51. Companionship of Women
٥١۔ كِتَابُ عِشْرَةِ النِّسَاءِ
Zainab bint Jahsh used to boast to the other wives of the Prophet and say: "Allah married me to him from above the Heavens." And the Verse of Hijab was revealed concerning her. (Using translation from Nasāʾī 3252)
سَمِعْتُ أَنَسًا يَقُولُ كَانَتْ زَيْنَبُ تَفْخَرُ عَلَى نِسَاءِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ إِنَّ اللهَ أَنْكَحَنِي مِنَ السَّمَاءِ وَفِيهَا نَزَلَتْ آيَةُ الْحِجَابِ
said: "It reached Safiyyah that Hafsah said: 'The daughter of a Jew' so she wept. Then the Prophet ﷺ entered upon her while she was crying, so he said: 'What makes you cry?' She said: 'Hafsah said to me that I am the daughter of a Jew.' So the Prophet ﷺ said: 'And you are the daughter of a Prophet, and your uncle is a Prophet, and you are married to a Prophet, so what is she boasting to you about?' Then he said: 'Fear Allah, O Hafsah.'" (Using translation from Tirmidhī 3894)
«ابْنَةُ يَهُودِيٍّ فَبَكَتْ فَدَخَلَ عَلَيْهَا النَّبِيُّ ﷺ وَهِيَ تَبْكِي» فَقَالَ «مَا يُبْكِيكِ؟» قَالَتْ قَالَتْ لِي حَفْصَةُ ابْنَةُ يَهُودِيٍّ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «إِنَّكِ لَابْنَةُ نَبِيٍّ وَإِنَّ عَمَّكِ نَبِيٌّ وَإِنَّكِ لَتَحْتَ نَبِيٍّ فَبِمَ تَفْخَرُ عَلَيْكِ؟» ثُمَّ قَالَ «اتَّقِي اللهَ يَا حَفْصَةُ»