43. Asking Permission
أَنَّهُ كَانَ ابْنَ عَشْرِ سِنِينَ مَقْدَمَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ الْمَدِينَةَ فَكُنَّ أُمَّهَاتِي يُوَطِّوَنَّنِي عَلَى خِدْمَتِهِ فَخَدَمْتُهُ عَشْرَ سِنِينَ وَتُوُفِّيَ وَأَنَا ابْنُ عِشْرِينَ فَكُنْتُ أَعْلَمَ النَّاسِ بِشَأْنِ الْحِجَابِ فَكَانَ أَوَّلُ مَا نَزَلَ مَا ابْتَنَى رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِزَيْنَبَ بِنْتِ جَحْشٍ أَصْبَحَ بِهَا عَرُوسًا فَدَعَى الْقَوْمَ فَأَصَابُوا مِنَ الطَّعَامِ ثُمَّ خَرَجُوا وَبَقِيَ رَهْطٌ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَأَطَالُوا الْمُكْثَ فَقَامَ فَخَرَجَ وَخَرَجْتُ لِكَيْ يَخْرُجُوا فَمَشَى فَمَشَيْتُ مَعَهُ حَتَّى جَاءَ عَتَبَةَ حُجْرَةِ عَائِشَةَ ثُمَّ ظَنَّ أَنَّهُمْ خَرَجُوا فَرَجَعَ وَرَجَعْتُ مَعَهُ حَتَّى دَخَلَ عَلَى زَيْنَبَ فَإِذَا هُمْ جُلُوسٌ فَرَجَعَ وَرَجَعْتُ حَتَّى بَلَغَ عَتَبَةَ حُجْرَةِ عَائِشَةَ وَظَنَّ أَنَّهُمْ خَرَجُوا فَرَجَعَ وَرَجَعْتُ مَعَهُ فَإِذَا هُمْ قَدْ خَرَجُوا فَضَرَبَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَهُ السِّتْرَ وَأَنْزَلَ الْحِجَابَ
✧ He was ten years old when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to Madinah. My mothers urged me to serve him, and I served him for ten years. He died when I was twenty years old, so I was the most knowledgeable of people about the matter of the veil. The first time it was revealed was when the Messenger of Allah ﷺ married Zaynab bt. Jaḥsh. He awoke with her as a bridegroom and invited the people. They ate the food, then left, but a group remained with the Prophet ﷺ and stayed long. He stood and went out, and I went out so that they might leave. He walked and I walked with him until he reached the threshold of ʿĀʾisha's room. Then he thought they had left, so he returned and I returned with him until he entered upon Zaynab, but they were still sitting. He returned and I returned until he reached the threshold of ʿĀʾisha's room, and he thought they had left. He returned and I returned with him, and they had left. The Prophet ﷺ then drew the curtain between me and him, and the verse of veiling was revealed.
عَنِ الْعَوْرَاتِ الثَّلاَثِ وَكَانَ يَعْمَلُ بِهِنَّ فَقَالَ مَا تُرِيدُ؟ فَقُلْتُ أُرِيدُ أَنْ أَعْمَلَ بِهِنَّ فَقَالَ إِذَا وَضَعْتُ ثِيَابِي مِنَ الظَّهِيرَةِ لَمْ يَدْخُلْ عَلَيَّ أَحَدٌ مِنْ أَهْلِي بَلَغَ الْحُلُمَ إِلاَّ بِإِذْنِي إِلاَّ أَنْ أَدْعُوَهُ فَذَلِكَ إِذْنُهُ وَلاَ إِذَا طَلَعَ الْفَجْرُ وَتَحَرَّكَ النَّاسُ حَتَّى تُصَلَّى الصَّلاَةُ وَلاَ إِذَا صَلَّيْتُ الْعِشَاءَ وَوَضَعْتُ ثِيَابِي حَتَّى أَنَامَ
✧ About the three times of nakedness, and he used to act upon them. He said: 'What do you want?' I said: 'I want to act upon them.' He said: 'When I remove my garments at midday, no one of my family who has reached puberty may enter upon me except with my permission, unless I call him; that is his permission. And not when dawn breaks and people move about until the prayer is prayed, and not when I have prayed ʿIshāʾ and removed my garments until I sleep.'
عَنْ عَائِشَةَ ؓ قَالَتْ كُنْتُ آكُلُ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ حَيْسًا فَمَرَّ عُمَرُ فَدَعَاهُ فَأَكَلَ فَأَصَابَتْ يَدُهُ إِصْبَعِي فَقَالَ حَسِّ لَوْ أُطَاعُ فَيَكُنَّ مَا رَأَتْكُنَّ عَيْنٌ فَنَزَلَ الْحِجَابُ
'A'isha said, "I used to eat date and butter mixture with the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. 'Umar visited and the Prophet invited him and he ate. 'Umar's hand touched my fingers and he said, 'Oh! If I were to be obeyed about you, no eye would ever see you!' Then the veil was revealed."
