Hadith 41

Al-Adab Al-Mufrad

Book 29: Visiting the Ill

Chapter 244

Someone who dislikes for visitors to look at other things in the house

بَابُ مَنْ كَرِهَ لِلْعَائِدِ أَنْ يَنْظُرَ إِلَى الْفُضُولِ مِنَ الْبَيْتِ

Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 531
حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ حُجْرٍ، قَالَ‏:‏ أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُسْهِرٍ، عَنِ الأَجْلَحِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي الْهُذَيْلِ قَالَ‏:‏ دَخَلَ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ عَلَى مَرِيضٍ يَعُودُهُ، وَمَعَهُ قَوْمٌ، وَفِي الْبَيْتِ امْرَأَةٌ، فَجَعَلَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ يَنْظُرُ إِلَى الْمَرْأَةِ، فَقَالَ لَهُ عَبْدُ اللهِ‏:‏ لَوْ انْفَقَأَتْ عَيْنُكَ كَانَ خَيْرًا لَكَ‏.‏
'Abdullah ibn Abi'l-Hudhayl said, "'Abdullah ibn Mas'ud went to visit a sick person with some other people. There was a woman in the room and one of the men began to look at her, 'Abdullah said to him, 'It would have been better for you if your eyes had been gouged out.'"