Miswar bin Makhramali reported that he heard Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) say, as he sat on the pulpit: The sons of Hisham bin Mughira have asked my permission to marry their daughter with ' Ali Ibn Abi Talib (RA) (that refers to the daughter of Abu Jahl for whom 'All had sent a proposal for marriage). But I would not allow them, I would not allow them, I would not allow them (and the only alternative possible is) that 'Ali should divorce my daughter (and then marry their daughter), for my daughter is part of me. He who disturbs her in fact disturbs me and he who offends her offends me.

Miswar bin Makhramah reported Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) as saying: Fatima is a part of me. He in fact tortures me who tortures her.

(Imam Zain-ul-'Abidin) 'Ali bin Husain reported that when they came to Madinah from Yazid bin Mu'awiyah after the martyrdom of Husain bin 'Ali (RA) Miswar bin Makhramah met him and said to him: Is there any work for me which you ask me to do? I said to him: No. He again said to me: Would you not give me the sword of Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) for I fear that the people may snatch it from you? By Allah, if you give that to me, no one would be able to take it away, so long as there is life in me. Verily ' Ali Ibn Abi Talib (RA) sent a proposal of marriage to the daughter of Abu Jahl in spite of (the fact that his wife) Fatima (had been living in his house). Thereupon I heard Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) say while addressing the people on the pulpit. I was adolescing in those days. He said: Fatima is a part of me and I fear that she may be put to trial in regard to religion. He then made a mention of his son-in law who had been from the tribe of 'Abd Shams and praised his behaviour as a son-in-law and said: Whatever he said to me he told the truth and whatever he promised he fulfilled it for me. I am not going to declare forbidden what is lawful and make lawful what is forbidden, but, by Allah, the daaghter of Allah's Messenger and the daughter of the enemy of Allah can never be combined at one place.

'Ali bin Husain reported that Miswar bin Makhramah informed him that ' Ali Ibn Abi Talib (RA) sent the proposal of marriage to the daughter of Abu Jahl as he had Fatima, the daughter of Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) , (as his wife). When Fatima heard about it, she came to Allah's Apostle ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) and said: The people say that you never feel angry on account of your daughters and now 'Ali is going to marry the daughter of Abu Jahl. Makhramah said: Thereupon Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) rose up and I heard him reciting Tashahhud and say: Now to the point. I gave a daughter of mine (Zainab) to Abu'l-'As bin Rabi, and he spoke to me and spoke the truth. Verily Fatima, the daughter of Muhammad, is a part of me and I do not approve that she may be put to any trial and by Allah, the daughter of Allah's Messenger cannot be combined with the daughter of God's enemy (as the co-wives) of one person. Thereupon 'Ali gave up (the idea of his intended) marriage.

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Zuhri with the same chain of transmitters.