Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي عَنْ صَالِحٍ قَالَ ابْنُ شِهَابٍ إِنَّ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ قَالَ أَنَا أَعْلَمُ النَّاسِ بِالْحِجَابِ لَقَدْ كَانَ أُبَيُّ بْنُ كَعْبٍ يَسْأَلُنِي عَنْهُ قَالَ أَنَسٌ أَصْبَحَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَرُوسًا بِزَيْنَبَ ابْنَةِ جَحْشٍ قَالَ قَالَ وَكَانَ تَزَوَّجَهَا بِالْمَدِينَةِ فَدَعَا النَّاسَ لِلطَّعَامِ بَعْدَ ارْتِفَاعِ النَّهَارِ فَجَلَسَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَجَلَسَ مَعَهُ رِجَالٌ بَعْدَمَا قَامَ الْقَوْمُ حَتَّى قَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَمَشَى وَمَشَيْتُ مَعَهُ حَتَّى بَلَغَ حُجْرَةَ عَائِشَةَ ثُمَّ ظَنَّ أَنَّهُمْ قَدْ خَرَجُوا فَرَجَعَ وَرَجَعْتُ مَعَهُ قَالَ فَإِذَا هُمْ جُلُوسٌ مَكَانَهُمْ فَرَجَعَ وَرَجَعْتُ مَعَهُ الثَّانِيَةَ حَتَّى بَلَغَ حُجْرَةَ عَائِشَةَ فَرَجَعَ وَرَجَعْتُ مَعَهُ فَإِذَا هُمْ قَدْ قَامُوا فَضَرَبَ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَهُ بِالسِّتْرِ وَأُنْزِلَ الْحِجَابُ.
English Translation
Ya'qub told us: My father told us, from Salih, who said: Ibn Shihab said: Anas ibn Malik said: 'I am the most knowledgeable of people about the veiling; Ubayy ibn Ka'b used to ask me about it.' Anas said: The Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him, awoke as a bridegroom with Zaynab bint Jahsh - he said: he had married her in Medina - and he invited the people to a meal after the day had risen high. The Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him, sat, and some men sat with him after the other people had gotten up, until the Messenger of God, peace and blessings be upon him, got up and walked, and I walked with him, until he reached the chamber of A'isha. Then he thought that they had left, so he went back, and I went back with him; and there they were, still sitting in their places. So he went back again, and I went back with him a second time, until he reached the chamber of A'isha; then he went back, and I went back with him, and there they had gotten up. So he placed a curtain between himself and me, and the verse of veiling was revealed.