Hadith 6241

Asking permission (for entering is enjoined) because of looking (i.e., lest one should look at the occupants of the house who may be in a state in which they dislike to be seen by others).

English source

Darussalam · Volume 8

79 - THE BOOK OF ASKING PERMISSION (TO ENTER SOMEBODY ELSE'S DWELLING PLACE)

Sahih al-Bukhari Darussalam English translation

Arabic source

Shamela Arabic edition

الحديث: 6241 ¦ الجزء: 8 ¦ الصفحة: 54

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English translation

6241. Narrated Sahl bin Sa'd رضي الله عنه: A man peeped through a round hole into the dwelling place of the Prophet ﷺ while the Prophet ﷺ had a Midra (an iron comb) with which he was scratching his head. The Prophet ﷺ said, "Had I known you were looking (through the hole), I would have pierced your eye with it (i.e., the comb)." Verily! The order of taking permission to enter has been enjoined because of that sight (that one should not look unlawfully at the state of others). [See Vol. 7, Hadīth No. 5924]

Arabic text

6241 - حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، قَالَ: الزُّهْرِيُّ، - حَفِظْتُهُ كَمَا أَنَّكَ هَا هُنَا - عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ، قَالَ: اطَّلَعَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ جُحْرٍ فِي حُجَرِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، وَمَعَ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مِدْرًى يَحُكُّ بِهِ رَأْسَهُ، فَقَالَ: «لَوْ أَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ تَنْظُرُ، لَطَعَنْتُ بِهِ فِي عَيْنِكَ، إِنَّمَا جُعِلَ الِاسْتِئْذَانُ مِنْ أَجْلِ البَصَرِ»

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