Reports on Zaynab bint Jahsh (may Allah be pleased with her), wife of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)

Sayyidah Zaynab bint Jahsh (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: Some young men of Quraysh sent me proposals of marriage. I sent my sister Hamnah to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) to consult him about it. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to her: How is she unmindful of the one who has taught her the Book of her Lord and the Sunnah of her Prophet? Hamnah asked: Who is he? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Zayd bin Harithah. The narrator says: Hamnah became extremely angry and said: O Messenger of Allah! Will you marry your cousin to your freed slave? Sayyidah Zaynab (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: Hamnah came to me and told me about it, and I became even angrier than she was and said something even harsher than she had said. Then Allah Almighty revealed this verse: "It is not for a believing man or a believing woman, when Allah and His Messenger have decided a matter, that they should have any choice (to reject that decision) in their matter." Sayyidah Zaynab (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: So I sent a message to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): I seek Allah Almighty's forgiveness and I obey Allah and His Messenger; do whatever you see fit. So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) married me to Zayd. Some unbecoming behaviour came from my side towards Zayd, so he complained about me to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) rebuked me. Then I did it again and troubled him with my tongue, so he complained about me to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) again. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Keep your wife with you and fear Allah Almighty. Sayyiduna Zayd (may Allah be pleased with him) said: O Messenger of Allah! I want to divorce her. Sayyidah Zaynab (may Allah be pleased with her) said: He divorced me. When my waiting period ('iddah) ended, I knew nothing until the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came into my house while my hair was uncovered. I said: This was a decision that came from the heavens. I said: O Messenger of Allah! Without any proposal and without any witness? The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Allah Almighty is the one who gives in marriage, and Jibril is the witness.
At-Tabarani recorded it; its chain contains a narrator, Hafs bin Sulayman, who is matruk (abandoned), and a weak declaration of trustworthiness has been made about him.

Sayyiduna Sahl bin Hunayf (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) married Sayyidah Zaynab bint Jahsh (may Allah be pleased with her); before that she had been married to Sayyiduna Zayd bin Harithah (may Allah be pleased with him).
At-Tabarani recorded it from his teacher al-Qasim bin Abdullah bin Mahdi, who is da'if (weak), though he has also been declared trustworthy; the rest of the narrators of this report are thiqat (trustworthy).

Al-Zuhri says: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) married Sayyidah Zaynab (may Allah be pleased with her) bint Jahsh bin Ri'ab bin Asad bin Khuzaymah. Her mother was Umaymah bint Abd al-Muttalib bin Hashim, and she (that is, Umaymah) was the paternal aunt of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). The narrator says: Among the wives of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), she (that is, Sayyidah Zaynab bint Jahsh, may Allah be pleased with her) was the first to pass away.
At-Tabarani recorded it as a mursal report; its narrators are thiqat (trustworthy).

Muhammad bin Ishaq says: Among the women of Banu Asad, Sayyidah Zaynab bint Jahsh (may Allah be pleased with her) emigrated, and some other women did as well, whom Ibn Ishaq mentioned.
At-Tabarani recorded it; its narrators up to the one who said it are thiqat (trustworthy).

Abu Bakr bin Sulayman bin Abi Hathmah narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came to the house of Sayyiduna Zayd bin Harithah (may Allah be pleased with him) and asked permission to enter. Sayyidah Zaynab (may Allah be pleased with her) gave him permission; at that time there was no head-covering on her head, so she put her sleeve over her head. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked this lady about Sayyiduna Zayd (may Allah be pleased with him), and she said: O Messenger of Allah! He has gone a short distance (or: he left a short while ago). So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) stood up, and a faint sound of him saying something could be heard. Sayyidah Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: I followed him and heard him saying: "Blessed is the One who turns the hearts." He kept saying these words until he went out of sight.
At-Tabarani recorded it as a mursal report, and part of it is narrated from Sayyidah Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her), as you can see; the remaining narrators of this report have been declared trustworthy, and there is weakness in some of its narrators.

Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) consummated his marriage with Sayyidah Zaynab bint Jahsh (may Allah be pleased with her). Then he mentioned the hadith about the wedding feast (walimah), in which, further on, he says: Sayyidah Zaynab (may Allah be pleased with her) was sitting in a corner of the house. The narrator says: She was a woman who had been given beauty, and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was extremely modest. Then the narrator mentioned the full hadith.
Abu Ya'la recorded it; its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih.

Rashid bin Sa'd narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) entered his house, and Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) was with him. There Sayyidah Zaynab bint Jahsh (may Allah be pleased with her) was praying, and she was supplicating during her prayer. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: She is a woman devoted to worship.
At-Tabarani recorded it, and its chain is munqati' (broken); its chain contains a narrator, Yahya bin Abdullah al-Babulti, who is da'if (weak).

Sayyiduna Abu Barzah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had nine wives. He said: The best of you is the one whose hand is the longest. Each one of them stood up and measured her hand by placing it on the wall. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: I did not mean this; rather, I meant the one who does the most work with her two hands (and gives the earnings in charity).
Abu Ya'la recorded it, and its chain is hasan (good).
This report is strengthened by the report that will come next.

Sayyidah Maymunah (may Allah be pleased with her), the wife of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), narrates: Once the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came to us while we were sitting, and he said: The first of you to come to me at the Pond (al-Hawd) will be the one whose hands are the longest. So we began measuring our forearms to see whose hands were longer. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: I did not mean this; I meant the one who does the most work with her hand.
At-Tabarani recorded it in al-Mu'jam al-Awsat; its chain contains a narrator, Maslamah bin Ali, who is da'if (weak).

Abd al-Rahman bin Abza narrates: Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said four takbirs in the funeral prayer of Sayyidah Zaynab bint Jahsh (may Allah be pleased with her). Then he sent a message to the wives of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asking who should lower her into the grave. The wives said: The one who used to visit her in her lifetime. Then Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to say: The one of you who will join me first is the one whose hands are the longest. So the wives of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) measured their hands, whereas the real point was that Sayyidah Zaynab (may Allah be pleased with her) used to work and spend the earnings of her work in the path of Allah.
Al-Bazzar recorded it; its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih.

Ibn al-Munkadir says: Sayyidah Zaynab bint Jahsh (may Allah be pleased with her), the wife of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), passed away during the caliphate of Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him).
At-Tabarani recorded it; its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih.

Muhammad bin Ishaq says: Sayyidah Zaynab bint Jahsh (may Allah be pleased with her), the wife of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), passed away in 20 AH.
At-Tabarani recorded it, and its narrators (are reliable).

Imam al-Sha'bi narrates that he offered the funeral prayer of Sayyidah Zaynab (may Allah be pleased with her) behind Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him). She was the first of the wives of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) to pass away. Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) wished to lower Sayyidah Zaynab (may Allah be pleased with her) into the grave himself. He sent a message to the wives of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asking who may lower her into the grave. The wives said: The one who could see her during her lifetime should lower her into the grave.
At-Tabarani recorded it; its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih.