Abu Musa reported that Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said about one who emancipated a slave woman, and then married her, that for him there are two rewards.

Anas (RA) reported: I was sitting behind Abu Talha on the Day of Khaibar and my feet touched the foot of Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) , and we came (to the people of Khaibar) when the sun had risen and they had driven out their cattle, and had themselves come out with their axes, large baskets and hatchets, and they said: (Here come) Muhammad and the army. Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: Khaibar is ruined. Verily when we get down in the valley of a people, evil is the morning of the warned ones (al-Qur'an, xxxvii. 177). Allah, the Majestic and the Glorious, defeated them (the inhabitants of Khaibar), and there fell to the lot of Dihya a beautiful girl, and Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) got her in exchange of seven heads, and then entrusted her to Umm Sulaim so that she might embellish her and prepare her (for marriage) with him. He (the narrator) said: He had been under the impression that he had said that so that she might spend her period of 'Iddah in her (Umm Sulaim's) house. (The woman) was Safiyya daughter of Huyayy. Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) arranged the wedding feast consisting of dates, cheese, and refined butter, and pits were dug and tiers were set in them dining cloths, and there was brought cheese and refined butter, and these were placed there. And the people ate to their fill, and they said: We do not know whether he (the Holy Prophet) had married her (as a free woman), or as a slave woman. They said: If he (the Holy Prophet) would make her wear the veil, then she would be a (free married) woman, and if he would not make her wear the veil, then she should be a slave woman. When he intended to ride, he made her wear the veil and she sat on the hind part of the camel; so they came to know that he had married her. As they approached Madinah, Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) drove (his ride) quickly and so we did. 'Adba' (the name of Allah's Apostle's camel) stumbled and Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) fell down and she (Hadrat Safiyya) also fell down. He (the Holy Prophet) stood up and covered her. woman looked towards her and said: May Allah keep away the Jewess! He (the narrator) said: I said: Aba Hamza, did Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) really fall down? He said: Yes, by Allah, he in fact fell down. Anas said: I also saw the wedding feast of Zainab, and he (the Holy Prophet) served bread and meat to the people, and made them eat to their heart's content, and he (the Holy Prophet) sent me to call people, and as he was free (from the ceremony) he stood up and I followed him. Two persons were left and they were busy in talking and did not get out (of the apartment). He (the Holy Prophet) then proceeded towards (the apartments of) his wives. He greeted with as-Salamu 'alaikum to every one of them and said: Members of the household, how are you? They said: Messenger of Allah, we are in good state 'How do you find your family? He would say: In good state. When he was free from (this work of exchanging greetings) he came back, and I also came back along with him. And as he reached the door, (he found) that the two men were still busy in talking. And when they saw him having returned, they stood up and went out; and by Allah! I do not know whether I had informed him, or there was a revelation to him (to the affect) that they had gone. He (the Holy Prophet) then came back and I also returned along with him, and as he put his step on the threshold of his door he hung a curtain between me and him, and (it was on this occasion) that Allah revealed this verse: ("O you who believe), do not enter the houses of the Prophet ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) unless permission is given to 'you" (xxxiii. 53).

And Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah narrated to us, he said: Shababa narrated to us, he said: Sulayman narrated to us, from Thabit, from Anas. And Abdullah ibn Hashim ibn Hayyan also narrated it to me, and the wording is his: Bahz narrated to us, Sulayman ibn al-Mughira narrated to us, from Thabit, Anas narrated to us, he said: Safiyyah became the share of Dihyah in his portion, and they began to praise her before the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him. He said: And they said: "We have not seen among the captives anyone like her." He said: "So he sent for Dihyah, and gave him for her whatever he wanted, then he handed her over to my mother and said: 'Prepare her.'" He said: Then the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, left Khaybar, and when he placed her behind him, he dismounted, then set up a tent for her. When morning came, the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "Whoever has surplus food, let him bring it to us." He said: So a man would come with surplus dates and surplus sawiq, until they made from that a blackish hais, and they began to eat from that hais and drink from the water basins beside them from the water of the sky. He said: Anas said: That was the wedding feast of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, for her. He said: So we set out until when we saw the walls of Madinah, we became eager for it, so we raised our mounts and the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, raised his mount. He said: Safiyyah was behind him, the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, had seated her behind him. He said: The mount of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, stumbled, and he fell and she fell. He said: No one among the people looked at him or at her, until the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, stood up and covered her. He said: So we came to him, and he said: "We were not harmed." He said: Then we entered Madinah, and the slave girls of his wives came out to look at her and to gloat over her fall.

Anas (RA) reported: When the 'Iddah of Zainab was over, Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said to Zaid to make a mention to her about him. Zaid went on until he came to her and she was fermenting her flour. He (Zaid) said: As I saw her I felt in my heart an idea of her greatness so much so that I could not see towards her (simply for the fact) that Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) had made a mention of her. So I turned my back towards her, and I turned upon my heels, and said: Zainab, Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) has sent (me) with a message to you. She said: I do not do anything until I solicit the will of my Lord. So she stood at her place of worship and the (verse of) the Qur'an (pertaining to her marriage) were revealed, and Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) came to her without permission. He (the narrator) said: I saw that Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) served us bread and meat until it was broad daylight and the people went away, but some persons who were busy in conversation stayed on in the house after the meal. Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) also went out and I also followed him, and he began to visit the apartments of his wives greeting them (with the words): As-Salamu 'alaikum, and they would say: Allah's Messenger, how did you find your family (hadrat Zainab)? He (the narrator) stated: I do not know whether I had informed him that the people had gone out or he (the Holy Prophet) informed me (about that). He moved on until he entered the apartment, and I also went and wanted to enter (the apartment) along with him, but he threw a curtain between me and him, as (the verses pertaining to seclusion) had been revealed, and people were instructed in what they had been instructed. Ibn Rafii had made this addition in his narration: "O you who believe, enter not the houses of the Prophet ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) unless permission is given to you for a meal, not waiting for its cooking being finished..." to the words"... Allah forbears not from the truth."

