The Prophet ﷺ consummated his marriage to Zaynab bint Jahsh with a meal of bread and meat. I was sent out to invite people to the food. Groups would come, eat, and leave, then more would come, eat, and leave. I kept inviting people until I could find no one else to invite.I said, "Prophet of Allah, I cannot find anyone left to invite."He said, "Take away your food."Three men remained behind, chatting in the house. The Prophet ﷺ left and went to Ayesha's room and said, "Peace be upon you, people of the house, and the mercy of Allah."She replied, "And upon you be peace and the mercy of Allah. How did you find your wife? May Allah bless you."He went around to the rooms of all his wives, saying to each of them what he had said to Ayesha, and each replied as Ayesha had replied. Then the Prophet ﷺ returned, and there were still three men in the house chatting.The Prophet ﷺ was very modest, so he left again and went toward Ayesha's room. I do not know whether someone informed him or whether he was told that the men had left, but he came back, and when he had placed one foot inside the threshold of the door and the other still outside, he let down a curtain between us, and the verse of the hijab was revealed.
حدثنا أبو معمر حدثنا عبد الوارث حدثنا عبد العزيز بن صهيب
بني على النبي ﷺ بزينب بنت جحش بخبز ولحم فأرسلت على الطعام داعيا فيجيء قوم فيأكلون ويخرجون ثم يجيء قوم فيأكلون ويخرجون فدعوت حتى ما أجد أحدا أدعو فقلت يا نبي الله ما أجد أحدا أدعوه قال ارفعوا طعامكم وبقي ثلاثة رهط يتحدثون في البيت فخرج النبي ﷺ فانطلق إلى حجرة عائشة فقال السلام عليكم أهل البيت ورحمة الله فقالت وعليك السلام ورحمة الله كيف وجدت أهلك بارك الله لك فتقرى حجر نسائه كلهن يقول لهن كما يقول لعائشة ويقلن له كما قالت عائشة ثم رجع النبي ﷺ فإذا ثلاثة من رهط في البيت يتحدثون وكان النبي ﷺ شديد الحياء فخرج منطلقا نحو حجرة عائشة فما أدري آخبرته أو أخبر أن القوم خرجوا فرجع حتى إذا وضع رجله في أسكفة الباب داخلة وأخرى خارجة أرخى الستر بيني وبينه وأنزلت آية الحجاب