قَالَ ابْنُ إِسْحَاقَ : قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ حَزْمٍ : حُدِّثْتُ عَنْ زَيْنَبَ أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ : بَيْنَمَا أَنَا أَتَجَهَّزُ بِمَكَّةَ لِلُّحُوقِ بِأَبِي لَقِيَتْنِي هِنْدُ بِنْتُ عُتْبَةَ ، فَقَالَتْ : يَا بِنْتَ عَمِّي ، إِنْ كَانَتْ لَكِ حَاجَةً بِمَتَاعٍ مِمَّا يَرْفُقُ بِكِ فِي سَفَرِكِ ، أَوْ مَا تَبْلُغِينَ بِهِ إِلَى أَبِيكِ [ فَإِنَّ عِنْدِي فِي حَاجَتِكِ ] ، فَلَا تَضْطَنِّي مِنْهُ ; فَإِنَّهُ لَا يَدْخُلُ بَيْنَ النِّسَاءِ مَا [ يَدْخُلُ ] بَيْنَ الرِّجَالِ . قَالَتْ : وَوَاللَّهِ مَا أَرَاهَا قَالَتْ ذَلِكَ إِلَّا لِتَفْعَلَ ، وَلَكِنِّي خِفْتُهَا ، فَأَنْكَرْتُ أَنْ أَكُونَ أُرِيدُ ذَلِكَ ، فَتَجَهَّزْتُ ، فَلَمَّا فَرَغْتُ مِنْ جِهَازِي قَدَّمَ إِلَيَّ حَمَوَيَّ كِنَانَةُ بْنُ الرَّبِيعِ أَخُو زَوْجِي بَعِيرًا فَرَكِبْتُهُ ، وَأَخَذَ قَوْسَهُ وَكِنَانَتَهُ ، ثُمَّ خَرَجَ بِهَا نَهَارًا يَقُودُ بِهَا ، وَهِيَ فِي هَوْدَجِهَا ، وَتَحَدَّثَتْ بِذَلِكَ رِجَالُ قُرَيْشٍ ، فَخَرَجُوا فِي طَلَبِهَا حَتَّى أَدْرَكُوهَا بِذِي طُوًى ، وَكَانَ أَوَّلَ مَنْ سَبَقَ إِلَيْهَا هَبَّارُ بْنُ الْأَسْوَدِ بْنِ الْمُطَّلِبِ بْنِ أَسَدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْعُزَّى بْنِ قُصَيٍّ ، وَنَافِعُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْقَيْسِ الزُّهْرِيُّ ، فَرَوَّعَهَا هَبَّارٌ [ بِقَيْنَةِ بَنِي أَبِي عُبَيْدَةَ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ بْنِ نَافِعٍ الَّذِي بِإِفْرِيقِيَّةَ ] فَرَوَّعَهَا هَبَّارٌ [ بِالرُّمْحِ ] وَهِيَ فِي هَوْدَجِهَا ، وَكَانَتْ حَامِلًا - فِيمَا يَزْعُمُونَ - فَلَمَّا وَقَعَتْ أَلْقَتْ مَا فِي بَطْنِهَا ، فَنَزَلَ حَمُوهَا وَنَثَرَ كِنَانَتُهُ ، وَقَالَ : وَاللَّهِ لَا يَدْنُو مِنِّي رَجُلٌ إِلَّا وَضَعْتُ فِيهِ سَهْمًا ، فَتَكَرْكَرَ النَّاسُ عَنْهُ ، وَجَاءَ أَبُو سُفْيَانَ فِي جُلَّةٍ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ ، فَقَالَ : أَيُّهَا الرَّجُلُ ، كُفَّ عَنَّا نَبْلَكَ حَتَّى نُكَلِّمَكَ ، فَكَفَّ ، وَأَقْبَلَ أَبُو سُفْيَانَ فَأَقْبَلَ عَلَيْهِ ، فَقَالَ : إِنَّكَ لَمْ تُصِبْ ، خَرَجْتَ بِامْرَأَةٍ عَلَى رُءُوسِ النَّاسِ نَهَارًا ، وَقَدْ عَلِمْتَ مُصِيبَتَنَا وَنَكْبَتَنَا ، وَمَا دَخَلَ عَلَيْنَا مِنْ مُحَمَّدٍ ، فَيَظُنُّ النَّاسُ إِذَا خَرَجَتْ إِلَيْهِ ابْنَتُهُ عَلَانِيَةً مِنْ بَيْنِ ظَهْرَانِينَا أَنَّ ذَلِكَ مِنْ ذُلٍّ أَصَابَنَا عَنْ مُصِيبَتِنَا الَّتِي