Sahih Muslim Book - 16, Hadith - 3507

حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ حَدَّثَنَا جَعْفَرٌ - يَعْنِى ابْنَ سُلَيْمَانَ - عَنِ الْجَعْدِ أَبِى عُثْمَانَ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ تَزَوَّجَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- فَدَخَلَ بِأَهْلِهِ - قَالَ - فَصَنَعَتْ أُمِّى أُمُّ سُلَيْمٍ حَيْسًا فَجَعَلَتْهُ فِى تَوْرٍ فَقَالَتْ يَا أَنَسُ اذْهَبْ بِهَذَا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- فَقُلْ بَعَثَتْ بِهَذَا إِلَيْكَ أُمِّى وَهْىَ تُقْرِئُكَ السَّلاَمَ وَتَقُولُ إِنَّ هَذَا لَكَ مِنَّا قَلِيلٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ - قَالَ - فَذَهَبْتُ بِهَا إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- فَقُلْتُ إِنَّ أُمِّى تُقْرِئُكَ السَّلاَمَ وَتَقُولُ إِنَّ هَذَا لَكَ مِنَّا قَلِيلٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ. فَقَالَ « ضَعْهُ - ثُمَّ قَالَ - اذْهَبْ فَادْعُ لِى فُلاَنًا وَفُلاَنًا وَفُلاَنًا وَمَنْ لَقِيتَ ». وَسَمَّى رِجَالاً - قَالَ - فَدَعَوْتُ مَنْ سَمَّى وَمَنْ لَقِيتُ. قَالَ قُلْتُ لأَنَسٍ عَدَدَ كَمْ كَانُوا قَالَ زُهَاءَ ثَلاَثِمِائَةٍ. وَقَالَ لِى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- « يَا أَنَسُ هَاتِ التَّوْرَ ». قَالَ فَدَخَلُوا حَتَّى امْتَلأَتِ الصُّفَّةُ وَالْحُجْرَةُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- « لِيَتَحَلَّقْ عَشَرَةٌ عَشَرَةٌ وَلْيَأْكُلْ كُلُّ إِنْسَانٍ مِمَّا يَلِيهِ ». قَالَ فَأَكَلُوا حَتَّى شَبِعُوا - قَالَ - فَخَرَجَتْ طَائِفَةٌ وَدَخَلَتْ طَائِفَةٌ حَتَّى أَكَلُوا كُلُّهُمْ. فَقَالَ لِى « يَا أَنَسُ ارْفَعْ ». قَالَ فَرَفَعْتُ فَمَا أَدْرِى حِينَ وَضَعْتُ كَانَ أَكْثَرَ أَمْ حِينَ رَفَعْتُ - قَالَ - وَجَلَسَ طَوَائِفُ مِنْهُمْ يَتَحَدَّثُونَ فِى بَيْتِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- جَالِسٌ وَزَوْجَتُهُ مُوَلِّيَةٌ وَجْهَهَا إِلَى الْحَائِطِ فَثَقُلُوا عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- فَخَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- فَسَلَّمَ عَلَى نِسَائِهِ ثُمَّ رَجَعَ فَلَمَّا رَأَوْا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- قَدْ رَجَعَ ظَنُّوا أَنَّهُمْ قَدْ ثَقُلُوا عَلَيْهِ - قَالَ - فَابْتَدَرُوا الْبَابَ فَخَرَجُوا كُلُّهُمْ وَجَاءَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- حَتَّى أَرْخَى السِّتْرَ وَدَخَلَ وَأَنَا جَالِسٌ فِى الْحُجْرَةِ فَلَمْ يَلْبَثْ إِلاَّ يَسِيرًا حَتَّى خَرَجَ عَلَىَّ. وَأُنْزِلَتْ هَذِهِ الآيَةُ فَخَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- وَقَرَأَهُنَّ عَلَى النَّاسِ (يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لاَ تَدْخُلُوا بُيُوتَ النَّبِىِّ إِلاَّ أَنْ يُؤْذَنَ لَكُمْ إِلَى طَعَامٍ غَيْرَ نَاظِرِينَ إِنَاهُ وَلَكِنْ إِذَا دُعِيتُمْ فَادْخُلُوا فَإِذَا طَعِمْتُمْ فَانْتَشِرُوا وَلاَ مُسْتَأْنِسِينَ لِحَدِيثٍ إِنَّ ذَلِكُمْ كَانَ يُؤْذِى النَّبِىَّ) إِلَى آخِرِ الآيَةِ. قَالَ الْجَعْدُ قَالَ أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ أَنَا أَحْدَثُ النَّاسِ عَهْدًا بِهَذِهِ الآيَاتِ وَحُجِبْنَ نِسَاءُ النَّبِىِّ -صلى الله عليه وسلم-.

It was narrated that Anas bin Malik said: "The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) got married, then entered with his wife. My mother Umm Sulaim made some lfais and put it in a stone vessel, then she said: 'O Anas, take this to the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) and say: "My mother has sent this to you, and she sends greetings of Salam to you," and tell him she says: "This is a small gift to you from us, O Messenger of Allah."' So I took it to the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) and said: 'My mother sends greetings of Salam to you and she says: "This is a small gift to you from us, O Messenger of Allah."' He said: 'Put it down.' Then he said: 'Go and invite so-and-so for me, and whomever you meet,' and he mentioned some men by name. I invited those whom he had named, and whoever else I met." He (the narrator) said: "I said to Anas: 'How many were they?' He said: 'Around three hundred."' And the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said to me: "O Anas, bring the stone vessel." They came in until they filled the courtyard and the apartment. The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said: "Let them make circles of ten, and let each man eat from what is nearest to him." Groups came one after another and they all ate until they were full, then he said to me: "O Anas, clear it away." I picked it up, and I do not know whether it held more when I put it down or when I picked it up. Some of them sat talking in the house of the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w), and the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) was sitting there, and his wife had her face turned towards the wall. They were bothering the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w), so the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) went out and greeted his wives, then he came back. When they saw that the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) had come back, they realized that they were bothering him. So they all rushed to the door and left. The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) came and hung up a curtain and went in, and I was sitting in the apartment. It was not long before he came out to me, and this verse had been revealed. The Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) went out and recited it to the people: "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. But when you are invited, enter, and when you have taken your meal, disperse without sitting for a talk. Verily, such (behaviour) annoys the Prophet" Al-Ja'd said: "Anas bin Malik said: 'I was the first among the people to hear these verses, and the wives of the Prophet (s.a.w) observed Hijab."'