#23 Revelation of Al Hijab
Book of Asking Permission
(1) Chapter: The Divine Verse of Al-Hijab
Hadith 6238
Narrated Anas bin Malik:
that he was a boy of ten at the time when the Prophet (صَلَّى ٱللَّٰهُ عَلَيْهِۦ وَسَلَّمَ) emigrated to Medina. He added: I served Allah’s Apostle for ten years (the last part of his life time) and I know more than the people about the occasion whereupon the order of Al-Hijab was revealed (to the Prophet). Ubai b n Ka`b used to ask me about it. It was revealed (for the first time) during the marriage of Allah’s Messenger (صَلَّى ٱللَّٰهُ عَلَيْهِۦ وَسَلَّمَ) with Zainab bint Jahsh. In the morning, the Prophet (صَلَّى ٱللَّٰهُ عَلَيْهِۦ وَسَلَّمَ) was a bride-groom of her and he Invited the people, who took their meals and went away, but a group of them remained with Allah’s Messenger (صَلَّى ٱللَّٰهُ عَلَيْهِۦ وَسَلَّمَ) and they prolonged their stay. Allah’s Messenger (صَلَّى ٱللَّٰهُ عَلَيْهِۦ وَسَلَّمَ) got up and went out, and I too, went out along with him till he came to the lintel of `Aisha’s dwelling place. Allah’s Messenger (صَلَّى ٱللَّٰهُ عَلَيْهِۦ وَسَلَّمَ) thought that those people had left by then, so he returned, and I too, returned with him till he entered upon Zainab and found that they were still sitting there and had not yet gone. The Prophet (صَلَّى ٱللَّٰهُ عَلَيْهِۦ وَسَلَّمَ) went out again, and so did I with him till he reached the lintel of `Aisha’s dwelling place, and then he thought that those people must have left by then, so he returned, and so did I with him, and found those people had gone. At that time the Divine Verse of Al-Hijab was revealed, and the Prophet (صَلَّى ٱللَّٰهُ عَلَيْهِۦ وَسَلَّمَ) set a screen between me and him (his family).
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