Sahih al-Bukhari 4588 (Book 65, Hadith 316)
(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.
Sahih al-Bukhari 4588 (Book 65, Hadith 316)
The above hadith is from the Sahih al-Buhari collection of hadiths. The monumental hadith collection Sahih al-Bukhari was authored by the renowned scholar al-Bukhārī approximately in the year 847. It is universally regarded as one of the most valued and authentic texts in Sunni Islamic scholarship, second only to the Quran in authority. This work is a primary member of the Kutub al-Sittah, a group of six trusted hadith collections that also includes the works of Muslim, Abu Dawood, Tirmidhi, Nasa’i, and ibn Majah. Al-Bukhārī’s compilation is vast, featuring 7,563 hadiths systematically arranged across 97 different books.
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