Anas said: “And I attended the wedding feast of Zaynab, and they fed the people their fill of bread and meat. He used to send me to invite the people. When he finished and stood up, I followed him, but two men lingered behind, engaged in conversation with him.

The reciter: ... قال أنس: وشهدت وليمة زينب فأشبع الناس خبزا ولحما وكان يبعثني فأدعو الناس فلما فرغ قام وتبعته فتخلف رجلان استأنس بهما الحديث لم يخرجا فجعل يمر على نسائه فيسلم على كل واحدة منهن سلام عليكم كيف أنتم يا أهل البيت؟ فيقولون بخير يا رسول الله كيف وجدت أهلك فيقول: بخير فلما فرغ رجع ورجعت معه فلما بلغ الباب إذا هو بالرجلين قد استأنس بهما الحديث فلما رأياه قد رجع قاما فخرجا فوالله ما أدري أنا أخبرته أم أنزل عليه الوحي بأنهما قد خرجا فرجع ورجعت معه فلما وضع رجله في أسكفة الباب أرخى الحجاب بيني وبينه وأنزل الله تعالى هذه الآية لا تدخلوا بيوت النبي إلا أن يؤذن لكم الآية ... Anas said: “And I attended the wedding feast of Zaynab, and they fed the people their fill of bread and meat. He used to send me to invite the people. When he finished, he stood up, and I followed him. Two men lingered behind, engaged in conversation with him, and did not leave. So he began to pass by his wives, greeting each one of them, saying, ‘Peace be upon you. How are you, O people of the household?’ They would say, ‘We are well, O Messenger of Allah. How did you find your family?’ He would say, ‘They are well.’ When he finished, he returned, and I returned with him. When he reached the door, he found the two men still engaged in conversation with him. When they saw that he had returned, they stood up and left. By Allah, I do not know whether I informed him or whether revelation was sent down to him that they had left. He returned, and I returned with him. When he placed his foot on the door threshold, he lowered the curtain between me and him, and Allah the Exalted revealed this verse: ‘Do not enter the houses of the Prophet unless permission is given to you,’ the verse..

The Shaykh : Yes, the beginning of this hadith has already been explained, and praise be to Allah. As for his statement, “And I think he said, and she observes her waiting period in her house,” the waiting period is not meant by that. Rather, it means that she prepares herself, as Allah the Exalted said, meaning she prepared. And his statement, “and he dug the ground, shallow pits,” means he dug a little so that a mat could be placed on it, and dates, ghee, and dried curds could be placed on the mat, and it would not spread to the right or left, because it had been dug for him. And al-fahs is shallow digging.