(56) باب كَرَاهَةِ الطُّرُوقِ وَهُوَ الدُّخُولُ لَيْلاً لِمَنْ وَرَدَ مِنْ سَفَرٍ
It has been narrated (through a different chain of tranmitters) on the authority of Jabir who said:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade that a man who had long absent should come to his family like (an unexpected) night visitor. (JA)
Reference (JA): Sahih Muslim 715 z (JA)
In-book reference (JA): Book 33, Hadith 262 (JA)
USC-MSA web (English) reference(deprecated numbering scheme): Book 20, Hadith 4730 (JA)