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darimi:2430ʿUbaydullāh b. Mūsá > Ibn Abū Dhiʾb > al-Zuhrī > Sahl b. Saʿd

[Machine] While the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was in a chamber, and with him was a comb with which he would comb his hair, a man looked at him. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to him, "If I had known that you were watching, I would have stabbed your eyes with this comb. Indeed, permission was granted only for the purpose of looking."  

الدارمي:٢٤٣٠أَخْبَرَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُوسَى عَنْ ابْنِ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ عَنْ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ قَالَ

بَيْنَمَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي حُجْرَةٍ وَمَعَهُ مِدْرًى يَحُكُّ بِهِ رَأْسَهُ اطَّلَعَ عَلَيْهِ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لَوْ أَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ تَنْظُرُ لَقُمْتُ حَتَّى أَطْعَنَ بِهِ عَيْنَيْكَ إِنَّمَا جُعِلَ الْإِذْنُ مِنْ أَجْلِ النَّظَرِ»  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Tirmidhī, Aḥmad, Dārimī, Ibn Ḥibbān, Ṭabarānī, Suyūṭī
bukhari:6241ʿAlī b. ʿAbdullāh > Sufyān > al-Zuhrī Ḥafiẓtuh Kamā Annak Hā Hunā > Sahl b. Saʿd

A man peeped through a round hole into the dwelling place of the Prophet, while the Prophet ﷺ had a Midray (an iron comb) with which he was scratching his head. the Prophet ﷺ said, " Had known you were looking (through the hole), I would have pierced your eye with it (i.e., the comb)." Verily! The order of taking permission to enter has been enjoined because of that sight, (that one should not look unlawfully at the state of others). (See Hadith No. 807, Vol. 7)  

البخاري:٦٢٤١حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ قَالَ

الزُّهْرِيُّ حَفِظْتُهُ كَمَا أَنَّكَ هَا هُنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ قَالَ اطَّلَعَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ جُحْرٍ فِي حُجَرِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَمَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ مِدْرًى يَحُكُّ بِهِ رَأْسَهُ فَقَالَ لَوْ أَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ تَنْظُرُ لَطَعَنْتُ بِهِ فِي عَيْنِكَ إِنَّمَا جُعِلَ الاِسْتِئْذَانُ مِنْ أَجْلِ الْبَصَرِ  

tirmidhi:2709Ibn Abū ʿUmar > Sufyān > al-Zuhrī > Sahl b. Saʿd al-Sāʿidī

that a man peeked in on the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, in one of the apartments of the Prophet ﷺ, while the Prophet ﷺ had a Midrah (an iron comb) with which he was scratching his head. So the Prophet ﷺ said: "If I knew that you were looking then I would have poked your eyes with it. Seeking permission has only been enjoined because of the sight."  

Abū ʿĪsá said that this Ḥadīth is Ḥasan-Ṣaḥīḥ.
الترمذي:٢٧٠٩حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي عُمَرَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ السَّاعِدِيِّ

أَنَّ رَجُلاً اطَّلَعَ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ مِنْ جُحْرٍ فِي حُجْرَةِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَمَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ مِدْرَاةٌ يَحُكُّ بِهَا رَأْسَهُ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لَوْ عَلِمْتُ أَنَّكَ تَنْظُرُ لَطَعَنْتُ بِهَا فِي عَيْنِكَ إِنَّمَا جُعِلَ الاِسْتِئْذَانُ مِنْ أَجْلِ الْبَصَرِ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ
ahmad:22802Sufyān > al-Zuhrī

[Machine] According to Sahel bin Saad, a man emerged from a hole in the Prophet's chamber while he had a comb in his hand and he was combing his hair with it. The man said, "If I knew you were watching, I would have stabbed your eye with it. Seeking permission is only for the sake of looking."  

أحمد:٢٢٨٠٢حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ

عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ اطَّلَعَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ جُحْرٍ فِي حُجْرَةِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَمَعَهُ مِدْرًى يَحُكُّ بِهِ رَأْسَهُ فَقَالَ لَوْ أَعْلَمُكَ تَنْظُرُ لَطَعَنْتُ بِهِعَيْنَكَ إِنَّمَا جُعِلَ الِاسْتِئْذَانُ مِنْ أَجْلِ الْبَصَرِ  

darimi:2429Muḥammad b. Yūsuf > al-Awzāʿī > al-Zuhrī > Sahl b. Saʿd al-Sāʿidī

If I were to know that you had been peeping through the door, I would have thrust that into your eyes, and Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Permission is needed as a protection against glance. (Using translation from Muslim 2156a)   

الدارمي:٢٤٢٩حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ عَنْ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ السَّاعِدِيِّ

أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ رَجُلًا اطَّلَعَ فِي جُحْرٍ فِي حُجْرَةِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَمَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ مِدْرًى يُخَلِّلُ بِهَا رَأْسَهُ فَرَآهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ لَوْ أَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ تَنْظُرُنِي لَطَعَنْتُ بِهَا فِي عَيْنَيْكَ وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «إِنَّمَا جُعِلَ الْإِذْنُ مِنْ أَجْلِ النَّظَرِ»  

ذِكْرُ الْإِخْبَارِ عَنْ إِسْقَاطِ الْحَرَجِ عَمَّنْ فَقَأَ عَيْنَ النَّاظِرِ فِي بَيْتِهِ بِغَيْرِ إِذْنِهِ

ibnhibban:6001Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan b. Qutaybah > Yazīd b. Mawhab > al-Layth b. Saʿd And Sufyān b. ʿUyaynah > Ibn Shihāb > Sahl b. Saʿd al-Sāʿidī

If I were to know that you had been peeping through the door, I would have thrust that into your eyes, and Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Permission is needed as a protection against glance. (Using translation from Muslim 2156a)  

ابن حبّان:٦٠٠١أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ قُتَيْبَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ مَوْهَبٍ حَدَّثَنِي اللَّيْثُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ وَسُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ أَنَّ سَهْلَ بْنَ سَعْدٍ السَّاعِدِيَّ

أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ رَجُلًا اطَّلَعَ مِنْ جُحْرٍ فِي بَابِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَمَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ مِدْرًى يَحُكُّ بِهَا رَأْسَهُ فَلَمَّا رَآهُ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «لَوْ أَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ تَنْظُرُنِي لَطَعَنْتُ بِهِ فِي عَيْنِكَ إِنَّمَا جُعِلَ الْإِذْنُ مِنْ أَجْلِ الْبَصَرِ»  

ذِكْرُ الزَّجْرِ عَنْ أَنْ يَنْظُرَ الْمَرْءُ فِي دَارِ أَخِيهِ الْمُسْلِمِ بِغَيْرِ إِذْنِهِ

ibnhibban:5809ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad b. Salm Bibayt al-Maqdis > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Ibrāhīm > al-Walīd > al-Awzāʿī > al-Zuhrī > Sahl b. Saʿd

[Machine] A man entered the Prophet's room holding a comb in his hand and he was combing his hair with it. The Prophet saw him and said, "If I knew that you were looking, I would have poked your eye with it. Permission was granted only because of the sight."  

ابن حبّان:٥٨٠٩أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَلْمٍ بِبَيْتِ الْمَقْدِسِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ عَنِ الزُهْرِيِّ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ قَالَ

اطَّلَعَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ حُجْرٍ فِي حُجْرَةِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَبِيَدِهِ مِدْرًى يَحُكُّ بِهِ رَأْسَهُ فَرَآهُ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ فَقَالَ «لَوْ أَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ تَنْظُرُ لَطَعَنْتُ بِهِ فِي عَيْنِكَ إِنَّمَا جُعِلَ الْإِذْنُ مِنْ أَجْلِ الْبَصَرِ»  

tabarani:5585ʿAbdān b. Aḥmad > ʿAmr b. al-ʿAbbās al-Arzanī > Ibrāhīm b. Ṣadaqah > Sufyān b. Ḥusayn > al-Zuhrī > Abū Umāmah b. Sahl b. Ḥunayf from his father

[Machine] Narrated by Anas, the Prophet ﷺ said, "While I was in my chamber, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came out, holding something in his hand. He looked and said, 'If I had known that you were waiting for me, I would have stayed until I showed this to you in your eyes. Indeed, permission is for what restrains the gaze.'"  

الطبراني:٥٥٨٥حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَانُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ ثنا عَمْرُو بْنُ الْعَبَّاسِ الْأَرْزَنِيُّ ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ صَدَقَةَ ثنا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ حُسَيْنٍ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ بْنِ سَهْلِ بْنِ حُنَيْفٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ بَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فِي حُجْرَتِهِ إِذْ طَلَعَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مِنْ خَصَائِصِ الْبَيْتِ فَنَظَرَ وَمَعَهُ مِدْرًى فَقَالَ «لَوْ أَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ تَنْتَظِرُنِي لَقُمْتُ حَتَّى أُدْخِلُ هَذَا فِي عَيْنَيْكَ فَإِنَّمَا الْإِذْنُ لِيَكُفَّ الْبَصَرَ»  

tabarani:5666Ismāʿīl b. al-Ḥasan al-Khaffāf al-Miṣrī > Aḥmad b. Ṣāliḥ > Ibn Wahb > Yūnus > Ibn Shihāb > Sahl b. Saʿd al-Sāʿidī

If I were to know that you had been peeping through the door, I would have thrust that into your eyes, and Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Permission is needed as a protection against glance. (Using translation from Muslim 2156a)   

الطبراني:٥٦٦٦حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ الْخَفَّافُ الْمِصْرِيُّ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ ثنا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ أَخْبَرَنِي يُونُسُ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ أَنَّ سَهْلَ بْنَ سَعْدٍ السَّاعِدِيَّ

أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ رَجُلًا اطَّلَعَ فِي جُحْرٍ مِنْ بَابِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَمَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مِدْرًى يُرَجِّلُ أَوْ يَحُكُّ بِهِ رَأْسَهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَوْ أَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ تَنْتَظِرُنِي لَطَعَنْتُ بِهِ فِي عَيْنِكَ إِنَّمَا جُعِلَ الْإِذْنُ مِنْ أَجْلِ الْبَصَرِ»  

tabarani:5669Ibrāhīm b. Hāshim al-Baghawī > Muḥammad b. Abū Bakr al-Muqaddamī > Abū Dāwud > Zamʿah b. Ṣāliḥ > al-Zuhrī > Sahl b. Saʿd

[Machine] A man came out of a hole to the Prophet ﷺ, and with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, he had a stick he was scratching his head with. He said, "If I knew that you were looking, I would have kept scratching until I stabbed it in your eye. The ear was only created for the sake of the sight."  

الطبراني:٥٦٦٩حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ هَاشِمٍ الْبَغَوِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي بَكْرٍ الْمُقَدَّمِيُّ ثنا أَبُو دَاوُدَ ثنا زَمْعَةُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ

أَنَّ رَجُلًا اطَّلَعَ مِنْ جُحْرٍ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَمَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مِدْرًى يَحُكُّ بِهِ رَأْسَهُ فَقَالَ «لَوْ أَنِّي أَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ تَنْظُرُ لَقُمْتُ حَتَّى أَطْعَنَ بِهِ فِي عَيْنِكَ إِنَّمَا جُعِلَ الْإِذْنُ مِنْ أَجْلِ الْبَصَرِ»  

tabarani:5671Muḥammad b. Naṣr b. Ḥumayd al-Bazzāz > Abū Khaythamah Zuhayr b. Ḥarb > Yaʿqūb b. Ibrāhīm b. Saʿd from my father > Ṣāliḥ b. Kaysān > Ibn Shihāb > Sahl b. Saʿd

If I were to know that you had been peeping through the door, I would have thrust that into your eyes, and Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Permission is needed as a protection against glance. (Using translation from Muslim 2156a)   

الطبراني:٥٦٧١حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ نَصْرِ بْنِ حُمَيْدٍ الْبَزَّازُ ثنا أَبُو خَيْثَمَةَ زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ ثنا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ سَعْدٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ صَالِحِ بْنِ كَيْسَانَ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ أَنَّ سَهْلَ بْنَ سَعْدٍ

أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ رَجُلًا اطَّلَعَ مِنْ جُحْرٍ فِي بَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ وَمَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مِدْرًى يَحُكُّ بِهِ رَأْسَهُ فَلَمَّا رَآهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «لَوْ أَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ تُبْصِرُنِي لَطَعَنْتُ بِهِ فِي عَيْنِكَ إِنَّمَا جُعِلَ الِاسْتِئْذَانُ مِنْ أَجْلِ الْبَصَرِ»  

tabarani:5673ʿAmr b. Abū al-Ṭāhir b. al-Sarḥ al-Miṣrī > Muḥammad b. ʿAzīz al-Aylī > Salāmah b. Rawḥ > ʿUqayl > Ibn Shihāb > Sahl b. Saʿd al-Sāʿidī

If I were to know that you had been peeping. I would have thrust it in your eyes. Allah has prescribed seeking permission because of protection against glance. (Using translation from Muslim 2156b)  

الطبراني:٥٦٧٣حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ أَبِي الطَّاهِرِ بْنِ السَّرْحِ الْمِصْرِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَزِيزٍ الْأَيْلِيُّ ثنا سَلَامَةُ بْنُ رَوْحٍ عَنْ عُقَيْلٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ أَخْبَرَنِي سَهْلُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ السَّاعِدِيُّ

أَنَّ رَجُلًا اطَّلَعَ مِنْ جُحْرٍ فِي بَابِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَمَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ مِدْرًى يُرَجِّلُ بِهِ رَأْسَهُ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «لَوْ أَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ تَنْظُرُنِي لَطَعَنْتُ بِهِ فِي عَيْنِكَ إِنَّمَا جُعِلَ الْإِذْنُ مِنْ أَجْلِ النَّظَرِ»  

suyuti:362-6bSahl b. Ḥunayf > Āṭṭalaʿ
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"عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ حُنَيْفِ قَالَ: اطَّلَعَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ جُحْرٍ فِى حُجْرَةِ النَّبِىِّ ﷺ وَمَعَهُ مِدْرى (*) يَحُكُّ بِهِ رَأسَهُ، فَقَالَ: لَوْ أَعْلَمُ أَنَّكَ تَنْظُرُ لَطَعَنْتُ بِهِ عَيْنَكَ، إِنَّمَا الاسْتئْذَانُ مِنَ الْبَصَرِ".  

[ش] ابن أبى شيبة