ came and entered upon her and he started to touch his face in different parts of the house and said, "What did Zanab do?" She said, "Ammar came and took her and left with her." So, the messenger of Allah ﷺ said to her, "If you wish, I will offer a dowry for you. And if you wish, I will divorce you for my wives."  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ خَطَبَ أُمَّ سَلَمَةَ فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ أَحَدٌ مِنْ أَوْلِيَائِي تَعْنِي شَاهِد فَقَالَ إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ أَحَدٌ مِنْ أَوْلِيَائِكِ شَاهِدٌ وَلَا غَائِبٌ يَكْرَهُ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَتْ يَا عُمَرُ زَوِّجِ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَتَزَوَّجَهَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَقَالَ لَهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَمَا إِنِّي لَا أَنْقُصُكِ مِمَّا أَعْطَيْتُ أَخَوَاتِكِ رَحْيَيْنِ وَجَرَّةً وَمِرْفَقَةً مِنْ أَدَمٍ حَشْوُهَا لِيفٌ فَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺيَأْتِيهَا لِيَدْخُلَ بِهَا فَإِذَا رَأَتْهُ أَخَذَتْ زَيْنَبَ ابْنَتَهَا فَجَعَلَتْهَا فِي حِجْرِهَا فَيَنْصَرِفُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَعَلِمَ بِذَلِكَ عَمَّارُ بْنُ يَاسِرٍ وَكَانَ أَخَاهَا مِنَ الرَّضَاعَةِ فَأَتَاهَا فَقَالَ أَيْنَ هَذِهِ الْمَشْقُوحَةُ الْمَقْبُوحَةُ الَّتِي قَدْ آذَيْتِ بِهَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ؟ فَأَخَذَهَا فَذَهَبَ بِهَا فَجَاءَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَدَخَلَ عَلَيْهَا فَجَعَلَ يَضْرِبُ بِبَصَرِهِ فِي نَوَاحِي الْبَيْتِ فَقَالَ مَا فَعَلَتْ زَنَابُ؟ فَقَالَتْ جَاءَ عَمَّارٌ فَأَخَذَهَا فَذَهَبَ بِهَا فَدَخَلَ بِهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَقَالَ لَهَا إِنْ شِئْتِ سَبَّعْتُ لَكِ وَإِنْ سَبَّعْتُ لَكِ سَبَّعْتُ لِنِسَائِي  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , said: When any one of you is afflicted with a calamity, let him say: "Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'un. O Allah, I seek reward with You for my calamity, and replace it with something better." When Abu Salamah was in his death throes, he said: "O Allah, compensate me for my loss with something better." When he died, I said: "Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'un. O Allah, I seek reward with You for my calamity, and replace it with something better." She added: "I wanted to say: Replace it for me with something better than him, but I could not say that. When her waiting period was over, Abu Bakr proposed marriage to her, then 'Umar proposed marriage to her, but the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , said to her: "Do not be hasty, O 'Umar. I will not withhold her from you, but I have not conferred a blessing upon her yet. Her children will be given to you." She said: "O Messenger of Allah, I have no need for children; rather I want to uphold the ties of kinship." 