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رياض الصالحين

Riyad as-Salihin Hadith 871

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In-book entry
28

Chapter 10

Chapter context: Seeking Permission to Enter (Someone's House) and Manners Relating to It

- باب الاستئذان وآدابه

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Hadith text

Original Arabic

وعن سهل بن سعد قال‏:‏ قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏:‏ ‏

‏إنما جعل الاستئذان من أجل البصر‏

‏ ‏(‏‏(‏متفق عليه‏)‏‏)‏‏.‏

Translation

English translation

Sahl bin Sa'd (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "Seeking permission to enter (somebody's house) has been prescribed in order to restrain the eyes (from looking at something we are not supposed to look at)." [Al-Bukhari and Muslim].

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This is Hadith 871 in Riyad as-Salihin. It appears in Book 6, The Book of Greetings, as in-book entry 28 under the chapter “Seeking Permission to Enter (Someone's House) and Manners Relating to It.”

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