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bayhaqi:17663[Chain 1] Abū al-Ḥusayn b. al-Faḍl al-Qaṭṭān > ʿAbdullāh b. Jaʿfar > Yaʿqūb b. Sufyān > Ādam > Baqiyyah b. al-Walīd > Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Yaḥṣabī > ʿAbdullāh b. Busr [Chain 2] Abū ʿAlī al-Rūdhbārī > Abū Bakr b. Dāsah > Abū Dāwud

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ, when he came to the door of a people, would walk along the wall and not face the door. Instead, he would stand to the right and left and seek permission. If permission was granted, he would enter, and if not, he would turn back. This is because the people did not have curtains for their doors. This is the wording of the Hadith of Adam, and in another narration by Al-Harrani, he did not face the door directly, but rather from his right or left corner. He would say, "Peace be upon you." This is because the doors at that time did not have doorknobs.  

البيهقي:١٧٦٦٣أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو الْحُسَيْنِ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ الْقَطَّانُ أنبأ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ ثنا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ ثنا آدَمُ ثنا بَقِيَّةُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْيَحْصَبِيُّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ بُسْرٍ يَقُولُ ح وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الرُّوذْبَارِيُّ أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ دَاسَةَ ثنا أَبُو دَاوُدَ ثنا مُؤَمَّلُ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ الْحَرَّانِيُّ فِي آخَرِينَ قَالُوا ثنا بَقِيَّةُ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ بُسْرٍ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا أَتَى بَابَ قَوْمٍ مَشَى مَعَ الْجِدَارِ وَلَمْ يَسْتَقْبِلِ الْبَابَ وَلَكِنْ يَقُومُ يَمِينًا وَشِمَالًا فَيَسْتَأْذِنُ فَإِنْ أُذِنَ لَهُ وَإِلَّا رَجَعَ وَذَلِكَ أَنَّ الْقَوْمَ لَمْ يَكُنْ لِأَبْوَابِهِمْ سُتُورٌ هَذَا لَفْظُ حَدِيثِ آدَمَ وَفِي رِوَايَةِ الْحَرَّانِيِّ لَمْ يَسْتَقْبِلِ الْبَابَ مِنْ تِلْقَاءِ وَجْهِهِ وَلَكِنْ مِنْ رُكْنِهِ الْأَيْمَنِ أَوِ الْأَيْسَرِ وَيَقُولُ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَذَلِكَ أَنَّ الدُّورَ لَمْ يَكُنْ عَلَيْهَا يَوْمَئِذٍ سُتُورٌ  


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abudawud:5186Muʾammal b. al-Faḍl al-Ḥarrānī Fī Ākharīn > Baqiyyah b. al-Walīd > Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > ʿAbdullāh b. Busr

When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to some people's door, he did not face it squarely, but faced the right or left corner, and said: Peace be upon you! peace be upon you! That was because there were no curtains on the doors of the house at that time.  

أبو داود:٥١٨٦حَدَّثَنَا مُؤَمَّلُ بْنُ الْفَضْلِ الْحَرَّانِيُّ فِي آخَرِينَ قَالُوا حَدَّثَنَا بَقِيَّةُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ بُسْرٍ قَالَ

كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذَا أَتَى بَابَ قَوْمٍ لَمْ يَسْتَقْبِلِ الْبَابَ مِنْ تِلْقَاءِ وَجْهِهِ وَلَكِنْ مِنْ رُكْنِهِ الأَيْمَنِ أَوِ الأَيْسَرِ وَيَقُولُ السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكُمُ السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكُمْ وَذَلِكَ أَنَّ الدُّورَ لَمْ يَكُنْ عَلَيْهَا يَوْمَئِذٍ سُتُورٌ