o you who have attained to faith! do not enter the prophets dwellings unless you are given leave to a meal do not come to wait for it to be readied but whenever you are invited enter and when you have partaken of the meal disperse without lingering for the sake of mere talk that behold might give offence to the prophet and yet he might feel shy of you but god is not shy of what is right. and whenever you ask them for anything that you need ask them from behind a screen this will but deepen the purity of your hearts and theirs. moreover it does not behove you to give offence to gods apostle just as it would not behove you ever to marry his widows after he has passed away that verily would be an enormity in the sight of god.
يا أيها الذين آمنوا لا تدخلوا بيوت النبي إلا أن يؤذن لكم إلى طعام غير ناظرين إناه ولكن إذا دعيتم فادخلوا فإذا طعمتم فانتشروا ولا مستأنسين لحديث إن ذلكم كان يؤذي النبي فيستحيي منكم والله لا يستحيي من الحق وإذا سألتموهن متاعا فاسألوهن من وراء حجاب ذلكم أطهر لقلوبكم وقلوبهن وما كان لكم أن تؤذوا رسول الله ولا أن تنكحوا أزواجه من بعده أبدا إن ذلكم كان عند الله عظيما