Narrated Al-Miswar bin Makhrama: `Ali demanded the hand of the daughter of Abu Jahl. Fatima heard of this and went to Allah’s Apostle saying, “Your people think that you do not become angry for the sake of your daughters as `Ali is now going to marry the daughter of Abu Jahl. “On that Allah’s Apostle got up and after his recitation of Tashah-hud. I heard him saying, “Then after! I married one of my daughters to Abu Al-`As bin Al- Rabi` (the husband of Zainab, the daughter of the Prophet ) before Islam and he proved truthful in whatever he said to me. No doubt, Fatima is a part of me, I hate to see her being troubled. By Allah, the daughter of Allah’s Apostle and the daughter of Allah’s Enemy cannot be the wives of one man.” So `Ali gave up that engagement. ‘Al-Miswar further said: I heard the Prophet talking and he mentioned a son-in-law of his belonging to the tribe of Bani `Abd-Shams. He highly praised him concerning that relationship and said (whenever) he spoke to me, he spoke the truth, and whenever he promised me, he fulfilled his promise.”
Hadith In Arabic Text :
حدثنا أبو اليمان، أخبرنا شعيب، عن الزهري، قال حدثني علي بن حسين، أن المسور بن مخرمة، قال إن عليا خطب بنت أبي جهل، فسمعت بذلك، فاطمة، فأتت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم فقالت يزعم قومك أنك لا تغضب لبناتك، هذا علي ناكح بنت أبي جهل، فقام رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم فسمعته حين تشهد يقول ” أما بعد أنكحت أبا العاص بن الربيع، فحدثني وصدقني، وإن فاطمة بضعة مني، وإني أكره أن يسوءها، والله لا تجتمع بنت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم وبنت عدو الله عند رجل واحد ”. فترك علي الخطبة. وزاد محمد بن عمرو بن حلحلة عن ابن شهاب عن علي عن مسور، سمعت النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم وذكر صهرا له من بني عبد شمس فأثنى عليه في مصاهرته إياه فأحسن قال ” حدثني فصدقني، ووعدني فوفى لي ”.
Chapter : Companions of the Prophet – كتاب فضائل أصحاب النبى صلى الله عليه وسلم