Hadith 40

Al-Adab Al-Mufrad

Book 43: Asking Permission

Chapter 506

Looking into houses

بَابُ النَّظَرِ فِي الدُّورِ

Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 1090
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ، قَالَ‏:‏ أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ مُسْلِمِ بْنِ نَذِيرٍ قَالَ‏:‏ اسْتَأْذَنَ رَجُلٌ عَلَى حُذَيْفَةَ فَاطَّلَعَ وَقَالَ‏:‏ أَدْخُلُ‏؟‏ قَالَ حُذَيْفَةُ‏:‏ أَمَّا عَيْنُكَ فَقَدْ دَخَلَتْ، وَأَمَّا اسْتُكَ فَلَمْ تَدْخُلْ‏.‏
Muslim ibn Nadhir said, "A man asked permission to enter from Hudhayfa. He looked in and said, 'May I come in?' Hudhayfa replied, 'As for you eye, it has already entered. As for your bottom, it has not entered.'"