أَنَّهُ سَمِعَهَا تَقُولُ اخْتَلَفَتْ يَدِي وَيَدُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فِي إِنَاءٍ وَاحِدٍ
✧ He heard her say: 'My hand and the hand of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ alternated in one vessel.'
أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ قَالَ إِذَا دَخَلَ الْبَيْتَ غَيْرَ الْمَسْكُونِ فَلْيَقُلِ السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْنَا وَعَلَى عِبَادِ اللهِ الصَّالِحِينَ
✧ ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUmar said: 'When someone enters an uninhabited house, let him say: "Peace be upon us and upon the righteous servants of Allah."'
أَنْ تَدْخُلُوا بُيُوتًا غَيْرَ مَسْكُونَةٍ فِيهَا مَتَاعٌ لَكُمْ وَاللهُ يَعْلَمُ مَا تُبْدُونَ وَمَا تَكْتُمُونَ}
✧ That you enter houses which are uninhabited, in which there is property for you; and Allah knows what you reveal and what you conceal.
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 1057No grade recorded
عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ {لِيَسْتَأْذِنْكُمُ الَّذِينَ مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُكُمْ} قَالَ هِيَ لِلرِّجَالِ دُونَ النِّسَاءِ
✧ From Ibn ʿUmar, regarding "Those you own as slaves should ask your permission to enter" (24:56): He said: 'This is for men, not women.'
أَنَّهُ كَانَ إِذَا بَلَغَ بَعْضُ وَلَدِهِ الْحُلُمَ عَزَلَهُ فَلَمْ يَدْخُلْ عَلَيْهِ إِلا بِإِذْنٍ
✧ When one of his children reached puberty, he kept him apart, and he would not enter upon him except with permission.
عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ قَالَ جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ أَسْتَأْذِنُ عَلَى أُمِّي؟ فَقَالَ مَا عَلَى كُلِّ أَحْيَانِهَا تُحِبُّ أَنْ تَرَاهَا
✧ From ʿAlqama, he said: A man came to ʿAbdullah and said, 'Should I ask permission to enter upon my mother?' He replied, 'Do you not wish to see her at all times?'
سَمِعْتُ مُسْلِمَ بْنَ نَذِيرٍ يَقُولُ سَأَلَ رَجُلٌ حُذَيْفَةَ فَقَالَ أَسْتَأْذِنُ عَلَى أُمِّي؟ فَقَالَ إِنْ لَمْ تَسْتَأْذِنْ عَلَيْهَا رَأَيْتَ مَا تَكْرَهُ
✧ I heard Muslim b. Nadhīr say: A man asked Hudhayfa, 'Should I ask permission to enter upon my mother?' He replied, 'If you do not ask her permission, you will see what you dislike.'
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 1061No grade recorded
عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ طَلْحَةَ قَالَ دَخَلْتُ مَعَ أَبِي عَلَى أُمِّي فَدَخَلَ فَاتَّبَعْتُهُ فَالْتَفَتَ فَدَفَعَ فِي صَدْرِي حَتَّى أَقْعَدَنِي عَلَى اسْتِي قَالَ أَتَدْخُلُ بِغَيْرِ إِذْنٍ؟
✧ From Mūsā b. Ṭalḥa, he said: I entered with my father upon my mother. He entered and I followed him. He turned and pushed me in the chest until he sat me down on my buttocks. He said, 'Do you enter without permission?'
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 1062No grade recorded
عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ يَسْتَأْذِنُ الرَّجُلُ عَلَى وَلَدِهِ وَأُمِّهِ وَإِنْ كَانَتْ عَجُوزًا وَأَخِيهِ وَأُخْتِهِ وَأَبِيهِ
✧ From Jābir, he said: A man should ask permission from his child, his mother—even if she is old—his brother, his sister, and his father.
أَنْ تَرَاهُمَا عُرْيَانَتَيْنِ؟ ثُمَّ قَرَأَ {يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا لِيَسْتَأْذِنْكُمُ الَّذِينَ مَلَكَتْ أَيْمَانُكُمْ} إِلَى {ثَلاَثُ عَوْرَاتٍ لَكُمْ} قَالَ فَلَمْ يُؤْمَرْ هَؤُلاَءِ بِالإِذْنِ إِلاَّ فِي هَذِهِ الْعَوْرَاتِ الثَّلاَثِ قَالَ {وَإِذَا بَلَغَ الأَطْفَالُ مِنْكُمُ الْحُلُمَ فَلْيَسْتَأْذِنُوا كَمَا اسْتَأْذَنَ الَّذِينَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ}
✧ Should you see them both naked? Then he recited: {O you who believe, let those whom your right hands possess ask permission of you} up to {three times of privacy for you}. He said: These were not commanded to ask permission except in these three private times. He said: {And when the children among you reach puberty, let them ask permission as those before them asked permission}.
