Sahih Muslim Book - 16, Hadith - 3505

حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ حَبِيبٍ الْحَارِثِىُّ وَعَاصِمُ بْنُ النَّضْرِ التَّيْمِىُّ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الأَعْلَى كُلُّهُمْ عَنْ مُعْتَمِرٍ - وَاللَّفْظُ لاِبْنِ حَبِيبٍ - حَدَّثَنَا مُعْتَمِرُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبِى حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مِجْلَزٍ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ لَمَّا تَزَوَّجَ النَّبِىُّ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- زَيْنَبَ بِنْتَ جَحْشٍ دَعَا الْقَوْمَ فَطَعِمُوا ثُمَّ جَلَسُوا يَتَحَدَّثُونَ - قَالَ - فَأَخَذَ كَأَنَّهُ يَتَهَيَّأُ لِلْقِيَامِ فَلَمْ يَقُومُوا فَلَمَّا رَأَى ذَلِكَ قَامَ فَلَمَّا قَامَ قَامَ مَنْ قَامَ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ. زَادَ عَاصِمٌ وَابْنُ عَبْدِ الأَعْلَى فِى حَدِيثِهِمَا قَالَ فَقَعَدَ ثَلاَثَةٌ وَإِنَّ النَّبِىَّ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- جَاءَ لِيَدْخُلَ فَإِذَا الْقَوْمُ جُلُوسٌ ثُمَّ إِنَّهُمْ قَامُوا فَانْطَلَقُوا - قَالَ - فَجِئْتُ فَأَخْبَرْتُ النَّبِىَّ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- أَنَّهُمْ قَدِ انْطَلَقُوا - قَالَ - فَجَاءَ حَتَّى دَخَلَ فَذَهَبْتُ أَدْخُلُ فَأَلْقَى الْحِجَابَ بَيْنِى وَبَيْنَهُ - قَالَ - وَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ (يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لاَ تَدْخُلُوا بُيُوتَ النَّبِىِّ إِلاَّ أَنْ يُؤْذَنَ لَكُمْ إِلَى طَعَامٍ غَيْرَ نَاظِرِينَ إِنَاهُ) إِلَى قَوْلِهِ (إِنَّ ذَلِكُمْ كَانَ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ عَظِيمًا ).

It was narrated that Anas bin Malik said: "When the Prophet (s.a.w) married Zainab bint Jahsh, he invited the people and they ate, then they sat and talked. He made a move as if to stand up, but they did not get up. When he saw that, he got up, and when he got up, some of the people got up and left." 'Asim and Ibn 'Abdul-A'la added in their Hadith: "Three men remained sitting, and when the Prophet (s.a.w) came to enter the apartment, they were still sitting there, then they got up and left. I came and told the Prophet (s.a.w) that they had left, so he came and went in. I went to go in as well, but he drew the curtain between myself and himself, and Allah, [the Mighty and Sublime] revealed: O you who believe! Enter not the Prophet's houses, unless permission is given to you for a meal, (and then) not (so early as) to wait for its preparation. up to His saying: Verily, with Allah that shall be an enormity."