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رياض الصالحين

Riyad as-Salihin Hadith 877

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In-book entry
34

Chapter 11

Chapter context: Seeking Permission to Enter by Stating One's Name

- باب بيان أن السُّنة إذا قيل للمستأذن من أنت أن يقول‏:‏ فلان فيسمي نفسه بما يعرف به من اسم أو كنية وكراهة قوله ‏"‏أنا‏"‏ ونحوها

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Hadith text

Original Arabic

وعن جابر رضي الله عنه قال‏:‏ أتيت النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم فدققت الباب، فقال ‏"‏من ذا‏؟‏‏"‏ فقلت‏:‏ أنا، فقال‏:‏ ‏"‏أنا أنا‏؟‏‏!‏‏"‏ كـأنه كرهها ‏(‏‏(‏متفق عليه‏)‏‏)‏‏.‏

Translation

English translation

Jabir (May Allah be pleased with him) reported:

I went to the Prophet (ﷺ) and knocked at the door (to seek permission). He asked, "Who is there?" I said: "I". He repeated, " I, I?!" as if he disliked it. [Al-Bukhari and Muslim].

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This is Hadith 877 in Riyad as-Salihin. It appears in Book 6, The Book of Greetings, as in-book entry 34 under the chapter “Seeking Permission to Enter by Stating One's Name.”

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