It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that Sayyiduna Zayd bin Harithah (may Allah be pleased with him) came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) with a complaint about Sayyidah Zaynab bint Jahsh (may Allah be pleased with her), and the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Keep your wife with you." Then this verse was revealed: [Surah al-Ahzab: 37] "And you were concealing within yourself that which Allah was to disclose."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with him) that when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) married Sayyidah Zaynab (may Allah be pleased with her), (my mother) Umm Sulaym (may Allah be pleased with her) sent "hays" (a sweet dish of dates, ghee and cheese) in a stone vessel. Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) says: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me: "Go and invite (to the meal) any Muslim you meet." I went, and whoever I met I invited. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) placed his blessed hand on the food, made supplication, and recited what Allah willed. Then the people would eat and leave, until a group remained sitting in the house. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) felt shy of them, while they were engaged in lengthy conversation; so the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) went out and left them in the house. Then Allah Almighty revealed this verse: [Surah al-Ahzab: 53] "O you who believe, do not enter the houses of the Prophet unless permission is given to you for a meal, without waiting for its preparation," meaning: do not sit waiting for its time; until he reached: "That is purer for your hearts and their hearts." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sulaym bin Amir that a man came to Sayyiduna Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) and said: O Abu Umamah, I saw in a dream that whenever you enter (the house), go out, stand up or sit down, the angels send blessings (supplication) upon you. Sayyiduna Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "O Allah, forgive! Keep us away (from such praise); you too, if you wished, the angels would send blessings upon you." Then he recited this verse: [Surah al-Ahzab: 41-43] "O you who believe, remember Allah with much remembrance, and glorify Him morning and evening. It is He who sends mercy upon you, and His angels (supplicate for you), so that He may bring you out of the darkness into the light, and He is ever Most Merciful to the believers." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Imam Muslim, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Irbad bin Sariyah (may Allah be pleased with him) that I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: "I was the servant of Allah and the Seal of the Prophets even when Adam (peace be upon him) was still kneaded in his clay. And I will tell you about this: (I am) the supplication of my father Ibrahim (peace be upon him), the glad tidings of Isa (peace be upon him), and the dream of my mother which she saw; and the mothers of the prophets see (dreams) likewise." And indeed, the mother of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saw, at the time of his birth, a light by which the palaces of Syria were illuminated for her. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) recited this verse: "O Prophet, indeed We have sent you as a witness, a bearer of glad tidings and a warner, and as one who invites to Allah by His permission, and as an illuminating lamp." [Surah al-Ahzab: 45-46] This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he recited this saying of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic: "O you who believe, when you marry believing women and then divorce them before you have touched them" [Surah al-Ahzab: 49] , and said: "Divorce only takes place when marriage has already taken place before it." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it. Imam al-Hakim says: I am astonished at these two Imams (Bukhari and Muslim), how they overlooked this hadith and did not record it in their two Sahihs, whereas on the condition of both of them this hadith is authentically established from Ibn Umar, Aishah, Ibn Abbas, Mu'adh bin Jabal and Jabir bin Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with them).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Divorce (takes effect) only after marriage."

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Divorce takes place only after marriage, and freeing (a slave) takes place only after ownership."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "There is no divorce (no right of divorce) for one who does not possess (the marriage)."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Mu'adh bin Jabal (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Divorce takes place only after marriage, and freeing (a slave) takes place only after ownership."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Jabir bin Abdullah al-Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) that he heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: "There is no divorce (no right of divorce) for one who does not possess (the marriage), and there is no freeing (of a slave) for one in whose ownership he is not."