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 1064No grade recorded
عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ يَسْتَأْذِنُ الرَّجُلُ عَلَى أَبِيهِ وَأُمِّهِ وَأَخِيهِ وَأُخْتِهِ
✧ From ʿAbdullah, he said: A man should ask permission from his father, his mother, his brother, and his sister.
وَكَأَنَّهُ كَانَ مَشْغُولاً فَرَجَعَ أَبُو مُوسَى فَفَرَغَ عُمَرُ فَقَالَ أَلَمْ أَسْمَعْ صَوْتَ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ قَيْسٍ؟ إِيذَنُوا لَهُ قِيلَ قَدْ رَجَعَ فَدَعَاهُ فَقَالَ كُنَّا نُؤْمَرُ بِذَلِكَ فَقَالَ تَأْتِينِي عَلَى ذَلِكَ بِالْبَيِّنَةِ فَانْطَلَقَ إِلَى مَجْلِسِ الأَنْصَارِ فَسَأَلَهُمْ فَقَالُوا لاَ يَشْهَدُ لَكَ عَلَى هَذَا إِلاَّ أَصْغَرُنَا أَبُو سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيُّ فَذَهَبَ بِأَبِي سَعِيدٍ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ أَخَفِيَ عَلَيَّ مِنْ أَمْرِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ؟ أَلْهَانِي الصَّفْقُ بِالأَسْوَاقِ يَعْنِي الْخُرُوجَ إِلَى التِّجَارَةِ
✧ It was as if he was busy, so Abū Mūsā returned. When ʿUmar had finished, he said, 'Did I not hear the voice of ʿAbdullah b. Qays? Give him permission.' It was said, 'He has returned.' So he called him and he said, 'We were commanded to do that.' He said, 'Bring me proof of that.' So he went to the gathering of the Anṣār and asked them. They said, 'No one will testify for you on this except the youngest of us, Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī.' So he brought Abū Saʿīd, and ʿUmar said, 'Was something of the affair of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ hidden from me? The trading in the markets distracted me'—meaning going out to trade.
أَنْ يُسَلِّمَ قَالَ لاَ يُؤْذَنُ لَهُ حَتَّى يَبْدَأَ بِالسَّلامِ
✧ That he should greet. He said: He is not given permission until he begins with the greeting.
سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَقُولُ إِذَا دَخَلَ وَلَمْ يَقُلِ السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكُمْ فَقُلْ لاَ حَتَّى يَأْتِيَ بِالْمِفْتَاحِ السَّلامِ
✧ I heard Abū Hurayra say: If someone enters and does not say 'al-salāmu ʿalaykum,' then say 'No,' until he brings the key, the greeting.
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ لَوْ اطَّلَعَ رَجُلٌ فِي بَيْتِكَ فَخَذَفْتَهُ بِحَصَاةٍ فَفَقَأْتَ عَيْنَهُ مَا كَانَ عَلَيْكَ جُنَاحٌ
✧ From the Prophet ﷺ, he said: If a man looks into your house and you throw a pebble at him and put out his eye, there is no blame on you.
عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ قَائِمًا يُصَلِّي فَاطَّلَعَ رَجُلٌ فِي بَيْتِهِ فَأَخَذَ سَهْمًا مِنْ كِنَانَتِهِ فَسَدَّدَ نَحْوَ عَيْنَيْهِ
✧ From Anas, he said: The Prophet ﷺ was standing praying when a man looked into his house. He took an arrow from his quiver and aimed it at his eyes.
أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ رَجُلاً اطَّلَعَ مِنْ جُحْرٍ فِي بَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَمَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ مِدْرًى يَحُكُّ بِهِ رَأْسَهُ فَلَمَّا رَآهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ قَالَ لَوْ أَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ تَنْتَظِرُنِي لَطَعَنْتُ بِهِ فِي عَيْنِكَ
✧ He informed him that a man looked in from a hole in the door of the Prophet ﷺ while the Prophet ﷺ had a comb with which he was scratching his head. When the Prophet ﷺ saw him, he said: 'If I knew that you were waiting for me, I would have stabbed your eye with it.'
وَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِنَّمَا جُعِلَ الإِذْنُ مِنْ أَجْلِ الْبَصَرِ
✧ The Prophet ﷺ said: Permission has been instituted only on account of seeing.
