Is there an authentic hadith to the effect of "If Fatima suffers, I also suffer. Don't you ever marry anyone but Fatima"?
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M. Arnez, *Empowering women through Islam: Fatayat NU between tradition and change*, J. Islamic Studies, 2010 (doi ), p. 83 describes how Siti Musdah Mulia , an Indonesian women's rights activist, uses the following hadith to indicate that the Prophet discouraged polygyny.
> [...] when the husband of Fatima, Ali ibn Abi Talib, wanted to marry again, the Prophet was angry. He summoned Ali ibn Abi Talib. He said: For your information, Fatima is my child. If Fatima is troubled, I'm also troubled. If Fatima suffers, I also suffer. Don't you ever marry anyone but Fatima. And Ali ibn Abi Talib did not do so.
I'm wondering if this hadith is authentic and accurate as stated above.
**Question**: Is there an authentic hadith to this effect?
Searching sunnah.com listed a range of hadith with similar meanings, but I didn't find one with wording to this effect. The closest I found was:
> ... No doubt, Fatima is a part of me, I hate to see her being troubled. By Allah, the daughter of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and the daughter of Allah's Enemy cannot be the wives of one man." So `Ali gave up that engagement. ... -- Sahih al-Bukhari 3729 (sunnah.com )
It doesn't convey the same meaning; the Prophet instead forbids Ali from marrying a second wife who is "Allah's Enemy".
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