Chapter 65: Prophetic Commentary on the Qur'an (Tafseer of the Prophet (pbuh))
Narrated Anas: 'Umar said, "I agreed with Allah in three things," or said, "My Lord agreed with me in three things. I
said, 'O Allah' s Messenger (ﷺ)! Would that you took the station of Abraham as a place of prayer.' I also said,
'O Allah' s Messenger (ﷺ)! Good and bad persons visit you! Would that you ordered the Mothers of the
believers to cover themselves with veils.' So the Divine Verses of Al-Hijab (i. e. veiling of the women)
were revealed. I came to know that the Prophet (ﷺ) had blamed some of his wives so I entered upon them
and said, 'You should either stop (troubling the Prophet (ﷺ) ) or else Allah will give His Apostle better
wives than you.' When I came to one of his wives, she said to me, 'O 'Umar! Does Allah' s Messenger (ﷺ)
haven' t what he could advise his wives with, that you try to advise them?' " Thereupon Allah
revealed: --
"It may be, if he divorced you (all) his Lord will give him instead of you, wives better than you
Muslims (who submit to Allah).." ( 66.5)
Sahih al-Bukhari 4483