عَنْ أَنَسٍ قَالَ اطَّلَعَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ خَلَلٍ فِي حُجْرَةِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَسَدَّدَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِمِشْقَصٍ فَأَخْرَجَ الرَّجُلُ رَأْسَهُ
✧ Anas said: A man looked in from a gap in one of the rooms of the Prophet ﷺ, so the Messenger of Allah ﷺ aimed a small arrowhead at him, and the man withdrew his head.
أَخْبَرَهُ عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى قَالَ اسْتَأْذَنْتُ عَلَى عُمَرَ فَلَمْ يُؤْذَنْ لِي ثَلاَثًا فَأَدْبَرْتُ فَأَرْسَلَ إِلَيَّ فَقَالَ يَا عَبْدَ اللهِ اشْتَدَّ عَلَيْكَ أَنْ تُحْتَبَسَ عَلَى بَابِي؟ اعْلَمْ أَنَّ النَّاسَ كَذَلِكَ يَشْتَدُّ عَلَيْهِمْ أَنْ يُحْتَبَسُوا عَلَى بَابِكَ فَقُلْتُ بَلِ اسْتَأْذَنْتُ عَلَيْكَ ثَلاَثًا فَلَمْ يُؤْذَنْ لِي فَرَجَعْتُ فَقَالَ مِمَّنْ سَمِعْتَ هَذَا؟ فَقُلْتُ سَمِعْتُهُ مِنَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ أَسَمِعْتَ مِنَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ مَا لَمْ نَسْمَعْ؟ لَئِنْ لَمْ تَأْتِنِي عَلَى هَذَا بِبَيِّنَةٍ لَأَجْعَلَنَّكَ نَكَالاً فَخَرَجْتُ حَتَّى أَتَيْتُ نَفَرًا مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ جُلُوسًا فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَسَأَلْتُهُمْ فَقَالُوا أَوَيَشُكُّ فِي هَذَا أَحَدٌ؟ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُمْ مَا قَالَ عُمَرُ فَقَالُوا لاَ يَقُومُ مَعَكَ إِلاَّ أَصْغَرُنَا فَقَامَ مَعِي أَبُو سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيُّ أَوْ أَبُو مَسْعُودٍ إِلَى عُمَرَ فَقَالَ خَرَجْنَا مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَهُوَ يُرِيدُ سَعْدَ بْنَ عُبَادَةَ حَتَّى أَتَاهُ فَسَلَّمَ فَلَمْ يُؤْذَنْ لَهُ ثُمَّ سَلَّمَ الثَّانِيَةَ ثُمَّ الثَّالِثَةَ فَلَمْ يُؤْذَنْ لَهُ فَقَالَ قَضَيْنَا مَا عَلَيْنَا ثُمَّ رَجَعَ فَأَدْرَكَهُ سَعْدٌ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ وَالَّذِي بَعَثَكَ بِالْحَقِّ مَا سَلَّمْتَ مِنْ مَرَّةٍ إِلاَّ وَأَنَا أَسْمَعُ وَأَرُدُّ عَلَيْكَ وَلَكِنْ أَحْبَبْتُ أَنْ تُكْثِرَ مِنَ السَّلاَمِ عَلَيَّ وَعَلَى أَهْلِ بَيْتِي فَقَالَ أَبُو مُوسَى وَاللَّهِ إِنْ كُنْتُ لَأَمِينًا عَلَى حَدِيثِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ أَجَلْ وَلَكِنْ أَحْبَبْتُ أَنْ أَسْتَثْبِتَ
✧ He reported to him from Abu Musa: I asked permission to enter upon Umar three times, and permission was not granted to me, so I turned away. He sent after me and said, "O servant of Allah, is it hard on you that you should be stopped at my door? Know that people are like that, it is hard on them to be stopped at your door." I said, "Rather I asked permission to enter upon you three times, and permission was not granted to me, so I returned." He said, "From whom did you hear this?" I said, "I heard it from the Prophet ﷺ." He said, "Did you hear from the Prophet ﷺ what we did not hear? If you do not bring me clear proof of this, I will make an example of you." So I went out until I came to a group of the Ansar sitting in the mosque, and I asked them. They said, "Does anyone doubt this?" I told them what Umar had said. They said, "No one will stand with you except the youngest of us." So Abu Sa'id al-Khudri or Abu Mas'ud stood up with me and went to Umar. He said, "We went out with the Prophet ﷺ while he was going to Sa'd b. Ubadah until he came to him. He greeted, but permission was not granted to him. Then he greeted a second time, then a third time, but permission was not granted to him. He said, 'We have fulfilled what was due from us.' Then he returned. Sa'd caught up with him and said, 'O Messenger of Allah, by the One who sent you with the truth, you did not greet once except that I heard and answered you, but I preferred that you should give many greetings of peace upon me and upon my household.'" Abu Musa said, "By Allah, I was trustworthy in transmitting the hadith of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ." He said, "Yes, but I wished to ascertain."
