‘Umm al-Mu’minin Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) says that the wives of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) gathered together and sent Fatimah (may Allah be pleased with her) to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and said to her:“Your wives”—and she said a word to this effect—“are demanding justice from you regarding the daughter of Abu Quhafah.”So she went to the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), and he was with Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) under her sheet. She said to him:“(O Messenger of Allah!) Your wives have sent me to you; they are demanding justice from you regarding the daughter of Abu Quhafah (Aisha).”The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said to her:“Do you love me?”She replied:“Yes!”He said:“Then love her (Aisha) as well.”Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) says: Fatimah (may Allah be pleased with her) returned to the wives of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and told them everything he had said (to her). They all said:“You have done nothing for us; go again to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him).”Fatimah said:“No, by Allah! I will never go to him regarding this matter again, and indeed she was the daughter of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him).”Then the noble wives of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) sent Zaynab bint Jahsh (may Allah be pleased with her) to him. And Zaynab was the one among the wives of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) who had a status equal to mine (Aisha’s) in his eyes. She said:“(O Messenger of Allah!) Your wives have sent me to you because they are all demanding justice from you regarding the daughter of Abu Quhafah,”and she began to speak harshly to me. I was watching the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) and his gaze was upon me, as if to see whether he would permit me to respond to her. Zaynab (may Allah be pleased with her) was still there when I realized that if I replied to her, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) would not mind. So (when) I spoke harshly to her (I did not let her stay for long) until I prevailed over her. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said to Zaynab (may Allah be pleased with her):“She is the daughter of Abu Bakr.”Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) says: I have never seen a woman better in religious matters, more God-fearing, more truthful in speech, more upholding of family ties, more generous in giving charity, more self-effacing in acts of charity and seeking nearness to Allah than Zaynab (may Allah be pleased with her), except that she had a quick temper, but her anger would quickly subside. Abu Abdur Rahman Nasa’i says: There is a mistake in this (narration); the correct version is the one that has preceded.