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Asking Permission To Enter By Knocking

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Darussalam · Volume 5

40. THE BOOK OFETIQUETTE (AL-ADAB)

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الحديث: 5187 ¦ الجزء: 4 ¦ الصفحة: 348

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5187. It was narrated from Jābir that he went to the Prophet ﷺ about his father's debt: "I knocked at the door, and he said: 'Who is this?' I said: 'Me.' He said: 'Me, me,' as if he disliked it." (Saḥih)

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5187 - حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرٌ، عَنْ شُعْبَةَ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْمُنْكَدِرِ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ، أَنَّهُ ذَهَبَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي دَيْنِ أَبِيهِ فَدَقَقْتُ الْبَابَ، فَقَالَ: «مَنْ هَذَا؟» قُلْتُ: أَنَا، قَالَ: «أَنَا أَنَا» كَأَنَّهُ كَرِهَهُ

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Knocking at the door is also seeking permission to enter the house. When someone comes to the door, the person standing outside should say Salām.