كَانَتْ ، وَأَنَّ ذَلِكَ مِنَّا ضَعْفٌ وَوَهْنٌ ، وَإِنَّهُ لَعَمْرِي مَا لَنَا فِي حَبْسِهَا عَنْ أَبِيهَا حَاجَةً ، وَلَكِنْ أَرْجِعِ الْمَرْأَةَ حَتَّى إِذَا هَدَأَ الصَّوْتُ وَتَحَدَّثَ النَّاسُ أَنَّا قَدْ رَدَدْنَاهَا ، فَسَلِّهَا سِرًّا وَأَلْحِقْهَا بِأَبِيهَا . قَالَ : فَفَعَلَ ، وَأَقَامَتْ لَيَالِيَ حَتَّى إِذَا هَدَأَ النَّاسُ ، خَرَجَ بِهَا لَيْلًا فَأَسْلَمَهَا إِلَى زَيْدِ بْنِ حَارِثَةَ وَصَاحِبِهِ ، فَقَدِمَا بِهَا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - وَأَقَامَ أَبُو الْعَاصِ بِمَكَّةَ ، وَكَانَتْ زَيْنَبُ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - قَدْ فَرَّقَ الْإِسْلَامُ بَيْنَهُمَا ، حَتَّى إِذَا كَانَ قُبَيْلَ الْفَتْحِ خَرَجَ أَبُو الْعَاصِ تَاجِرًا إِلَى الشَّامِ ، وَكَانَ رَجُلًا مَأْمُونًا بِأَمْوَالٍ لَهُ ، وَأَمْوَالٍ لِرِجَالٍ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ أَبَضَعُوهَا مَعَهُ ، فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ مِنْ تِجَارَتِهِ أَقْبَلَ قَافِلًا ، فَلَقِيَتْهُ سَرِيَّةُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - فَأَصَابُوا مَا مَعَهُ ، وَأَعْجَزَهُمْ هَارِبًا ، فَلَمَّا قَدِمَتِ السَّرِيَّةُ بِمَا أَصَابُوا مِنْ مَالِهِ أَقْبَلَ أَبُو الْعَاصِ بْنُ الرَّبِيعِ تَحْتَ اللَّيْلِ ، حَتَّى دَخَلَ عَلَى زَيْنَبَ بِنْتِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - وَاسْتَجَارَهَا فَأَجَارَتْهُ ، وَجَاءَ فِي طَلَبِ مَالِهِ .
فَلَمَّا خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - إِلَى صَلَاةِ الصُّبْحِ - كَمَا حَدَّثَنِي يَزِيدُ بْنُ رُومَانَ - فَكَبَّرَ وَكَبَّرَ النَّاسُ ، خَرَجَتْ زَيْنَبُ مِنْ صُفَّةِ النِّسَاءِ ، وَقَالَتْ : أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ ، إِنِّي قَدْ أَجَرْتُ أَبَا الْعَاصِ بْنَ الرَّبِيعِ . فَلَمَّا سَلَّمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - مِنَ الصَّلَاةِ ، أَقْبَلَ عَلَى النَّاسِ ، فَقَالَ : " أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ ، أَسْمِعْتُمْ ؟ " . قَالُوا : نَعَمْ . قَالَ : " أَمَا وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ مَا عَلِمْتُ بِشَيْءٍ كَانَ حَتَّى سَمِعْتُهُ ، إِنَّهُ لَيُجِيرُ عَلَى الْمُسْلِمِينَ أَدْنَاهُمْ " . ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - حَتَّى دَخَلَ عَلَى ابْنَتِهِ ، فَقَالَ : " يَا بُنَيَّةُ ، أَكْرِمِي مَثْوَاهُ ، وَلَا يَخْلُصُ إِلَيْكِ ، فَإِنَّكِ لَا تَحِلِّينَ لَهُ " .
