Aisha, the wife of Allahs Apostle ﷺ , said: The wives of Allahs Apostle ﷺ sent Fatima, the daughter of Allahs Messenger ﷺ , to Allahs Apostle ﷺ . She sought permission to get in as he had been lying with me in my mantle. He gave her permission and she said: Allahs Messenger, verily, your wives have sent me to you in order to ask you to observe equity in case of the daughter of Abu Quhafa. She (Aisha) said: I kept quiet. Thereupon Allahs Messenger ﷺ said to her (Fatima): O daughter, dont you love whom I love? She said: Yes, (I do). Thereupon he said: I love this one. Fatima then stood up as she heard this from Allahs Messenger ﷺ and went to the wives of Allahs Apostle ﷺ and informed them of what she had said to him and what Allahs messenger ﷺ had said to her. Thereupon they said to her: We think that you have been of no avail to us. You may again go to Allahs Messenger ﷺ and tell him that his wives seek equity in case of the daughter of Abu Quhafa. Fatima said: By Allah, I will never talk to him about this matter. Aisha (further) reported: The wives of Allahs Apostle ﷺ then sent Zainab bin jahsh, the wife of Allahs Apostle ﷺ , and she was one who was somewhat equal in rank with me in the eyes of Allahs Messenger ﷺ and I have never seen a woman more advanced in religious piety than Zainab, more God-conscious, more truthful, more alive to the ties of blood, more generous and having more sense of self-sacrifice in practical life and having more charitable disposition and thus more close to God, the Exalted, than her. She, however, lost temper very soon but was soon calm. Allahs Messenger ﷺ permitted her to enter as she (Aisha) was along with Allahs Messenger ﷺ in her mantle, in the same very state when Fatima had entered. She said: Allahs Messenger, your wives have sent me to you seeking equity in case of the daughter of Abu Quhafa. She then came to me and showed harshness to me and I was seeing the eyes of Allahs Messenger ﷺ whether he would permit me. Zainab went on until I came to know that Allahs Messenger ﷺ would not disapprove if I retorted. Then I exchanged hot words until I made her quiet. Thereupon Allahs Messenger ﷺ smiled and said: She is the daughter of Abu Bakr.