Sahih al-Bukhari Hadith 10 – Volume 6, Book 60

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Volume 6, Book 60, Number 10:
Narrated Anas:
Umar said, "I agreed with Allah in three things," or said, "My Lord agreed with me in three things. I
said, 'O Allah's Apostle! Would that you took the station of Abraham as a place of prayer.' I also said,
'O Allah's Apostle! Good and bad persons visit you! Would that you ordered the Mothers of the be –
lievers to cover themselves with veils.' So the Divine Verses of Al-Hijab (i.e. veiling of the women)
were revealed. I came to know that the Prophet had blamed some of his wives so I entered upon
them and said, 'You should either stop (troubling the Prophet ) or else Allah will give His Apostle bet –
ter wives than you.' When I came to one of his wives, she said to me, 'O 'Umar! Does Allah's Apostle
haven't what he could advise his wives with, that you try to advise them?' " Thereupon Allah re –
vealed:–
"It may be, if he divorced you (all) his Lord will give him instead of you, wives better than you
Muslims (who submit to Allah).." (66.5)