79. Asking Permission

٧٩۔ كتاب الاستئذان

79.17 Asking, "Who is that?"

٧٩۔١٧ باب إِذَا قَالَ مَنْ ذَا فَقَالَ أَنَا

bukhari:6250Abū al-Walīd Hishām b. ʿAbd al-Malik > Shuʿbah > Muḥammad b. al-Munkadir > Jābir

I came to the Prophet ﷺ in order to consult him regarding my father's debt. When I knocked on the door, he asked, "Who is that?" I replied, "I" He said, "I, I?" He repeated it as if he disliked it.  

البخاري:٦٢٥٠حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ هِشَامُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْمُنْكَدِرِ قَالَ

سَمِعْتُ جَابِرًا ؓ يَقُولُ أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فِي دَيْنٍ كَانَ عَلَى أَبِي فَدَقَقْتُ الْبَابَ فَقَالَ مَنْ ذَا فَقُلْتُ أَنَا فَقَالَ أَنَا أَنَا كَأَنَّهُ كَرِهَهَا