'Umar said: "I knitted together two garments for her, and stuffed them with a kind of grass, then the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , came and took her, and put her in her cradle in his room, and the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , was a modest and honorable man, and he would shy away from her, but he used to do that repeatedly." Then 'Ammar ibn Yasir, who was her foster brother through her mother, came and entered upon her, and he moved her cradle from his room and said: "Take away this tainted woman who was the cause of the harm caused to the Messenger of Allah, ﷺ ." The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , came in and put his hand on his forehead, and said: "Where is Zainab? What has Zainab done?" She said: "Ammar came and took her away." He said: "Then he married her to his own cousin and kin."  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا أَصَابَ أَحَدَكُمْ مُصِيبَةٌ فَلْيَقُلْ إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ عِنْدَكَ أَحْتَسِبُ مُصِيبَتِي فَأْجُرْنِي فِيهَا وَأَبْدِلْنِيمَا هُوَ خَيْرٌ مِنْهَا فَلَمَّا احْتُضِرَ أَبُو سَلَمَةَ قَالَ اللهُمَّ اخْلُفْنِي فِي أَهْلِي بِخَيْرٍ فَلَمَّا قُبِضَ قُلْتُ إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ اللهُمَّ عِنْدَكَ أَحْتَسِبُ مُصِيبَتِي فَأْجُرْنِي فِيهَا قَالَتْ وَأَرَدْتُ أَنْ أَقُولَ وَأَبْدِلْنِي خَيْرًا مِنْهَا فَقُلْتُ وَمَنْ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ فَمَا زِلْتُ حَتَّى قُلْتُهَا فَلَمَّا انْقَضَتْ عِدَّتُهَا خَطَبَهَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ فَرَدَّتْهُ ثُمَّ خَطَبَهَا عُمَرُ فَرَدَّتْهُ فَبَعَثَ إِلَيْهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَتْ مَرْحَبًا بِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَبِرَسُولِهِ أَخْبِرْ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَنِّي امْرَأَةٌ غَيْرَى وَأَنِّي مُصْبِيَةٌ وَأَنَّهُ لَيْسَ أَحَدٌ مِنْ أَوْلِيَائِي شَاهِدًا فَبَعَثَ إِلَيْهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَمَّا قَوْلُكِ إِنِّي مُصْبِيَةٌ فَإِنَّ اللهَ سَيَكْفِيكِ صِبْيَانَكِ وَأَمَّا قَوْلُكِ إِنِّي غَيْرَى فَسَأَدْعُو اللهَ أَنْ يُذْهِبَ غَيْرَتَكِ وَأَمَّا الْأَوْلِيَاءُ فَلَيْسَ أَحَدٌ مِنْهُمْ شَاهِدٌ وَلَا غَائِبٌ إِلَّا سَيَرْضَانِي قُلْتُ يَا عُمَرُ قُمْ فَزَوِّجْ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَمَا إِنِّي لَا أَنْقُصُكِ شَيْئًا مِمَّا أَعْطَيْتُ أُخْتَكِ فُلَانَةَ رَحَيَيْنِ وَجَرَّتَيْنِ وَوِسَادَةً مِنْ أَدَمٍ حَشْوُهَا لِيفٌ قَالَ وَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَأْتِيهَا فَإِذَا جَاءَ أَخَذَتْ زَيْنَبَ فَوَضَعَتْهَا فِي حِجْرِهَا لِتُرْضِعَهَا وَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ حَيِيًّا كَرِيمًا يَسْتَحْيِي فَيَرْجِعُ فَفَعَلَ ذَلِكَ مِرَارًا فَفَطِنَ عَمَّارُ بْنُ يَاسِرٍ لِمَا تَصْنَعُ فَأَقْبَلَ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ وَجَاءَ عَمَّارٌ وَكَانَ أَخَاهَا لِأُمِّهَا فَدَخَلَ عَلَيْهَافَانْتَشَطَهَا مِنْ حِجْرِهَا وَقَالَ دَعِي هَذِهِ الْمَقْبُوحَةَ الْمَشْقُوحَةَ الَّتِي آذَيْتِ بِهَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ وَجَاءَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَدَخَلَ فَجَعَلَ يُقَلِّبُ بَصَرَهُ فِي الْبَيْتِ وَيَقُولُ أَيْنَ زَنَابُ؟ مَا فَعَلَتْ زَنَابُ؟ قَالَتْ جَاءَ عَمَّارٌ فَذَهَبَ بِهَا قَالَ فَبَنَى بِأَهْلِهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ إِنْ شِئْتِ أَنْ أُسَبِّعَ لَكِ سَبَّعْتُ لِلنِّسَاءِ  

