How Many Times Should One Say Salām When Seeking Permission To Enter?
Darussalam · Volume 5
40. THE BOOK OFETIQUETTE (AL-ADAB)Sunan Abi Dawud Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 5186 ¦ الجزء: 4 ¦ الصفحة: 348
Source no. 5186 · Volume 1 · Page 2
Sahih
صحيح، المشكاة (٤٦٧٣)
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5186. It was narrated that 'Abdullāh bin Busr said: "When the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ came to someone's door, he did not face the door squarely, rather he would stand to the right, or the left, and say: 'As-Salāmu 'alaikum, As-Salāmu 'alaikum.' That was because there were no curtains on the doors in those days." (Hasan)
5186 - حَدَّثَنَا مُؤَمَّلُ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ الْحَرَّانِيُّ، فِي آخَرِينَ قَالُوا: حَدَّثَنَا بَقِيَّةُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ بُسْرٍ، قَالَ: كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ «إِذَا أَتَى بَابَ قَوْمٍ لَمْ يَسْتَقْبِلِ الْبَابَ مِنْ تِلْقَاءِ وَجْهِهِ، وَلَكِنْ مِنْ رُكْنِهِ الْأَيْمَنِ، أَوِ الْأَيْسَرِ، وَيَقُولُ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ، السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ» وَذَلِكَ أَنَّ الدُّورَ لَمْ يَكُنْ عَلَيْهَا يَوْمَئِذٍ سُتُورٌ
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Whoever arrives at somebody's house, he should knock on the door, and he should stand aside the door; looking inside the house while standing at the door is prohibited.