Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا بَهْزٌ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ أَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ جُمْهَانَ حَدَّثَنِي سَفِينَةُ أَنَّ رَجُلًا ضَافَ عَلِيًّا رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ فَصَنَعَ لَهُ طَعَامًا فَقَالَتْ فَاطِمَةُ لِعَلِيٍّ لَوْ دَعَوْتَ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَأَكَلَ مَعَنَا فَدَعَوْنَاهُ فَجَاءَ فَأَخَذَ بِعِضَادَتَيْ الْبَابِ وَقَدْ ضَرَبْنَا قِرَامًا فِي نَاحِيَةِ الْبَيْتِ فَلَمَّا رَآهُ رَجَعَ قَالَتْ فَاطِمَةُ لِعَلِيٍّ الْحَقْهُ فَانْظُرْ مَا رَجَعَهُ قَالَ مَا رَدَّكَ يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ قَالَ لَيْسَ لِنَبِيٍّ أَنْ يَدْخُلَ بَيْتًا مُزَوَّقًا حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كَامِلٍ بِمَعْنَاهُ قَالَ إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ لِي أَوْ قَالَ لَيْسَ لِنَبِيٍّ أَنْ يَدْخُلَ بَيْتًا مُزَوَّقًا.
English Translation
Bahz told us, Hammad told us, Sa'id b. Jumhan told us: Safinah told me, that a man was hosted by 'Ali, may Allah be pleased with him, who prepared food for him. Fatimah said to 'Ali: "If only you invited the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, to eat with us." So we invited him, and he came and took hold of the two door-posts — and we had hung a curtain in a corner of the house — and when he saw it, he turned back. Fatimah said to 'Ali: "Catch up with him and see what made him turn back." He said: "What turned you back, O Prophet of Allah?" He said: "It is not for a prophet to enter a house that is decorated." Abu Kamil told us with the same meaning, saying: "It is not for me" — or he said — "it is not for a prophet to enter a house that is decorated."