Ibn Ishaq states: Abdullah bin Abi Bakr bin Muhammad bin Amr bin Hazm said: I was told the following from Sayyidah Zaynab (may Allah be pleased with her); she says: I was in Makkah preparing to go and join my father when I met Hind bint Utbah. She said: "O daughter of my uncle! If you need any provisions for the journey by which you may reach your father, do not hesitate with me about it, for between women there are not the hostilities that there are between men." Sayyidah Zaynab (may Allah be pleased with her) says: By Allah! I think that she would have done what she said, but I was also wary of her, so I denied that I intended to do so. Then I prepared my provisions for the journey. When I had finished my preparations, my brother-in-law Kinanah bin al-Rabi', my husband's brother, brought me a camel and I mounted it. He took his bow and his quiver, then set out with me in the daytime, leading the animal, while Sayyidah Zaynab (may Allah be pleased with her) was in her howdah. Some men of Quraysh came to know of this and set out in pursuit of Sayyidah Zaynab (may Allah be pleased with her) until they caught up with her at Dhu Tuwa. The first of them to reach Sayyidah Zaynab (may Allah be pleased with her) were Habbar bin al-Aswad bin al-Muttalib bin Asad bin Abd al-Uzza bin Qusayy and Nafi' bin Abd al-Qays al-Zuhri. Habbar frightened Sayyidah Zaynab's camel with his spear while Sayyidah Zaynab (may Allah be pleased with her) was in the howdah. She was pregnant, so people say; when she fell from it, she miscarried. Her brother-in-law dismounted, set an arrow from his quiver and said: "By Allah, whoever tries to come near, I will shoot him with an arrow." The people drew back from him. Then Abu Sufyan came with the leading men of Quraysh and said: "O man, hold back your arrows from us; let us first talk with you." He held back. Abu Sufyan came forward, and he too came forward. Abu Sufyan said: "You have not done right. You are taking this woman away in broad daylight before the people's eyes, and you know of our calamity and distress which has come upon us from (Sayyiduna) Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). When you take his daughter openly from among us to him, people will think that we are facing this humiliation because of the calamity that befell us, and it will show our weakness. By my life, we have no need to stop this woman from going to her father. Rather, take this woman back; when the voices die down (that is, when people go quiet) and people talk about how we brought this woman back, then take this woman away secretly and bring her to her father." So that man did just that. After some days had passed, when people had calmed down, he set out with this woman at night and handed this woman over to Sayyiduna Zayd bin Harithah (may Allah be pleased with him) and his companion. Then the two of them brought this woman to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Meanwhile Sayyiduna Abu al-As (may Allah be pleased with him) stayed in Makkah, and Sayyidah Zaynab (may Allah be pleased with her) remained with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him); Islam had separated the two of them. Then, shortly before the Conquest, Sayyiduna Abu al-As (may Allah be pleased with him) set out for Syria with trade goods. He had with him some people's wealth with which he had been entrusted, and some wealth of men of Quraysh which those people had given to Sayyiduna Abu al-As (may Allah be pleased with him). When Sayyiduna Abu al-As (may Allah be pleased with him) had finished his trading and was returning, he encountered an expedition of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and they seized the goods he had with him. When the expedition came to Madinah with the property it had taken, Sayyiduna Abu al-As bin al-Rabi' (may Allah be pleased with him) also came to Madinah at night. He came to Sayyidah Zaynab (may Allah be pleased with her), the daughter of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and sought her protection, and Sayyidah Zaynab (may Allah be pleased with her) granted him protection; he had come to recover his property. When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came out to offer the dawn prayer, as Yazid bin Ruman has related, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said the takbir and the people also said the takbir. At that moment Sayyidah Zaynab (may Allah be pleased with her) came out from the row of the women and said: "O people! I have granted protection to Abu al-As bin al-Rabi'." When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had concluded the prayer with the salam, he turned towards the people and said: "O people! Did you hear?" The people said: "Yes!" The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "By the One in whose hand is my soul! I knew nothing of it until I heard it just now. Any individual among the Muslims may grant protection on their behalf." Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) completed the prayer and came to his daughter, and he said: "O my daughter! Look after him well, but do not let him come near you, for you are not lawful for him."