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Mu'jam Kabir Tabarani 741 — Sayyidah Zaynab, the daughter

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَضْرَمِيُّ، ثنا عُمَرُ بْنُ أَبِي الرُّطَيْلِ، ثنا حَبِيبُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ الْأَسَدِيُّ، عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ الْأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْمُغِيرَةِ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: تُوُفِّيَتْ زَيْنَبُ بِنْتُ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَخَرَجْنَا مَعَهُ، فَرَأَيْنَا رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مُهْتَمًّا شَدِيدَ الْحُزْنِ، فَجَعَلْنَا لَا نُكَلِّمُهُ حَتَّى انْتَهَيْنَا إِلَى الْقَبْرِ، فَإِذَا هُوَ لَمْ يَفْرُغْ مِنْ لَحْدِهِ، فَقَعَدَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، وَقَعَدْنَا حَوْلَهُ، فَحَدَّثَ نَفْسَهُ هُنَيْهَةً وَجَعَلَ يَنْظُرُ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ، ثُمَّ فَرَغَ مِنَ الْقَبْرِ، فَنَزَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِيهِ، فَرَأَيْتُهُ يَزْدَادُ حُزْنًا، ثُمَّ إِنَّهُ فَرَغَ فَخَرَجَ، فَرَأَيْتُهُ سُرِّيَ عَنْهُ وَتَبَسَّمَ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَقُلْنَا: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، رَأَيْنَاكَ مُهْتَمًّا حَزِينًا لَمْ نَسْتَطِعْ أَنْ نُكَلِّمَكَ، ثُمَّ رَأَيْنَاكَ سُرِّيَ عَنْكَ فَلِمَ ذَاكَ؟ قَالَ: «كُنْتُ أَذْكُرُ ضِيقَ الْقَبْرِ وَغَمِّهِ وَضَعْفَ زَيْنَبَ، فَكَانَ ذَلِكَ يَشُقُّ عَلَيَّ، فَدَعَوْتُ اللهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ أَنُ يُخَفِّفَ عَنْهَا فَفَعَلَ، وَلَقَدْ ضَغَطَهَا ضَغْطَةً سَمِعَهَا مَنْ بَيْنَ الْخَافِقَيْنِ إِلَّا الْجِنَّ وَالْإِنْسَ»
Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Sayyidah Zaynab (may Allah be pleased with her), the daughter of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), passed away, and we went out with him (peace and blessings be upon him). We saw that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was extremely grieved and sorrowful, so we could not speak to him until we reached the grave, and its lahd (niche) had not yet been completed. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) sat down and we sat around him. He (peace and blessings be upon him) spoke to himself for a little while and kept looking towards the sky. Then the grave was completed, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) went down into it. I saw that his (peace and blessings be upon him) grief was increasing. Then, when he (peace and blessings be upon him) had finished and came out, I saw that his (peace and blessings be upon him) distress had lifted and he (peace and blessings be upon him) smiled. We said: O Messenger of Allah, we saw you grieved and troubled and could not speak to you, then we saw that your distress had lifted; why was that? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I was remembering the narrowness of the grave and its suffocation, and the frailty of Zaynab, and that weighed heavily upon me. So I supplicated to Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, to lighten it for her, and He did so. And indeed the grave squeezed her with such a squeeze that its sound was heard by everyone between the east and the west, except the jinn and mankind."
Hadith Reference المعجم الكبير للطبراني / باب الألف / 741
Hadith Takhrij المعجم الكبير للطبراني (مطبوعہ): جلد 1، صفحہ 257، حدیث 745