43. Good Conduct and Manners
٤٣۔ كتاب الأدب
I knocked at the door. He asked : who is there? I replied: it is I. he said: I, as though he disapproved of it.
أَنَّهُ ذَهَبَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فِي دَيْنِ أَبِيهِ فَدَقَقْتُ الْبَابَ فَقَالَ مَنْ هَذَا قُلْتُ أَنَا قَالَ أَنَا أَنَا كَأَنَّهُ كَرِهَهُ
I went out with the (Messenger of Allah ﷺ until I entered a garden, he said: Keep on closing the door. The door was then closed. I then said: Who is there ? He then narrated the rest of the tradition. Abu Dawud said: That is to say, the tradition of Abu Musa al-Ash'ari. In this version he said: "He then knocked at the door."
خَرَجْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ حَتَّى دَخَلْتُ حَائِطًا فَقَالَ لِي أَمْسِكِ الْبَابَ فَضُرِبَ الْبَابُ فَقُلْتُ مَنْ هَذَا وَسَاقَ الْحَدِيثَ