Fatimah came walking, and her gait resembled that of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He said, "Welcome, my daughter," then seated her on his right, or on his left. Then he whispered something to her, and she wept.I said to her, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ confides in you privately, and then you weep?"Then he whispered something else to her, and she laughed.I said, "I have never seen joy so close to sorrow as today."I asked her what he had said, but she replied, "I would not disclose the secret of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ."When the Prophet ﷺ passed away, I asked her again, and she said, "He confided to me, saying, 'Jibreel used to review the Quran with me once every year, but this year he reviewed it with me twice. I do not think but that my appointed time has come, and you will be the first of my household to follow me. What an excellent predecessor I am for you.' So I wept at that."Then he said, 'Are you not pleased to be the leader of the women of this nation,' or, 'the women of the believers?' So I laughed at that."
قال حدثنا أبو نعيم الفضل بن دكين قال حدثنا زكريا بن أبي زائدة عن الفراس عن الشعبي عن مسروق
أقبلت فاطمة تمشي كأن مشيتها مشية رسول الله ﷺ فقال مرحبا بابنتي ثم أجلسها عن يمينه أو عن شماله ثم إنه أسر إليها حديثا فبكت فقلت لها استخصك رسول الله ﷺ حديثه ثم تبكين ثم إنه أسر إليها حديثا فضحكت فقلت ما رأيت كاليوم فرحا أقرب من حزن فسألتها عما قال فقالت ما كنت لأفشي سر رسول الله ﷺ حتى إذا قبض النبي ﷺ سألتها فقالت إنه أسر إلي فقال إن جبريل عليه السلام كان يعارضني بالقرآن في كل عام مرة وإنه عارضني به العام مرتين ولا أراه إلا قد حضر أجلي وإنك أول أهل بيتي لحوقا بي ونعم السلف أنا لك فبكيت لذلك ثم قال ألا ترضين أن تكوني سيدة نساء هذه الأمة أو نساء المؤمنين قالت فضحكت لذلك
Its isnad is sahih. Firas is Ibn Yahya Hamdani, and he is trustworthy, his hadith being found in the collections of all the major compilers. The hadith was narrated by Bukhari in Adab al-Mufrad 947 and 917, Nasai in Fadl al-Sahabah number 274, Abu Dawud 4/355 number 5217 in the chapter on manners, Tirmidhi with a similar wording 5/700 number 3872 in the chapter on virtues, and Ibn Majah 1/518 number 1621 in the chapter on funerals.