Anas (RA) reported: I did not see Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) giving a wedding feast (on the marriage) of any one (of his wives) as he did in the case of (his marriage with) Zainab, for then he sacrificed a goat (on this occasion).

Anas bin Malik (RA) reported: Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) gave no better wedding feast than the one he did (on the occasion of his marriage with) Zainab. Thabit al-Bunani (one of the narrators) said: What did he serve in the wedding feast? He (Anas) said: He fed them bread and meat (so lavishly) that they (the guests) abandoned it (of their own accord after having taken them to their hearts' content).

Anas bin Malik (RA) reported: When Allah's Apostle ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) married Zainab bint jahsh, he invited people (to the wedding feast) and they ate food. They then sat there and entered into conversation. He (the Holy Prophet) made a stir as if he was preparing to stand up, but (the persons busy in talking) did not stand up. When he (the Holy Prophet) saw it, he stood up and when he did so, some other persons stood up. 'Asim and Abdul A'la in their narrations made this addition: Three (persons) sat there, and Allah's Apostle ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) came there to enter (the apartment) but he found the people sitting there. Then they stood up and went away. He said: Then I came and informed Allah's Apostle ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) that they had gone away. He (the Holy Prophet) then came there until he entered (the apartment). I also went and was about to enter, when he hung a curtain between me and him (and it was on this occasion that) Allah, the Exalted and Majestic, revealed this verse: "O you who believe, enter not the houses of the Prophet ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) unless permission is given to you for a meal, not waiting for its cooking being finished" to the (words) "Surely this is serious in the sight of Allah" (xxxiii. 53).

Anas bin Malik (RA) reported: I was the best informed among the people pertaining to Hijab (veil and seclusion). Ubayy bin Ka'b used to ask me about it. Anas (RA) thus narrated: The Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) got up in the morning as a bridegroom of Zainab bint jahsh (Allah be pleased witt her) as he had married her at Madinah. He invited people to the wedding feast after the day had well risen. There sat Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) and there kept sitting along with him some persons after the people had stood up (for departure); then Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) stood up and walked on and I also walked along with him until he reached the door of the apartment of 'A'isha (Allah be pleased with her). He then thought that they (those who had been sitting there after meal) had gone away. So he returned and I also returned with him, but they were still sitting at their places. So he returned for the second time and I also returned until he reached the apartment of 'A'isha. He again returned and I also returned and they had (by that time) stood up, and he hung a curtain between me and him (at the door of the apartment of Hadrat Zainab, where he had to stay), and Allah revealed the verse pertaining to veil.

Anas bin Malik (RA) reported: Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) contracted marriage and he went to his wife. My mother Umm Sulaim prepared hais and placed it in an earthen vessel and said: Anas, take it to Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) and say: My mother has sent that to you and she offers greetings to you, and says that it is a humble gift for you on our behalf, Messenger of Allah. So I went along with it to Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) and said: My mother offers you salutations, and says that it is a humble gift for you on our behalf. He said: Place it here, and then said: Go and invite on my behalf so and so and anyone whom you meet, and he even named some persons. He (Anas) said: I invited whom he had named and whom I met. I (one of the narrators) said: I said to Anas (RA): How many (persons) were there? He (Anas) said: They were about three hundred persons. Then Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) (said to me): Anas, bring that earthen vessel. They (the guests) then began to enter until the courtyard and the apartment were fully packed. Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) said: Make a circle of ten (guests), and every person should eat from that nearest to him. They began to eat, until they ate to their fill. A group went out (after eating the food), and another group came in until all of them had eaten. He (the Holy Prophet) said to me: Anas, lift it (the earthen vessel), so I lifted it, but I could not assess whether it had more (food) when I placed it (before Allah's Messenger) or when I lifted it (after the people had been served out of it). A group among them (the guests) began to talk in the house of Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) and the Messenger of Allah ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) was sitting and his wife had been sitting with her face turned towards the wall. It was troublesome for Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) , so Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) went out and greeted his wives. He then returned. When they (the guests) saw that Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) had returned they thought that it (their overstay) was something troublesome for him. He (the narrator) said: They hastened towards the door and all of them went out. And there came Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) and he hung a curtain and went in, and I was sitting in his apartment and he did not stay but for a short while. He then came to me and these verses were revealed. Allah's Messenger ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) came out and recited them to the people: "O you who believe, enter not the houses of the Prophet ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) unless permission is given to you for a meal, not waiting for its cooking being finished-but when you are invited, enter, and when you have taken food, disperse not seeking to listen to talk. Surely this gives the Prophet ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) trouble", to the end of verse (xxxiii. 53). (Al-Ja'd said that Anas [b. Malik] stated: I am the first amongst the people to hear these verses), and henceforth the wives of the Apostle ( صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ) began to observe seclusion (al-hijab).