The marriage of Zaynab bint Jahsh was mentioned in the presence of Anas, and he said, "I never saw the Prophet ﷺ hold a wedding feast for any of his wives like the one he held for her. He served a sheep at her feast."
ذكر تزويج زينب بنت جحش عند أنس، فقال: ما رأيت النبي ﷺ أولم على أحد من نسائه ما أولم عليها، أولم بشاة.
Bukhari narrated it in the Book of Marriage (5171), and Muslim narrated it in the Book of Marriage (90:1428), both through the route of Hammad bin Zayd, from Thabit, with this chain. The wording given is Bukhari's.In Muslim's wording, through the route of Abdul-Aziz bin Suhayb, he said, I heard Anas bin Malik say, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ never held a wedding feast for any of his wives greater or more excellent than the one he held for Zaynab." Thabit Bunani asked, "What did he feast them with?" He said, "He fed them bread and meat until they left it untouched."The details are given by Bukhari (4793), through the route of Abdul-Aziz bin Suhayb, from Anas, who said, "The Prophet ﷺ consummated his marriage to Zaynab, and bread and meat were prepared. I was sent out to invite people to the meal. A group would come, eat, and leave, then another group would come, eat, and leave. I kept inviting people until I could find no one left to invite. I said, 'O Prophet of Allah, I cannot find anyone else to invite.' He said, 'Take away your food.'"This shows that in cases of necessity, it is permissible to invite one group of people who eat and leave, followed by another group who come, eat, and leave as well.On this subject, it is also reported from Burayda that he said, "When Ali proposed to Fatimah, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'A wedding must have a feast.'" Saad said, "I will provide a ram." And so-and-so said, "I will provide such and such an amount of grain."This was narrated by Ahmad (23035), whose wording is given here, and by Bazzar in Kashf Astar (1407), and by Tabarani in Al-Kabir (1153), all through the route of Humayd bin Abdul-Rahman Ruwasi, who said, my father narrated to me, from Abdul-Kareem bin Sulayt, from Ibn Burayda, from his father, and he related it at length.Abdul-Kareem bin Sulayt was affirmed as reliable only by Ibn Hibban, and a number of narrators transmitted from him, but Ibn Main said, "No one narrated from him except Hasan (bin Salih)." Hafiz classified him at the rank of "acceptable," meaning that his hadith is acceptable if corroborated, but otherwise it is of weak strength.