"Tell the Messenger of Allah that I am a jealous woman and that I have sons, and none of my guardians are present." He went to the Messenger of Allah and told him that. He said: "Go back to her and tell her: As for your saying that you are a jealous woman, I will pray to Allah for you to take away your jealousy. As for your saying that you have sons, your sons will be taken care of. And as for your saying that none of your guardians are present, none of your guardians, present or absent, would object to that." She said to her son: "O 'Umar, get up and perform the marriage to the Messenger of Allah," so he performed the marriage. (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3254)   

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَنْ أَصَابَتْهُ مُصِيبَةٌ فَلْيَقُلْ إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ اللهُمَّ عِنْدَكَ أَحْتَسِبُ مُصِيبَتِي فَأْجُرْنِي فِيهَا وَأَبْدِلْنِي بِهَا خَيْرًا مِنْهَا فَلَمَّا مَاتَ أَبُو سَلَمَةَ قُلْتُهَا فَجَعَلْتُ كُلَّمَا بَلَغْتُ وَأَبْدِلْنِي بِهَا خَيْرًا مِنْهَا قُلْتُ فِي نَفْسِي وَمَنْ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ ثُمَّ قُلْتُهَا فَلَمَّا انْقَضَتْ عِدَّتُهَا بَعَثَ إِلَيْهَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ يَخْطُبُهَا فَلَمْ تَزَوَّجْهُ فَبَعَثَ إِلَيْهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ يَخْطُبُهَا عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَتْ أَخْبِرْ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أَنِّي امْرَأَةٌ غَيْرَى وَأَنِّي امْرَأَةٌ مُصْبِيَةٌ وَلَيْسَ أَحَدٌ مِنْ أَوْلِيَائِي شَاهِدًا فَأَتَى رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَذَكَرَ لَهُ ذَلِكَفَقَالَ ارْجِعْ إِلَيْهَا فَقُلْ لَهَا أَمَّا قَوْلُكِ إِنِّي امْرَأَةٌ غَيْرَى فَسَأَدْعُو اللهَ ﷻ فَيُذْهِبُ غَيْرَتَكِ وَأَمَّا قَوْلُكِ إِنِّي امْرَأَةٌ مُصْبِيَةٌ فَسَتُكْفَيْنَ صِبْيَانَكِ وَأَمَّا قَوْلُكِ إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ أَحَدٌ مِنْ أَوْلِيَائِكِ شَاهِدًا فَلَيْسَ أَحَدٌ مِنْ أَوْلِيَائِكِ شَاهِدٌ وَلَا غَائِبٌ يَكْرَهُ ذَلِكَ  

[Machine] About her and her waiting period ended, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ proposed to her. She said, "O Messenger of Allah, I have three qualities: I am an older woman." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "I am older than you." She said, "I am a jealous woman." He said, "I invoke Allah to remove your jealousy." She said, "O Messenger of Allah, I am a woman who frequently gets sick." He said, "They are in the hands of Allah and His Messenger." So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ married her. When he came to her, he found her breastfeeding, so he left. Then he came to her again and found her breastfeeding again, so he left. This matter reached Ammar ibn Yasir, so he came to her and said, "You have come between the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and his need. Bring the baby girl here." He took her and breastfed her. Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to her and said, "Where is Zainab?" She said, "O Messenger of Allah, Ammar took her and went in with her and said, 'You have a great honor with your family.' He stayed with her until evening and then said, 'If you wish, I will grant you seven turns, and if I grant you seven turns, I will grant the rest of my wives seven turns. And if you wish, I will divide it for you.' She said, 'No, rather you divide it for me.'"  

