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Narrated Ali ibn AbuTalib: Safinah AbuAbdurRahman said that a man prepared food for Ali ibn AbuTalib who was his guest, and Fatimah said: I wish we had invited the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) and he had eaten with us. They invited him, and when he came he put his hands on the side-ports of the door, but when he saw the figured curtain which had been put at the end of the house, he went away. So Fatimah said to Ali: Follow him and see what turned him back. I (Ali) followed him and asked: What turned you back, Messenger of Allah? He replied: It is not fitting for me or for any Prophet to enter a house which is decorated

حدثنا موسى بن اسماعيل، اخبرنا حماد، عن سعيد بن جمهان، عن سفينة ابي عبد الرحمن، ان رجلا، اضاف علي بن ابي طالب فصنع له طعاما فقالت فاطمة لو دعونا رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم فاكل معنا . فدعوه فجاء فوضع يده على عضادتى الباب فراى القرام قد ضرب به في ناحية البيت فرجع فقالت فاطمة لعلي الحقه فانظر ما رجعه . فتبعته فقلت يا رسول الله ما ردك فقال " انه ليس لي او لنبي ان يدخل بيتا مزوقا