[Machine] One day, I performed ablution and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ asked me, "Do you have any feelings for Fatimah?" I replied, "Yes." He then sat leaning against me and said, "Surely, he will bear the burden other than you, and the reward will be for you." It was as if nothing mattered to me until we entered upon Fatimah. He asked her, "How do you find yourself?" She replied, "By Allah, my grief has intensified, my misery has increased, and my sickness has prolonged." He said, "Would you not be pleased that I marry you off to the one who is the most knowledgeable of my nation, the most generous among them, and the most forbearing?"
وَضَّأْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ فَقَالَ لِي «هَلْ لَكَ فِي فَاطِمَةَ» ؟ يَعْنِي ابْنَتَهَ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ فَقَامَ مُتَوَكِّئًا عَلَيَّ فَقَالَ «أَمَا إِنَّهُ سَيَحْمِلُ الثِّقْلَ غَيْرُكَ وَيَكُونُ الْأَجْرُ لَكَ» فَكَأَنَّهُ لَمْ يَكُنْ عَلَيَّ شَيْءٌ حَتَّى دَخَلْنَا عَلَى فَاطِمَةَ فَقَالَ لَهَا «كَيْفَ تَجِدِينَكَ؟» فَقَالَتْ وَاللهِ لَقَدِ اشْتَدَّ حُزْنِي وَاشْتَدَّتْ فَاقَتِي وَطَالَ سُقْمِي فَقَالَ «أَمَا تَرْضَيْنَ أَنْ زَوَّجْتُكِ أَقْدَمَ أُمَّتِي سِلْمًا وَأَكْثَرَهُمْ عِلْمًا وَأَحْلَمَهُمْ حِلْمًا» ؟