Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 1051
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ صَالِحٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي اللَّيْثُ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي عُقَيْلٌ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنِي أَنَسٌ، أَنَّهُ كَانَ ابْنَ عَشْرِ سِنِينَ مَقْدَمَ رَسُولِ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم الْمَدِينَةَ، فَكُنَّ أُمَّهَاتِي يُوَطِّوَنَّنِي عَلَى خِدْمَتِهِ، فَخَدَمْتُهُ عَشْرَ سِنِينَ، وَتُوُفِّيَ وَأَنَا ابْنُ عِشْرِينَ، فَكُنْتُ أَعْلَمَ النَّاسِ بِشَأْنِ الْحِجَابِ، فَكَانَ أَوَّلُ مَا نَزَلَ مَا ابْتَنَى رَسُولُ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِزَيْنَبَ بِنْتِ جَحْشٍ، أَصْبَحَ بِهَا عَرُوسًا، فَدَعَى الْقَوْمَ فَأَصَابُوا مِنَ الطَّعَامِ، ثُمَّ خَرَجُوا، وَبَقِيَ رَهْطٌ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم، فَأَطَالُوا الْمُكْثَ، فَقَامَ فَخَرَجَ وَخَرَجْتُ لِكَيْ يَخْرُجُوا، فَمَشَى فَمَشَيْتُ مَعَهُ، حَتَّى جَاءَ عَتَبَةَ حُجْرَةِ عَائِشَةَ، ثُمَّ ظَنَّ أَنَّهُمْ خَرَجُوا، فَرَجَعَ وَرَجَعْتُ مَعَهُ حَتَّى دَخَلَ عَلَى زَيْنَبَ، فَإِذَا هُمْ جُلُوسٌ، فَرَجَعَ وَرَجَعْتُ حَتَّى بَلَغَ عَتَبَةَ حُجْرَةِ عَائِشَةَ، وَظَنَّ أَنَّهُمْ خَرَجُوا، فَرَجَعَ وَرَجَعْتُ مَعَهُ، فَإِذَا هُمْ قَدْ خَرَجُوا، فَضَرَبَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَهُ السِّتْرَ، وَأَنْزَلَ الْحِجَابَ.
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Anas said: I was ten years old when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ arrived in Madinah. My mothers prepared me to serve him, and I served him for ten years. He died when I was twenty. I was among those most knowledgeable about the circumstances of the veil. The first revelation concerning it came when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had consummated his marriage with Zaynab bint Jahsh and was a bridegroom with her. He invited the people, who ate some food and then left. A group remained with the Prophet ﷺ and stayed for a long time. He stood and went out, and I went out hoping they would leave. He walked, and I walked with him, until he reached the threshold of Aisha’s chamber. Thinking they had left, he returned, and I returned with him. He went in to Zaynab, but they were still sitting there. He went back out, and I went back with him until he reached the threshold of Aisha’s chamber again. He thought they had left, so he returned, and I returned with him. This time they had indeed left. The Prophet ﷺ then drew a curtain between me and him, and the veil was revealed.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The wording أَصْبَحَ بِهَا عَرُوسًا refers to the morning after the marriage was consummated; the Arabic does not say that the Prophet built a room for Zaynab.
أَصْبَحَ بِهَا عَرُوسًا
The Arabic describes the Prophet as a bridegroom with Zaynab; it does not mention constructing a room.
Should the witness’s claim that he built a room be corrected?
فَكَانَ أَوَّلُ مَا نَزَلَ
The Arabic refers to the first revelation of the veil passage in this context.
Should the witness clarify that this was the first revelation concerning the veil?