Hadith 22188

Chapter 56

باب 56

(56) باب كَرَاهَةِ الطُّرُوقِ وَهُوَ الدُّخُولُ لَيْلاً لِمَنْ وَرَدَ مِنْ سَفَرٍ

(56) Chapter: It is disliked to enter at night when coming home from a journey (JA)
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وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، عَنْ مُحَارِبٍ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ، قَالَ نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَنْ يَطْرُقَ الرَّجُلُ أَهْلَهُ لَيْلاً يَتَخَوَّنُهُمْ أَوْ يَلْتَمِسُ عَثَرَاتِهِمْ .

It has been narrated (through a different chain of tranmitten) on the authority of Jabir who said:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade that a man should come to his family like (an unexpected) night visitor doubting their fidelity and spying into their lapses. (JA)

Reference (JA): Sahih Muslim 715 ab (JA)

In-book reference (JA): Book 33, Hadith 264 (JA)

USC-MSA web (English) reference(deprecated numbering scheme): Book 20, Hadith 4730 (JA)