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 1074No grade recorded
عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ إِذَا دُعِيَ الرَّجُلُ فَقَدْ أُذِنَ لَهُ
✧ Abdullah said: When a man is invited, then permission has been granted to him.
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا دُعِيَ أَحَدُكُمْ فَجَاءَ مَعَ الرَّسُولِ فَهُوَ إِذْنُهُ
✧ From the Prophet ﷺ: When one of you is invited and he comes with the messenger, that is his permission.
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ رَسُولُ الرَّجُلِ إِلَى الرَّجُلِ إِذْنُهُ
✧ From the Prophet ﷺ: A man's messenger to another man is his permission.
عَنْ أَبِي الْعَلاَنِيَةِ قَالَ أَتَيْتُ أَبَا سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيَّ فَسَلَّمْتُ فَلَمْ يُؤْذَنْ لِي ثُمَّ سَلَّمْتُ فَلَمْ يُؤْذَنْ لِي ثُمَّ سَلَّمْتُ الثَّالِثَةَ فَرَفَعْتُ صَوْتِي وَقُلْتُ السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكُمْ يَا أَهْلَ الدَّارِ فَلَمْ يُؤْذَنْ لِي فَتَنَحَّيْتُ نَاحِيَةً فَقَعَدْتُ فَخَرَجَ إِلَيَّ غُلاَمٌ فَقَالَ ادْخُلْ فَدَخَلْتُ فَقَالَ لِي أَبُو سَعِيدٍ أَمَا إِنَّكَ لَوْ زِدْتَ لَمْ يُؤْذَنْ لَكَ فَسَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الأَوْعِيَةِ فَلَمْ أَسْأَلْهُ عَنْ شَيْءٍ إِلاَّ قَالَ حَرَامٌ حَتَّى سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الْجَفِّ فَقَالَ حَرَامٌ فَقَالَ مُحَمَّدٌ يُتَّخَذُ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ إِدَمٌ فَيُوكَأُ
✧ From Abu al-'Alaniyah: I came to Abu Sa'id al-Khudri and greeted, but permission was not granted to me. Then I greeted, and permission was not granted to me. Then I greeted a third time, and I raised my voice and said, "Peace be upon you, O people of the house," but permission was not granted to me. So I moved aside and sat down. A servant came out to me and said, "Enter." So I entered. Abu Sa'id said to me, "Indeed, if you had added more, permission would not have been granted to you." I asked him about vessels, and I did not ask him about anything except that he said, "Forbidden," until I asked him about the waterskin. He said, "Forbidden." Muhammad said: "A hide is put over its opening and tied."
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 1078Hasan or sahih
حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ بُسْرٍ صَاحِبُ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَانَ إِذَا أَتَى بَابًا يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَسْتَأْذِنَ لَمْ يَسْتَقْبِلْهُ جَاءَ يَمِينًا وَشِمَالاً فَإِنْ أُذِنَ لَهُ وَإِلا انْصَرَفَ
✧ Abdullah b. Busr, the companion of the Prophet ﷺ, reported to me that when the Prophet ﷺ came to a door desiring to ask permission, he did not face it. He came to the right and left. If permission was granted to him, fine; otherwise he departed.
عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ قَدِمْتُ عَلَى عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ فَاسْتَأْذَنْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالُوا لِي مَكَانَكَ حَتَّى يَخْرُجَ إِلَيْكَ فَقَعَدْتُ قَرِيبًا مِنْ بَابِهِ قَالَ فَخَرَجَ إِلَيَّ فَدَعَا بِمَاءٍ فَتَوَضَّأَ ثُمَّ مَسَحَ عَلَى خُفَّيْهِ فَقَالَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَمِنَ الْبَوْلِ هَذَا؟ قَالَ مِنَ الْبَوْلِ أَوْ مِنْ غَيْرِهِ
Mu'awiya ibn Hudayj said, "I came to 'Umar ibn al-Khattab, may Allah be pleased with him, and asked him for permission to enter. They told me, 'Stay where you are until he comes to you.' I sat down near his door." He continued, "'Umar came out to me, called for water and did wudu'. Then he wiped over his leather socks. I said, 'O Amir al'-Mu'minin, is this on account of urine?' He replied, 'On account of urine or other things.'"
عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ إِنَّ أَبْوَابَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ كَانَتْ تُقْرَعُ بِالأظَافِيرِ
✧ From Anas b. Malik: The doors of the Prophet ﷺ used to be knocked with fingernails.
أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ صَفْوَانَ بْنَ أُمَيَّةَ بَعَثَهُ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِي الْفَتْحِ بِلَبَنٍ وَجِدَايَةٍ وَضَغَابِيسَ قَالَ أَبُو عَاصِمٍ يَعْنِي الْبَقْلَ وَالنَّبِيُّ ﷺ بِأَعْلَى الْوَادِي وَلَمْ أُسَلِّمْ وَلَمْ أَسْتَأْذِنْ فَقَالَ ارْجِعْ فَقُلِ السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكُمْ أَأَدْخُلُ؟ وَذَلِكَ بَعْدَ مَا أَسْلَمَ صَفْوَانُ
✧ He reported to him that Safwan b. Umayyah sent him to the Prophet ﷺ at the conquest with milk, a young gazelle, and truffles - Abu 'Asim said, meaning vegetables - while the Prophet ﷺ was at the top of the valley. I did not greet and did not ask permission. He said, "Go back and say: Peace be upon you, may I enter?" That was after Safwan had accepted Islam.
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِذَا أَدْخَلَ الْبَصَرَ فَلاَ إِذْنَ لَهُ
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: When the eye enters, there is no permission for him.
سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَقُولُ إِذَا قَالَ أَأَدْخُلُ؟ وَلَمْ يُسَلِّمْ فَقُلْ لاَ حَتَّى تَأْتِيَ بِالْمِفْتَاحِ قُلْتُ السَّلاَمُ؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ
✧ I heard Abu Hurayrah say: When someone says, "May I enter?" and does not greet, say, "No, until you bring the key." I said, "The greeting of peace?" He said, "Yes."
حَدَّثَنِي رَجُلٌ مِنْ بَنِي عَامِرٍ جَاءَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ أَأَلِجُ؟ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لِلْجَارِيَةِ اخْرُجِي فَقُولِي لَهُ قُلِ السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكُمْ أَأَدْخُلُ؟ فَإِنَّهُ لَمْ يُحْسِنِ الِاسْتِئْذَانَ قَالَ فَسَمِعْتُهَا قَبْلَ أَنْ تَخْرُجَ إِلَيَّ الْجَارِيَةُ فَقُلْتُ السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكُمْ أَأَدْخُلُ؟ فَقَالَ وَعَلَيْكَ ادْخُلْ قَالَ فَدَخَلْتُ فَقُلْتُ بِأَيِّ شَيْءٍ جِئْتَ؟ فَقَالَ لَمْ آتِكُمْ إِلاَّ بِخَيْرٍ أَتَيْتُكُمْ لِتَعْبُدُوا اللَّهَ وَحْدَهُ لاَ شَرِيكَ لَهُ وَتَدَعُوا عِبَادَةَ اللاَّتِ وَالْعُزَّى وَتُصَلُّوا فِي اللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ خَمْسَ صَلَوَاتٍ وَتَصُومُوا فِي السَّنَةِ شَهْرًا وَتَحُجُّوا هَذَا الْبَيْتَ وَتَأْخُذُوا مِنْ مَالِ أَغْنِيَائِكُمْ فَتَرُدُّوهَا عَلَى فُقَرَائِكُمْ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ هَلْ مِنَ الْعِلْمِ شَيْءٌ لاَ تَعْلَمُهُ؟ قَالَ لَقَدْ عَلَّمَ اللَّهُ خَيْرًا وَإِنَّ مِنَ الْعِلْمِ مَا لاَ يَعْلَمُهُ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ الْخَمْسُ لاَ يَعْلَمُهُنَّ إِلاَّ اللَّهُ {إِنَّ اللَّهَ عِنْدَهُ عِلْمُ السَّاعَةِ وَيُنَزِّلُ الْغَيْثَ وَيَعْلَمُ مَا فِي الأَرْحَامِ وَمَا تَدْرِي نَفْسٌ مَاذَا تَكْسِبُ غَدًا وَمَا تَدْرِي نَفْسٌ بِأَيِّ أَرْضٍ تَمُوتُ}
✧ A man from Banū ʿĀmir narrated to me that he came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, “May I enter?” The Prophet ﷺ told a servant girl, “Go out and tell him: say, ‘Peace be upon you. May I enter?’ For he has not asked permission properly.” He said, “I heard her before the servant girl came out to me, and I said, ‘Peace be upon you. May I enter?’” He said, “And upon you; enter.” He said, “So I entered and said, ‘With what have you come?’” He said, “I have come to you only with good. I have come to you so that you worship Allah alone with no partner, and that you abandon the worship of al-Lāt and al-ʿUzzā, and that you pray five prayers in the night and the day, and that you fast a month in the year, and that you make pilgrimage to this House, and that you take from the wealth of your rich and return it to your poor.” He said, “I said to him, ‘Is there any knowledge that you do not know?’” He said, “Allah has taught much good. And indeed, among knowledge is what none knows except Allah: the five things. None knows them except Allah: {Indeed, Allah has knowledge of the Hour, and He sends down the rain, and He knows what is in the wombs, and no soul knows what it will earn tomorrow, and no soul knows in what land it will die.}”
عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ اسْتَأْذَنَ عُمَرُ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ السَّلاَمُ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكُمْ أَيَدْخُلُ عُمَرُ؟
✧ Ibn ʿAbbās said: ʿUmar asked permission to enter upon the Prophet ﷺ and said, “Peace be upon the Messenger of Allah. Peace be upon you. May ʿUmar enter?”
