Grading: Its chain is "extremely weak" (wahin).
Technical note / Defect ('illah): This is because of Abu Bakr bin Abi Darim, about whom the author (al-Hakim) himself said that he is a "Rafidi" and "not thiqah (trustworthy)", and he is alone in narrating it here with the author. Al-Dhahabi did not do well in "al-Mizan" when he blamed this hadith on Abu Bakr bin Ahmad bin Sufyan al-Tirmidhi, for he is "thiqah", and al-Khatib declared him trustworthy. The correct view is that the blame for this hadith lies on Ibn Abi Darim the Rafidi, not on him (al-Tirmidhi). And Allah knows best.

Important point: A similar report is also narrated from the hadith of Ibn 'Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both), which will come after it.

Grading: And from the hadith of Ali al-Hilali (it is also narrated), but the chain up to him is utterly "wahin" (very weak).

Identification of narrators: Abu Hafs al-Abbar is 'Umar bin Abd al-Rahman bin Qays al-Kufi. Al-A'mash is Sulayman bin Mihran. Abu Salih is Dhakwan al-Samman.

Details of the narration: Al-A'mash has another chain for this report in al-Tabarani's "al-Kabir" (4046), by way of al-Husayn bin al-Hasan al-Ashqar, from Qays bin al-Rabi', from al-A'mash, from 'Abayah bin Rib'i, from Abu Ayyub al-Ansari, that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to Fatimah: "Do you not know that Allah looked upon the people of the earth and chose from among them your father, and sent him as a Prophet; then He looked a second time and chose your husband, then He revealed to me, so I married you to him and took him as my executor (wasi)."
Technical note / Defect ('illah): Husayn al-Ashqar is "da'if" and "munkar al-hadith", and more than one scholar accused him of lying; and Qays is "da'if".

Reference / Source: In this chapter there is a narration from Ali al-Hilali with al-Tabarani in "al-Awsat" (6540) and "al-Kabir" (2675), and from him Abu Nu'aym in "Ma'rifat al-Sahabah" (4962).
Technical note / Defect ('illah): In the chain to him is al-Haytham bin Habib, whom al-Dhahabi accused in "al-Mizan" over a false report, and al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar called him "matruk" in "al-Taqrib".

Note / Clarification: The portion from the beginning of this chain up to here we have supplied from the author's book "Fada'il Fatimah al-Zahra'".

Grading: Its chain is "very weak" (da'if jiddan).
Technical note / Defect ('illah): This is because of Abu al-Salt Abd al-Salam bin Salih, who is weak and a narrator of munkar reports (sahib manakir), and some accused him of lying. Three others corroborated him, but their corroboration counts for nothing at all. (1) The first is Ahmad bin Abd Allah bin Yazid al-Hushaymi, who is "matruk", and Ibn 'Adi accused him of fabricating hadith. (2) The second is Ibrahim bin al-Hajjaj, who is "majhul" and not known, as al-Dhahabi said in "al-Mizan". (3) The third is Muhammad bin Sahl al-Bukhari; he himself is "thiqah", but the one narrating from him (al-Hasan bin 'Uthman bin Ziyad al-Tustari) is one of those who fabricated and stole hadith.

Important point: This hadith is with the author in the book "Fada'il Fatimah al-Zahra'" (132).

Reference / Source: Al-Tabarani recorded it in "al-Kabir" (11153, 11154), Ibn 'Adi in "al-Kamil" (5/ 313, 331), al-Khatib in "Tarikh Baghdad" (5/ 320), Ibn 'Asakir (42/ 135) and Ibn al-Jawzi in "al-'Ilal al-Mutanahiyah" (352) through various routes from Abu al-Salt Abd al-Salam bin Salih, with this chain.
Note / Clarification: The name of Abu al-Salt has dropped out of al-Tabarani's first chain in the printed edition, which gives the false impression that it is another route from Abd al-Razzaq, but it is not so, because al-Tabarani's two shaykhs in that route (al-Hasan bin Ali al-Ma'mari and Muhammad bin Sa'id bin Jaban al-Jundaysaburi) did not reach Abd al-Razzaq; they narrate from him only through an intermediary.

Reference / Source: Al-Khatib (5/ 319), and by way of him Ibn al-Jawzi (351), recorded it by way of Ibrahim bin al-Hajjaj; Ibn 'Adi (5/ 313) from al-Hasan bin 'Uthman al-Tustari, from Muhammad bin Sahl al-Bukhari; and al-Khatib (5/ 319), and by way of him Ibn 'Asakir (42/ 136) and Ibn al-Jawzi (353), by way of Ahmad bin Abd Allah bin Yazid al-Hushaymi. All three of them (Ibrahim, Muhammad bin Sahl, al-Hushaymi) narrate it from Abd al-Razzaq, with it.

Reference / Source: Ibn al-Jawzi (354) recorded it by way of Muhammad bin Ali bin Abd Allah bin 'Abbas, from 'Ikrimah, from Ibn 'Abbas.
Grading: In the chain to him is al-Husayn bin 'Ubayd Allah bin al-Khasib al-Abzari, whom Ahmad bin Kamil al-Qadi and Ibn al-Jawzi called a "liar". Ibn al-Jawzi said right after it: "This is a fabricated hadith, among the handiwork of al-Abzari."

Note / Clarification: The text between the square brackets (from al-Hakim's verdict on the previous hadith up to here) did not appear in our manuscripts; we supplied it from al-Dhahabi's "Talkhis al-Mustadrak", where he cited it and objected to al-Hakim's authentication of these two hadiths (this one and the one before it).