Abu Lahab's wife was prevented from seeing the Prophet ﷺ

[AI] When "Perish the hands of Abu Lahab" was revealed, the wife of Abu Lahab came while the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was sitting with Abu Bakr. Abu Bakr said to him, "If only you would move aside so that she does not harm you, O Messenger of Allah." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "A barrier will be placed between me and her." She came forward until she stood by Abu Bakr and said, "O Abu Bakr, your companion has lampooned us." Abu Bakr said, "No, by the Lord of this House, he neither speaks poetry nor utters it." She said, "You are surely believed." When she turned away, Abu Bakr ᴿᴬ said, "She did not see you?" He said, "No, an angel kept covering me until she went away." Abu Bakr said, "This hadith has a good chain of transmission, and it falls under the Musnad of Abu Bakr ᴿᴬ, since he related from the Prophet ﷺ when he said, 'By the Lord of this House, he neither speaks poetry nor utters it.' And this was from Abu Bakr's relating from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ."

لَمَّا نَزَلَتْ ﴿تَبَّتْ يَدَا أَبِي لَهَبٍ﴾، جَاءَتِ امْرَأَةُ أَبِي لَهَبٍ، وَرَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ جَالِسٌ، وَمَعَهُ أَبُو بَكْرٍ، فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبُو بَكْرٍ: لَوْ تَنَحَّيْتَ، لَا تُؤْذِيكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ. فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ: «إِنَّهُ سَيُحَالُ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَهَا». فَأَقْبَلَتْ حَتَّى وَقَفَتْ عَلَى أَبِي بَكْرٍ، فَقَالَتْ: يَا أَبَا بَكْرٍ، هَجَانَا صَاحِبُكَ. فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ: لَا، وَرَبِّ هَذِهِ الْبِنْيَةِ، مَا يَنْطِقُ بِالشِّعْرِ وَلَا يَتَفَوَّهُ بِهِ. فَقَالَتْ: إِنَّكَ لَمُصَدَّقٌ. فَلَمَّا وَلَّتْ، قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ رَحْمَةُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ: مَا رَأَتْكَ؟ قَالَ: «لَا، مَا زَالَ مَلَكٌ يَسْتُرُنِي حَتَّى وَلَّتْ». قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ: وَهَذَا الْحَدِيثُ حَسَنُ الْإِسْنَادِ، وَيَدْخُلُ فِي مُسْنَدِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ ؓ إِذْ حَكَى عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ إِذْ قَالَ: وَرَبِّ هَذِهِ الْبِنْيَةِ، مَا يَنْطِقُ بِالشِّعْرِ وَلَا يَتَفَوَّهُ بِهِ، وَكَانَ هَذَا مِنْ حِكَايَةِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ.