65/33.8. Chapter:
Sahih Bukhari 4794 — Privacy After the Walima
The Statement of Allah the Exalted: "...O you who believe! Enter not the Prophet's houses, except when leave is given to you for a meal... (up to) ... Verily! With Allah that shall be an enormity." (V.33:53)
يُقَالُ {إِنَاهُ} إِدْرَاكُهُ، أَنَى يَأْنِي أَنَاةً {لَعَلَّ السَّاعَةَ تَكُونُ قَرِيبًا} إِذَا وَصَفْتَ صِفَةَ الْمُؤَنَّثِ قُلْتَ قَرِيبَةً وَإِذَا جَعَلْتَهُ ظَرْفًا وَبَدَلاً، وَلَمْ تُرِدِ الصِّفَةَ نَزَعْتَ الْهَاءَ مِنَ الْمُؤَنَّثِ، وَكَذَلِكَ لَفْظُهَا فِي الْوَاحِدِ وَالاِثْنَيْنِ وَالْجَمِيعِ لِلذَّكَرِ وَالأُنْثَى.
Hadith About Privacy, Walima, and the Hijab Verse
Sahih Bukhari : 4794
Sahih BukhariHadith Number 4794
حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ بَكْرٍ السَّهْمِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا حُمَيْدٌ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ أَوْلَمَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم حِينَ بَنَى بِزَيْنَبَ ابْنَةِ جَحْشٍ فَأَشْبَعَ النَّاسَ خُبْزًا وَلَحْمًا ثُمَّ خَرَجَ إِلَى حُجَرِ أُمَّهَاتِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ كَمَا كَانَ يَصْنَعُ صَبِيحَةَ بِنَائِهِ فَيُسَلِّمُ عَلَيْهِنَّ وَيَدْعُو لَهُنَّ وَيُسَلِّمْنَ عَلَيْهِ وَيَدْعُونَ لَهُ فَلَمَّا رَجَعَ إِلَى بَيْتِهِ رَأَى رَجُلَيْنِ جَرَى بِهِمَا الْحَدِيثُ، فَلَمَّا رَآهُمَا رَجَعَ عَنْ بَيْتِهِ، فَلَمَّا رَأَى الرَّجُلاَنِ نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم رَجَعَ عَنْ بَيْتِهِ وَثَبَا مُسْرِعَيْنِ، فَمَا أَدْرِي أَنَا أَخْبَرْتُهُ بِخُرُوجِهِمَا أَمْ أُخْبِرَ فَرَجَعَ حَتَّى دَخَلَ الْبَيْتَ، وَأَرْخَى السِّتْرَ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَهُ وَأُنْزِلَتْ آيَةُ الْحِجَابِ. وَقَالَ ابْنُ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ أَخْبَرَنَا يَحْيَى حَدَّثَنِي حُمَيْدٌ سَمِعَ أَنَسًا عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم.
Anas Narrated from:
When Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) married Zainab bint Jahsh, he made the people eat meat and bread to their fill (by giving a Walima banquet). Then he went out to the dwelling places of the mothers of the believers (his wives), as he used to do in the morning of his marriage. He would greet them and invoke good on them, and they (too) would return his greeting and invoke good on him.When he returned to his house, he found two men talking to each other; and when he saw them, he went out of his house again. When those two men saw Allah's Messenger (ﷺ): going out of his house, they quickly got up (and departed). I do not remember whether I informed him of their departure, or he was informed (by somebody else). So he returned, and when he entered the house, he lowered the curtain between me and him. Then the Verse of Al-Hijab was revealed.
Reference : Sahih al-Bukhari 4794In-book reference : Book 65, Hadith 316USC-MSA web (English) reference : Vol. 6, Book 60, Hadith 317
Summary of Sahih Bukhari Hadith 4794
This hadith about privacy after a walima again describes the Prophet’s marriage to Zainab bint Jahsh. He fed the people meat and bread until they were full. Then he visited the dwellings of the Mothers of the Believers, greeting them and praying for them, while they greeted him and prayed for him. When he returned to his house, he saw two men talking. The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم went away again. When the two men noticed him leaving his house, they quickly got up and departed. After he returned and entered, he lowered the curtain between himself and Anas, and the verse of Al-Hijab was revealed. The hadith points to privacy and good guest behavior.
What we learn from this hadith
- The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم greeted his wives and invoked good for them.
- Guests should notice when it is time to leave.
- The curtain was lowered after the men departed.