عَنْهَا وَانْقَضَتْ عِدَّتُهَا خَطَبَهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ فِيَّ ثَلَاثَ خِصَالٍ أَنَا امْرَأَةٌ كَبِيرَةٌ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنَا أَكْبَرُ مِنْكِ قَالَتْ وَأَنَا امْرَأَةٌ غَيُورٌ قَالَ أَدْعُو اللهَ ﷻ فَيُذْهِبُ عَنْكِ غَيْرَتَكِ قَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ وَأَنَا امْرَأَةٌ مُصْبِيَةٌ قَالَ هُمْ إِلَى اللهِ وَإِلَى رَسُولِهِ قَالَ فَتَزَوَّجَهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ فَأَتَاهَا فَوَجَدَهَا تُرْضِعُ فَانْصَرَفَ ثُمَّ أَتَاهَا فَوَجَدَهَا تُرْضِعُ فَانْصَرَفَ قَالَ فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ عَمَّارَ بْنَ يَاسِرٍ فَأَتَاهَا فَقَالَ حُلْتِ بَيْنَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَبَيْنَ حَاجَتِهِ هَلُمَّ الصَّبِيَّةَ قَالَ فَأَخَذَهَا فَاسْتَرْضَعَلَهَا فَأَتَاهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ أَيْنَ زُنَابُ؟ يَعْنِي زَيْنَبَ قَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَخَذَهَا عَمَّارٌ فَدَخَلَ بِهَا وَقَالَ إِنَّ بِكِ عَلَى أَهْلِكِ كَرَامَةً قَالَ فَأَقَامَ عِنْدَهَا إِلَى الْعِشَاءِ ثُمَّ قَالَ إِنْ شِئْتِ سَبَّعْتُ لَكِ وَإِنْ سَبَّعْتُ لَكِ سَبَّعْتُ لِسَائِرِ نِسَائِي وَإِنْ شِئْتِ قَسَمْتُ لَكِ قَالَتْ لَا بَلْ اقْسِمْ لِي  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "When any of you experience a calamity, say 'Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'un.' O Allah, I seek reward from You for my calamity and ask You to replace it with something better.' I used to say this when I had any difficulty. When my waiting period after the death of my husband ended, Abu Bakr proposed to me and I turned him down. Then, Umar proposed to me and I turned him down. The Prophet ﷺ sent someone to propose to me on his behalf, and I said, 'Welcome to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and his messenger! Please convey to him that I am a widow and I have no guardian except Allah. As for your saying that I am a widow, Allah will take care of my children. And as for considering yourself as a replacement, I will pray to Allah to replace you with someone better. As for the guardians, there is no one among them who can testify and there is no one absent whose permission is needed. So, the Prophet ﷺ sent me a message saying, 'As for your saying that you are a widow, Allah will take care of your children. And as for your saying that there is no one except me, I will supplicate to Allah to remove your difficulty. As for the guardians, there is no one among them who can testify and there is no one absent whose permission is needed.' So, she said to her son, 'Stand up, O Umar, and let the Messenger of Allah ﷺ marry you to her.' The Prophet ﷺ then married them. He said to her, 'I will not deprive you of what I have given your sister, Fulanah, including two garments and a cushion filled with palm fibers.' The Prophet ﷺ used to visit her while Zainab was breastfeeding her child. Whenever the Prophet ﷺ came, she would give the child to him and he would place her (the child) in her (Zainab's) chamber to breastfeed her. So, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was generous and honorable. One day, Ammar ibn Yasir visited her when the Prophet ﷺ intended to visit her. Zainab hid in her chamber and said, 'Leave this disgraced and wretched woman (referring to herself) who has caused trouble for the Messenger of Allah ﷺ .' So, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came and looked around the house, saying, 'Where is Zunab? Why can't I see Zunab?' Zainab said, 'Ammar came and took her away.' The Prophet ﷺ then left. He was planning to visit her one day when Ammar came and took her away."  