عَنْ أَنَسٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ لَمَّا تَزَوَّجَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ زَيْنَبَ أَهْدَتْ إِلَيْهِ أُمُّ سُلَيْمٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهَا حَيْسًا فِي تَوْرٍ مِنْ حِجَارَةٍ قَالَ أَنَسٌ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَاذْهَبْ فَادْعُ مَنْ لَقِيتَ فَجَعَلُوا يَدْخُلُونَ يَأْكُلُونَ وَيَخْرُجُونَ وَوَضَعَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَدَهُ عَلَى الطَّعَامِ وَدَعَا فِيهِ وَقَالَ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ أَنْ يَقُولَ وَلَمْ أَدَعْ أَحَدًا لَقِيتُهُ إِلَّا دَعَوْتُهُ فَأَكَلُوا حَتَّى شَبِعُوا وَخَرَجُوا فَبَقِيَتْ طَائِفَةٌ مِنْهُمْ فَأَطَالُوا عَلَيْهِ الْحَدِيثَ فَجَعَلَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَسْتَحْيِي مِنْهُمْ أَنْ يَقُولَ لَهُمْ شَيْئًا فَخَرَجَ وَتَرَكَهُمْ فِي الْبَيْتِ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا تَدْخُلُوا بُيُوتَ النَّبِيِّ إِلَّا أَنْ يُؤْذَنَ لَكُمْ إِلَى طَعَامٍ غَيْرَ نَاظِرِينَ إِنَاهُ وَلَكِنْ إِذَا دُعِيتُمْ فَادْخُلُوا حَتَّى بَلَغَ لِقُلُوبِكُمْ وَقُلُوبِهِنَّ [سورة الأحزاب: ٥٣]
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) that when the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) married Sayyida Zaynab (may Allah be pleased with her), Sayyida Umm Sulaym (may Allah be pleased with her) sent a dish of dates and clarified butter as a gift to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) in a stone bowl. Sayyiduna Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) says: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me: Go and invite whoever you meet. So people began to enter and eat. The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) placed his blessed hand on the food, supplicated for blessing upon it, and recited over it whatever Allah willed. Meanwhile, I did not leave anyone but invited him. The people ate, were satisfied, and left, but some of them remained inside and continued chatting. Now, the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) felt shy to say anything to them, so he (peace and blessings be upon him) went out of the house and left them inside. Then Allah the Exalted revealed this command: {یَا أَ یُّہَا الَّذِینَ آمَنُوا لَا تَدْخُلُوْا بُیُوتَ النَّبِیِّ … … لِقُلُوبِکُمْ وَقُلُوبِہِنَّ}