When the 'Iddah of Zainab was over, Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to Zaid to make a mention to her about him. Zaid went on until he came to her and she was fermenting her flour. He (Zaid) said: As I saw her I felt in my heart an idea of her greatness so much so that I could not see towards her (simply for the fact) that Messenger of Allah ﷺ had made a mention of her. So I turned my back towards her. and I turned upon my heels, and said: Zainab, Messenger of Allah ﷺ has sent (me) with a message to you. She said: I do not do anything until I solicit the will of my Lord. So she stood at her place of worship and the (verse of) the Qur'an (pertaining to her marriage) were revealed, and Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to her without permission. He (the narrator) said: I saw that Messenger of Allah ﷺ served us bread and meat until it was broad day light and the people went away, but some persons who were busy in con- versation stayed on in the house after the meal. Messenger of Allah ﷺ also went out and I also followed him, and he began to visit the apartments of his wives greeting them (with the words): As-Salamu 'alaikum, and they would say: Messenger of Allah, how did you find your family (hadrat Zainab)? He (the narrator) stated: I do not know whether I had informed him that the people had gone out or he (the Holy Prophet) informed me (about that). He moved on until he entered the apartment, and I also went and wanted to enter (the apartment) along with him, but he threw a curtain between me and him, as (the verfes pertaining to seclusion) had been revealed, and people were instructed in what they had been instructed. Ibn Rafii had made this addition in his narration:" O you who believe, enter not the houses of the Prophet unless permission is given to you for a meal, not waiting for its cooking being finished..." to the words"... Allah forbears not from the truth." (Using translation from Muslim 1428b)   

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لِزَيْدٍ اذْهَبْ إِلَيْهَا فَاذْكُرْهَا عَلَيَّ قَالَ زَيْدٌ فَانْطَلَقْتُ فَلَمَّا رَأَيْتُهَا وَجَدْتُهَا تُخَمِّرُ عَجِينَهَا فَلَمْ أَسْتَطِعْ أَنْ أَنْظُرَ إِلَيْهَا مِنْ عِظَمِهَا فِي صَدْرِي حِينَ عَرَفْتُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَذْكُرُهَا فَقُلْتُ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَذْكُرُكِ قَالَتْ مَا أَنَا بِصَانِعَةٍ شَيْئًا حَتَّى أُؤَامِرَ رَبِّي فَقَامَتْ إِلَى مَسْجِدِهَا وَنَزَلَ الْقُرْآنُ وَجَاءَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ حَتَّى دَخَلَ عَلَيْهَا بِغَيْرِ إِذْنٍ قَالَ أَنَسٌ ؓ فَلَقَدْ رَأَيْتُنَا أَطْعَمْنَا عَلَيْهَا الْخُبْزَ وَاللَّحْمَ حَتَّى اشْتَدَّ النَّهَارُ فَخَرَجَ النَّاسُ وَبَقِيَ رِجَالٌ يَتَحَدَّثُونَ فِي الْبَيْتِ بَعْدَ الطَّعَامِ قَالَ أَنَسٌ ؓ فَخَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَاتَّبَعْتُهُ فَجَعَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَتْبَعُ حُجَرَ نِسَائِهِ وَيُسَلِّمُ عَلَيْهِنَّ فَيَقُلْنَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ كَيْفَ وَجَدْتَ أَهْلَكَ؟ قَالَ فَمَا أَدْرِي أَنَا أَخْبَرْتُهُ أَنَّ الْقَوْمَ قَدْ خَرَجُوا أَوْ أُخْبِرَ فَانْطَلَقَ حَتَّى أَتَى الْبَيْتَ فَدَخَلَ فَذَهَبْتُ أَدْخُلُ مَعَهُ فَأَلْقَى السِّتْرَ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَهُ وَنَزَلَ الْحِجَابُ وَوَعَظَ الْقَوْمَ بِمَا وُعِظُوا فَقَالَ {يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا تَدْخُلُوا بُيُوتَ النَّبِيِّ إِلَّا أَنْ يُؤْذَنَ لَكُمْ} [الأحزاب 53] حَتَّى بَلَغَ {إِنَّ ذَلِكُمْ كَانَ عِنْدَ اللهِ عَظِيمًا} [الأحزاب 53]  

[Machine] Zaid bin Harithah complained about Zainab, so the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Fear Allah and keep to your husband." Anas said, "If the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had concealed anything, he would have concealed this." He said, "She would boast to the wives of the Prophet ﷺ , saying, 'Your families married you off, but Allah has married me off from above the seven heavens.'"  

زَيْدُ بْنُ حَارِثَةَ ؓ يَشْكُو زَيْنَبَ ؓ فَجَعَلَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ اتَّقِ اللهَ وَأَمْسِكْ عَلَيْكَ زَوْجَكَ قَالَ أَنَسٌ فَلَوْ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ كَاتِمًا شَيْئًا لَكَتَمَ هَذِهِ قَالَ فَكَانَتْ تَفْتَخِرُ عَلَى أَزْوَاجِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ تَقُولُ زَوَّجَكُنَّ أَهَالِيكُنَّ وَزَوَّجَنِيَ اللهُ ﷻ مِنْ فَوْقِ سَبْعِ سَمَاوَاتٍ  

[Machine] Zainab bint Jash, one of the wives of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ , used to boast and say, "Indeed, Allah married me from the heavens, and the verse of hijab (veiling) was revealed therein." People gathered in the Prophet's house, then he came out and they saw the joy on his face. Then the verse of hijab was revealed: "O you who have believed, do not enter the houses of the Prophet except when permitted for a meal" [Surah Al-Ahzab 33:53].  

ؓ يَقُولُ كَانَتْ زَيْنَبُ بِنْتُ جَحْشٍ ؓ تَفْتَخِرُ عَلَى أَزْوَاجِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ تَقُولُ إِنَّ اللهَ أَنْكَحَنِي مِنَ السَّمَاءِ وَفِيهَا نَزَلَتْ آيَةُ الْحِجَابِ قَالَ فَقَعَدَ الْقَوْمُ فِي بَيْتِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ ثُمَّ جَاءَ فَخَرَجَ فَجَاءَ وَالْقَوْمُ كَمَا هُمْ فَرُئِيَ ذَلِكَ فِي وَجْهِهِ فَنَزَلَتْ آيَةُ الْحِجَابِ {يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لَا تَدْخُلُوا بُيُوتَ النَّبِيِّ إِلَّا أَنْ يُؤْذَنَ لَكُمْ} [الأحزاب 53]