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا أَصَابَتْ أَحَدَكُمْ مُصِيبَةٌ فَلْيَقُلْ إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ اللَّهُمَّ عِنْدَكَ أَحْتَسِبُ مُصِيبَتِي فَأْجُرْنِي فِيهَا وَكُنْتُ إِذَا أَرَدْتُ أَنْ أَقُولَ وَأَبْدِلْنِي بِهَا خَيْرًا مِنْهَا قُلْتُ وَمَنْ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ فَلَمْ أَزَلْ حَتَّى قُلْتُهَا فَلَمَّا انْقَضَتْ عِدَّتُهَا خَطَبَهَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ فَرَدَّتْهُ وَخَطَبَهَا عُمَرُ فَرَدَّتْهُ فَبَعَثَ إِلَيْهَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لِيَخْطُبَهَا فَقَالَتْ مَرْحَبًا بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَبِرَسُولِهِ أَقْرئْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ السَّلَامَ وَأَخْبِرْهُ أَنِّي امْرَأَةٌ مُصْبِيَةٌ غَيْرَى وَأَنَّهُ لَيْسَ أَحَدٌ مِنْ أَوْلِيَائِي شَاهِدٌ فَبَعَثَ إِلَيْهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَمَّا قَوْلُكِ إِنِّي مُصْبِيَةٌ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ سَيَكْفِيكِ صِبْيَانَكِ وَأَمَّا قَوْلُكِ إِنِّي غَيْرَى فَسَأَدْعُو اللَّهَ أَنْ يُذْهِبَ غَيْرَتَكِ وَأَمَّا الْأَوْلِيَاءُ فَلَيْسَ أَحَدٌ مِنْهُمْ شَاهِدٌ وَلَا غَائِبٌ إِلَّا سَيَرْضَانِي فَقَالَتْ لِابْنِهَا قُمْ يَا عُمَرُ فَزَوِّجْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَزَوَّجَهَا إِيَّاهُ وَقَالَ لَهَا لَا أُنْقِصُكِ مِمَّا أَعْطَيْتُ أُخْتَكِ فُلَانَةَ جَرَّتَيْنِ وَرَحَاتَيْنِ وَوِسَادَةٍ مِنْ أَدَمٍ حَشْوُهَا لِيفٌ فَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَأْتِيهَا وَهِيَ تُرْضِعُ زَيْنَبَ فَكَانَتْ إِذَا جَاءَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَخَذَتْهَا فَوَضَعَتْهَا فِي حِجْرِهَا تُرْضِعُهَا قَالَتْ فَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ حَيِيًّا كَرِيمًا فَيَرْجِعُ فَفَطِنَ لَهَا عَمَّارُ بْنُ يَاسِرٍ وَكَانَ أَخًا لَهَا مِنَ الرَّضَاعَةِ فَأَرَادَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنْ يَأْتِيَهَا ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ فَجَاءَ عَمَّارٌ فَدَخَلَ عَلَيْهَا فَانْتَشَطَ زَيْنَبَ مِنْ حِجْرِهَا وَقَالَ دَعِي هَذِهِ الْمَقْبُوحَةَ الْمَشْقُوحَةَ الَّتِي قَدْ آذَيْتِ بِهَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَجَاءَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَدَخَلَ يُقَلِّبُ بَصَرَهُ فِي الْبَيْتِ وَيَقُولُ «أَيْنَ زُنَابُ مَا لِي لَا أَرَى زُنَابَ؟» فَقَالَتْ جَاءَ عَمَّارٌ فَذَهَبَ بِهَا فَبَنَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِأَهْلِهِ وَقَالَ «إِنْ شِئْتِ أَنْ أُسَبِّعَ لَكِ سَبَّعْتُ لِلنِّسَاءِ»  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah (Peace be upon him) said, "Whoever is afflicted with a calamity should say, 'Indeed we belong to Allah, and indeed to Him we will return. O Allah, I seek reward from You for my affliction and replace it with something better.' "

When Abu Salamah died, I said this supplication and every time I said it, I saw that Allah replaced my calamity with something better. I said to myself, "Who is better than Abu Salamah?"

When her waiting period ended, Abu Bakr proposed to her, but she did not marry him. Then Umar proposed to her, but she did not marry him either. Then the Messenger of Allah (Peace be upon him) sent Umar ibn Al-Khattab to propose to her on his behalf. She said, "Inform the Messenger of Allah (Peace be upon him) that I am a woman who is not interested in remarrying, and I am a woman who is already afflicted. And there is no witness among my guardians." So the Messenger of Allah (Peace be upon him) went to her and mentioned this to her. He said, "Tell her that when you say, 'I am a woman who is not interested in remarrying,' I ask Allah to remove your unwillingness. And when you say, 'I am a woman who is already afflicted,' may your children be sufficient for you. And when you say, 'There is no witness among my guardians,' no one among your guardians will be a witness, nor will anyone who is absent like that."

