(32) باب النَّهْىِ عَنِ الْجُلُوسِ، فِي الطُّرُقَاتِ وَإِعْطَاءِ الطَّرِيقِ حَقَّهُ .
Abu Sa'id Al-Khudri reported Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) as saying:
Avoid sitting on the paths. They (his Companions) said: Allah's Messenger, there is no other help to it (but to sit there as we) hold our meetings and discuss matters there. Thereupon Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: If you have to sit at all, then fulfil the rights, of the path. They said: What are their rights? Thereupon he said: Keeping the eye downward (so that you may not stare at the women), refraining from doing some harm to the other and exchanging mutual greetings (saying as-Salamu 'Alaikum to one another) and commanding the good and forbidding the evil.
Reference: Sahih Muslim 2121 a
In-book reference: Book 37, Hadith 173
USC-MSA web (English) reference(deprecated numbering scheme): Book 24, Hadith 5293