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Al-Adab Al-Mufrad: Hadith 882

43. Asking Permission to Enter

الأدب المفرد

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Asking permission without looking

بَابُ الاسْتِئْذَانُ مِنْ أَجْلِ النَّظَرِ

882
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
Sahih (Al-Albani)
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ صَالِحٍ، قَالَ‏:‏ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ قَالَ‏:‏ حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ شِهَابٍ، أَنَّ سَهْلَ بْنَ سَعْدٍ أَخْبَرَهُ، أَنَّ رَجُلاً اطَّلَعَ مِنْ جُحْرٍ فِي بَابِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم، وَمَعَ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم مِدْرًى يَحُكُّ بِهِ رَأْسَهُ، فَلَمَّا رَآهُ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ‏:‏ لَوْ أَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ تَنْتَظِرُنِي لَطَعَنْتُ بِهِ فِي عَيْنِكَ‏.‏
Sahl ibn Sa'd told him that a man looked from a room through the door of the Prophet (ﷺ) while the Prophet (ﷺ) had a comb with which he was scratching his hair. When the Prophet (ﷺ) saw him, he said, "If I had known that you were looking at me, I would have stabbed you in the eye with this!"
Reference: Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 1070
In-book : Book 43, Hadith 20
English translation : Book 43, Hadith 1070