She said to her son, "O Umar, go and marry me to the Messenger of Allah (Peace be upon him)." So Umar married her to him. The Messenger of Allah (Peace be upon him) used to visit her in her room to be intimate with her. But when she saw him, she would take her daughter Zainab and put her in her place. The Messenger of Allah (Peace be upon him) noticed this, so Ammar ibn Yasir, who was her foster brother, came to her and said, "Where is that wickedness with which you have harmed the Messenger of Allah (Peace be upon him)?" He took her and went with her. The Messenger of Allah (Peace be upon him) came to her and entered her room, and he began to strike his forehead against the sides of the house, saying, "What did Zainab do?" She said, "Ammar came and took her away." So the Messenger of Allah (Peace be upon him) rebuilt the house for her and said, "I will not decrease your status from what I have given to other women, two Rahas (sheep) and two Dirhams, and a bone filled with stuffing as a headrest." And he said, "If I have seven wives, I will have the same for all of them."  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «مَنْ أَصَابَتْهُ مُصِيبَةٌ فَلْيَقُلْ إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَأَنَا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ اللَّهُمَّ عِنْدَكَ أَحْتَسِبُ مُصِيبَتِي فَأْجُرْنِي فِيهَا وَأَبْدِلْنِي بِهَا خَيْرًا مِنْهَا» فَلَمَّا مَاتَ أَبُو سَلَمَةَ قُلْتُهَا فَجَعَلْتُ كُلَّمَا بَلَغْتُ أَبْدَلَنِي خَيْرًا مِنْهَا قُلْتُ فِي نَفْسِي وَمَنْ خَيْرٌ مِنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ؟ فَلَمَّا انْقَضَتْ عِدَّتُهَا بَعَثَ إِلَيْهَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ يَخْطُبُهَا فَلَمْ تَزَوَّجْهُ ثُمَّ بَعَثَ إِلَيْهَا عُمَرُ يَخْطُبُهَا فَلَمْ تَزَوَّجْهُ فَبَعَثَ إِلَيْهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ يَخْطُبُهَا عَلَيْهِ قَالَتْ أَخْبِرْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنِّي امْرَأَةٌ غَيْرَى وَأَنِّي امْرَأَةٌ مُصْبِيَةٌ وَلَيْسَ أَحَدٌ مِنْ أَوْلِيَائِي شَاهِدًا فَأَتَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَذَكَرَ ذَلِكَ لَهُ فَقَالَ «ارْجِعْ إِلَيْهَا فَقُلْ لَهَا أَمَّا قَوْلُكِ إِنِّي امْرَأَةٌ غَيْرَى فَأُسْأَلُ اللَّهَ أَنْ يُذْهِبَ غَيْرَتَكِ وَأَمَّا قَوْلُكِ إِنِّي امْرَأَةٌ مُصْبِيَةٌ فَتُكْفَينَ صِبْيَانَكِ وَأَمَّا قَوْلُكِ إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ أَحَدٌ مِنْ أَوْلِيَائِكِ شَاهِدًا فَلَيْسَ مِنْ أَوْلِيَائِكِ شَاهِدٌ وَلَا غَائِبٌ يَكْرَهُ ذَلِكَ» فَقَالَتْ لِابْنِهَا يَا عُمَرُ قُمْ فَزَوِّجْ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَزَوَّجَهُ فَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَأْتِيهَا لِيَدْخُلَ بِهَا فَإِذَا رَأَتْهُ أَخَذَتِ ابْنَتَهَا زَيْنَبَ فَجَعَلْتُهَا فِي حِجْرِهَا فَيَنْقَلِبُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَعَلِمَ بِذَلِكَ عَمَّارُ بْنُ يَاسِرٍ وَكَانَ أَخَاهَا مِنَ الرَّضَاعَةِ فَجَاءَ إِلَيْهَا فَقَالَ يْنَ هَذِهِ الْمَقْبُوحَةُ الَّتِي قَدْ آذَيْتِ بِهَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَأَخَذَهَا فَذَهَبَ بِهَا فَجَاءَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَدَخَلَ عَلَيْهَا فَجَعَلَ يَضْرِبُ بِبَصَرِهِ فِي جَوَانِبِ الْبَيْتِ وَقَالَ «مَا فَعَلَتْ زَيْنَبُ؟ » قَالَتْ جَاءَ عَمَّارٌ فَأَخَذَهَا فَذَهَبَ بِهَا فَبَنَى بِهَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَقَالَ «إِنِّي لَا أَنْقُصُكِ مِمَّا أَعْطَيْتُ فُلَانَةَ رَحَاءَيْنِ وَجَرَّتَيْنِ وَمِرْفَقَةً حَشْوُهَا لِيفٌ» وَقَالَ «إِنْ سَبَّعْتُ لَكِ سَبَّعْتُ لِنِسَائِي»  

[Machine] Um Salama, the wife of the Prophet ﷺ, informed him that when she arrived in Madinah, she told the people that she was the daughter of Abu Umama bin Al-Mughira. They accused her of lying and said, "No stranger tells such rare tales even until some people started talking about it during Hajj." They told her, "Write to your family," so she wrote with them. They returned to Madinah and confirmed her story, so their honor increased. She said, "When I gave birth to Zainab, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to me and asked for my hand in marriage. I said, 'No one like me should be married except to one with children, and I am a jealous woman with a family.' He said, 'I am older than you, and as for jealousy, Allah will remove it, and as for the family, it is with Allah and His Messenger.' So he married her to him. He used to come to her and say, 'How are you, Zunab? Where are the Zunabs?' Then Ammar bin Yasir came and disturbed her, so the Prophet ﷺ said, 'Where are the Zunabs?' She said, 'I am the daughter of Abu Umamah, and she is with me.' Ammar bin Yasir took her. The Prophet ﷺ said, 'I will come to you tonight.' She said, 'I cleaned myself and took grains of barley from a sack, and it was in a container, or according to another narration, a gourd, and I took some fat and applied it. Then I spent the night and in the morning, he said, 'You have honor among your people. If you wish, I will keep you.' And if you dislike, I will divorce you, but continue to be one of my wives."  