سَمِعْتُ جَابِرًا يَقُولُ أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فِي دَيْنٍ كَانَ عَلَى أَبِي فَدَقَقْتُ الْبَابَ فَقَالَ مَنْ ذَا؟ فَقُلْتُ أَنَا قَالَ أَنَا أَنَا؟ كَأَنَّهُ كَرِهَهُ
✧ I heard Jābir say: I came to the Prophet ﷺ concerning a debt owed by my father and knocked on the door. He said, “Who is this?” I said, “Me.” He said, “Me? Me?” as if he disliked it.
عَنْ أَبِيهِ قَالَ خَرَجَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ وَأَبُو مُوسَى يَقْرَأُ فَقَالَ مَنْ هَذَا؟ فَقُلْتُ أَنَا بُرَيْدَةُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ فَقَالَ قَدْ أُعْطِيَ هَذَا مِزْمَارًا مِنْ مَزَامِيرِ آلِ دَاوُدَ
✧ From his father, he said: The Prophet ﷺ went out to the mosque while Abū Mūsā was reciting. He said, “Who is this?” I said, “I am Buraydah, may I be your ransom.” He said, “This one has been given a flute from the flutes of the family of Dāwūd.”
أَنْ يَدْخُلَ عَلَيْهِمْ
✧ That he should enter upon them.
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا دَخَلَ الْبَصَرُ فَلا إِذْنَ
✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “When the eye enters, there is no permission.”
قَالَ حُذَيْفَةُ أَمَّا عَيْنُكَ فَقَدْ دَخَلَتْ وَأَمَّا اسْتُكَ فَلَمْ تَدْخُلْ
✧ Hudhayfah said: “As for your eye, it has entered; but as for your backside, it has not entered.”
أَنَّ أَعْرَابِيًّا أَتَى بَيْتَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَلْقَمَ عَيْنَهُ خَصَاصَةَ الْبَابِ فَأَخَذَ سَهْمًا أَوْ عُودًا مُحَدَّدًا فَتَوَخَّى الأعْرَابِيَّ لِيَفْقَأَ عَيْنَ الأعْرَابِيِّ فَذَهَبَ فَقَالَ أَمَا إِنَّكَ لَوْ ثَبَتَّ لَفَقَأْتُ عَيْنَكَ
✧ A bedouin came to the house of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and put his eye to the crack of the door. He took an arrow or a sharpened stick and aimed at the bedouin to poke out the bedouin’s eye. So he went away. He said, “If you had stayed, I would have poked out your eye.”
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 1092No grade recorded
أَنْ يُؤْذَنَ لَهُ فَقَدْ فَسَقَ
'Umar ibn al-Khattab said, "Anyone who fills his eye with the contents of a house before he has been given permission has gone astray."
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 1093No grade recorded
حَدَّثَهُ أَنَّ ثَوْبَانَ مَوْلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ حَدَّثَهُ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ لاَ يَحِلُّ لِامْرِئٍ مُسْلِمٍ أَنْ يَنْظُرَ إِلَى جَوْفِ بَيْتٍ حَتَّى يَسْتَأْذِنَ فَإِنْ فَعَلَ فَقَدْ دَخَلَ وَلاَ يَؤُمُّ قَوْمًا فَيَخُصُّ نَفْسَهُ بِدَعْوَةٍ دُونَهُمْ حَتَّى يَنْصَرِفَ وَلاَ يُصَلِّي وَهُوَ حَاقِنٌ حَتَّى يَتَخَفَّفَ
✧ Thawbān, the freed slave of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, narrated to him that the Prophet ﷺ said: “It is not lawful for a Muslim man to look into the inside of a house until he has asked permission. If he does so, then he has entered. And he should not lead a people in prayer and single himself out for supplication to the exclusion of them until he finishes. And he should not pray while he has to urinate or defecate until he has relieved himself.”
قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ ثَلاَثَةٌ كُلُّهُمْ ضَامِنٌ عَلَى اللهِ إِنْ عَاشَ كُفِيَ وَإِنْ مَاتَ دَخَلَ الْجَنَّةَ مَنْ دَخَلَ بَيْتَهُ بِسَلاَمٍ فَهُوَ ضَامِنٌ عَلَى اللهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وَمَنْ خَرَجَ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ فَهُوَ ضَامِنٌ عَلَى اللهِ وَمَنْ خَرَجَ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ فَهُوَ ضَامِنٌ عَلَى اللهِ
✧ The Prophet ﷺ said: “Three people are all guaranteed by Allah: if he lives, he will be provided for, and if he dies, he will enter Paradise. Whoever enters his house with peace is guaranteed by Allah, Mighty and Majestic. Whoever goes out to the mosque is guaranteed by Allah. And whoever goes out in the path of Allah is guaranteed by Allah.”
أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ جَابِرًا يَقُولُ إِذَا دَخَلْتَ عَلَى أَهْلِكَ فَسَلِّمْ عَلَيْهِمْ تَحِيَّةً مِنْ عِنْدِ اللهِ مُبَارَكَةً طَيْبَةً
✧ He heard Jābir say: “When you enter upon your family, greet them with a greeting from Allah, blessed and good.”
أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِذَا دَخَلَ الرَّجُلُ بَيْتَهُ فَذَكَرَ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ عِنْدَ دُخُولِهِ وَعِنْدَ طَعَامِهِ قَالَ الشَّيْطَانُ لاَ مَبِيتَ لَكُمْ وَلاَ عَشَاءَ وَإِذَا دَخَلَ فَلَمْ يَذْكُرِ اللَّهَ عِنْدَ دُخُولِهِ قَالَ الشَّيْطَانُ أَدْرَكْتُمُ الْمَبِيتَ وَإِنْ لَمْ يَذْكُرِ اللَّهَ عِنْدَ طَعَامِهِ قَالَ الشَّيْطَانُ أَدْرَكْتُمُ الْمَبِيتَ وَالْعَشَاءَ
✧ He heard the Prophet ﷺ say: “When a man enters his house and remembers Allah, Mighty and Majestic, upon entering and upon his food, Shayṭān says, ‘No lodging for you and no supper.’ And if he enters and does not remember Allah upon entering, Shayṭān says, ‘You have caught lodging.’ And if he does not remember Allah upon his food, Shayṭān says, ‘You have caught lodging and supper.’”
فَقَالَ أَنَسٌ ادْخُلْ هَذَا مَكَانٌ لاَ يَسْتَأْذِنُ فِيهِ أَحَدٌ فَقَرَّبَ إِلَيْنَا طَعَامًا فَأَكَلْنَا فَجَاءَ بِعُسِّ نَبِيذٍ حُلْوٍ فَشَرِبَ وَسَقَانَا
✧ Then Anas said, “Enter; this is a place for which no one seeks permission.” He brought food close to us, and we ate. Then he came with a wooden bowl of sweet nabidh, drank, and gave us to drink.
عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ قَالَ كَانَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ لاَ يَسْتَأْذِنُ عَلَى بُيُوتِ السُّوقِ
✧ From Mujahid, who said: “Ibn ʿUmar would not seek permission to enter the houses of the market.”
عَنْ عَطَاءٍ قَالَ كَانَ ابْنُ عُمَرَ يَسْتَأْذِنُ فِي ظُلَّةِ الْبَزَّازِ
✧ From ʿAtaʾ, who said: “Ibn ʿUmar would seek permission in the cloth merchant's awning.”
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 1100No grade recorded
عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ مَوْلَى أُمِّ مِسْكِينٍ بِنْتِ عَاصِمِ بْنِ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ قَالَ أَرْسَلَتْنِي مَوْلاَتِي إِلَى أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ فَجَاءَ مَعِي فَلَمَّا قَامَ بِالْبَابِ فقَالَ أَنْدَرَايِيمْ؟ قَالَتْ أَنْدَرُونْ فَقَالَتْ يَا أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ إِنَّهُ يَأْتِينِي الزَّوْرُ بَعْدَ الْعَتَمَةِ فَأَتَحَدَّثُ؟ قَالَ تَحَدَّثِي مَا لَمْ تُوتِرِي فَإِذَا أَوْتَرْتِ فَلاَ حَدِيثَ بَعْدَ الْوِتْرِ
Abu Abdul Malik, the mawla of Umm Miskin, the daughter of ('Umar) ibn 'Asim ibn 'Umar ibn al-Khattab, said, "My mistress sent me to Abu Hurayra and he came with me. When he was at the door, he asked in Persian, 'Can we come in?' 'Come in!' she replied.' Then she said, 'Abu Hurayra, if visitors come to me after 'Isha', should I enter into conversation with them?' He replied, 'Converse as long as you have not done the witr prayer. If you have done the witr, there is no conversation after it.'"