(O ye who believe! Enter not houses other than your own…) [24:27-29].
Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Ibrahim al-Tha‘labi informed us> al-Husayn ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Abd Allah al-Dinawari> ‘Abd Allah ibn Yusuf ibn Ahmad ibn Malik> al-Husayn ibn Sakhtawayh> ‘Umar ibn Thawr and Ibrahim ibn Abi Sufyan> Muhammad ibn Yusuf al-Firyabi> Qays> Ash‘ath ibn Siwar> ‘Adiyy ibn Thabit who said: “A woman from the Helpers went to see the Prophet and said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, sometimes I am in my house in a state in which I do not like anyone to see me, neither father nor son. But then the father comes in or another man of the family comes in while I am in that state, what shall I do?’ [As a response] this verse was revealed (O ye who believe! Enter not houses other than your own without first announcing your presence and invoking peace upon the folk thereof)”.
The commentators of the Qur’an said: “When this verse was revealed, Abu Bakr al-Siddiq, may Allah be well pleased with him, said: ‘O Messenger of Allah, what about the inns and houses along the roads of Syria which are uninhabited?’ Allah, exalted is He, then revealed ((It is) no sin for you to enter uninhabited houses) [24:29]”.
Asbab Al-Nuzul by Al-Wahidi , trans. Mokrane Guezzou