أَنَّ أُمَّ سَلَمَةَ زَوْجَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَخْبَرَتْهُ أَنَّهَا لَمَّا قَدِمَتِ الْمَدِينَةَ أَخْبَرَتْهُمْ أَنَّهَا ابْنَةُ أَبِي أُمَيَّةَ بْنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ فَكَذَّبُوهَا وَيَقُولُونَ مَا أَكْذَبَ الْغَرَائِبَ حَتَّى أَنْشَأَ نَاسٌ مِنْهُمْ فِي الْحَجِّ فَقَالُوا تَكْتُبِينَ إِلَى أَهْلِكِ فَكَتَبَتْ مَعَهُمْ فَرَجَعُوا إِلَى الْمَدِينَةِ فَصَدَّقُوهَا فَازْدَادَتْ عَلَيْهِمْ كَرَامَةً قَالَتْ فَلَمَّا وَضَعْتُ زَيْنَبَ جَاءَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَخَطَبَنِي فَقُلْتُ مَا مِثْلِي تُنْكَحُ أَمَّا أَنَا فَلَا وَلَدَ فِيَّ وَأَنَا غَيُورٌ ذَاتُ عِيَالٍ فَقَالَ أَنَا أَكْبَرُ مِنْكِ وَأَمَّا الْغَيْرَةُ فَيُذْهِبُهَا اللهُ وَأَمَّا الْعِيَالُ فَإِلَى اللهِ وَرَسُولِهِ فَتَزَوَّجَهَا فَجَعَلَ يَأْتِيهَا فَيَقُولُ كَيْفَ زُنَابُ؟ أَيْنَ زُنَابُ؟ فَجَاءَ عَمَّارُ بْنُ يَاسِرٍ فَاخْتَلَجَهَا فَقَالَ هَذِهِ تَمْنَعُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَكَانَتْ تُرْضِعُهَا فَجَاءَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَقَالَ أَيْنَ زُنَابُ؟ فَقَالَتْ قُرَيْبَةُ ابْنَةُ أَبِي أُمَيَّةَ وَوَافَقَهَا عِنْدَهَا أَخَذَهَا عَمَّارُ بْنُ يَاسِرٍ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِنِّي آتِيكُمُ اللَّيْلَةَ قَالَتْ فَوَضَعْتُ ثِقَالِي وَأَخْرَجْتُ حَبَّاتٍ مِنْ شَعِيرٍ وَكَانَتْ فِي جَرٍّ وَفِي رِوَايَةِ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ فِي جَرِيبٍ وَأَخْرَجْتُ شَحْمًا فَعَصَدْتُهُ فَبَاتَ ثُمَّ أَصْبَحَ فَقَالَ حِينَ أَصْبَحَ إِنَّ لَكِ عَلَى أَهْلِكِ كَرَامَةً فَإِنْ شِئْتِ سَبَّعْتُ لَكِ وَإِنْ أُسَبِّعْ أُسَبِّعْ لِنِسَائِي