Sahih Muslim Hadith 3507 – The Marriage Of

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[3507] 94 – ( … ) It was narrated that Anas bin Mâlik said: "The Messenger of Allah got married, then entered with his wife. My mother Umm Sulaim made some Hais and put it in a stone vessel, then she said: '0 Anas, take this to the Messenger of Allah and say: "My mother has sent this to you, and she sends greetings of Salâm to you," and tell him she says: "This is a small gift to you from us, 0 Messenger of Allah." So I took it to the Messenger of Allah and said: 'My mother sends greetings of Salim to you and she says: "This is a small gift to you from us, 0 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 jW said to me: "0 Anas, bring the stone vessel." They came in until they filled the courtyard and the apartment. The Messenger of Allah ç 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 unt they were full, then he said to me: "0 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 ç, and the Messenger of Allah was sitting there, and his wife had her face turned towards the wall. They were bothering the Messenger of Allah ç, so the Messenger of Allah went out and greeted his wives, then he came back. When they saw that the Messenger of Allah j4 had come back, they realized that they were bothering him. So they all rushed to the door and left. The Messenger of Allah 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 went Out and recited it to the people: "0 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"t1 Al-Ja'd said: "Arias bin Mâlik said: 'I was the first among the people to hear these verses, and the wives of the Prophet observed Hijâb."