(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. (TR)
Reference (TR): Sahih Muslim 715 z (TR)
In-book reference (TR): Book 33, Hadith 262 (TR)
USC-MSA web (English) reference(deprecated numbering scheme): Book 20, Hadith 4730 (TR)