A group of men from the Ansar said to Ali, "Fatimah is available for you to marry."So Ali went to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and greeted him.The Prophet ﷺ asked, "What does the son of Abu Talib need?"Ali replied, "I came to mention Fatimah, the daughter of Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ."He said, "Welcome and greetings," and added nothing more.Ali then went out to that group of Ansar who were waiting for him.They asked, "What news do you bring?"He said, "I do not know, except that he said to me, 'Welcome and greetings.'"They said, "Either one of those words from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ is enough for you. He has given you welcome and he has given you family."After he married him to her, the Prophet ﷺ said, "Ali, the bride must have a wedding feast."Saad said, "I have a ram," and a group of the Ansar gathered for him several measures of corn.On the night of the wedding consummation, the Prophet ﷺ said, "Do not do anything until you meet with me."Then the Messenger of Allah ﷺ called for a vessel of water, performed ablution from it, and poured it over Ali, saying, "O Allah, bless them both, send Your blessings upon them, and bless their offspring."
قال نفر من الأنصار لعلي: عندك فاطمة. فأتى رسول الله ﷺ، فسلم عليه فقال: ما حاجة ابن أبي طالب؟ قال: ذكرت فاطمة بنت محمد رسول الله ﷺ قال: مرحبا وأهلا. لم يزده عليهما. فخرج علي على أولئك الرهط من الأنصار ينتظرونه. قالوا: ما وراءك؟ قال: ما أدري غير أنه قال لي: مرحبا وأهلا. قالوا: يكفيك من رسول الله ﷺ إحداهما أعطاك الأهل أعطاك المرحب، فلما كان بعدما زوجه قال: يا علي إنه لا بد للعروس من وليمةفقال سعد: عندي كبش، وجمع له رهط من الأنصار أصعا من ذرة. فلما كان ليلة البناء قال: لا تحدث شيئا حتى تلقاني. قال: فدعا رسول الله ﷺ بإناء فتوضأ منه، ثم أفرغه على علي ثم قال: اللهم بارك فيهما، وبارك عليهما وبارك لهما في نسلهما.
Ibn Saad (8/21), Tabarani in Al-Kabir (4/2), Tahawi in his Mushkil (5947), Nasai in Al-Yawm wal-Layla (258), and Ahmad (23035) all narrated it, the last in abridged form, all of them from the hadith of Abdul-Kareem bin Sulayt from Ibn Burayda, from his father, and so he related it.Abdul-Kareem bin Sulayt bin Uqba, also said to be Atiya Hanafi, also said to be Hafani Marwazi, resident of Basra, a group of trustworthy narrators reported from him. Ibn Hibban mentioned him in Ath-Thiqat and said, "The people of Marw reported from him." It appears he was well known in his own town. Hafiz mentioned him in Fath al-Bari (9/188) and, after attributing the hadith to Ahmad, said, "Its chain has no harm in it."As for what is reported from Ayesha, who said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to me joyful and said, 'O Ayesha, Allah, Mighty and Majestic, has married me to Maryam daughter of Imran and Asiya daughter of Muzahim in Paradise'", this is munkar.Ibn Sunni narrated it in Amal al-Yawm wal-Layla (603) from Ahmad bin Ibrahim Madini in Amman, who said, Abu Saeed Ashaj told us, Hafs bin Ghiyath told us, from Amash, from Abu Ishaq, from Abd Khayr, from Masruq, from Ayesha, and so he related it. In it is Ahmad bin Ibrahim Madini, a teacher of the author whom I do not know, and even if it were known who he is, it may be that the matter was made to resemble something else for him.This hadith was also related by Aqeeli in Adh-Dhuafa (4/459) through the route of Yunus bin Shuayb, from Abu Umama, who said, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Allah has married me to Maryam daughter of Imran, Kulthum the sister of Musa, and the wife of Pharaoh." I said, "May it bring you joy, O Messenger of Allah." He said that this hadith is not preserved. And it was transmitted from Bukhari that he said Yunus bin Shuayb is "munkar al-hadith."