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ahmad:13176Rawḥ > Jarīr b. Ḥāzim > Salm al-ʿAlawī > Anas b. Mālik

[Machine] "I used to serve the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , and I would enter upon him without permission. One day, I entered upon him and he said, 'O my son, something has happened, so do not enter upon me except with permission.'"  

أحمد:١٣١٧٦حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحٌ حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرُ بْنُ حَازِمٍ عَنْ سَلْمٍ الْعَلَوِيِّ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ قَالَ

كُنْتُ أَخْدُمُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَكُنْتُ أَدْخُلُ عَلَيْهِ بِغَيْرِ إِذْنٍ فَجِئْتُ ذَاتَ يَوْمٍ فَدَخَلْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَقَالَ يَا بُنَيَّ إِنَّهُ قَدْ حَدَثَ أَمْرٌ فَلَا تَدْخُلْ عَلَيَّ إِلَّا بِإِذْنٍ