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Sahih al-Bukhari 5243

Chapter: If a man is away for a long time, he should not enter his house at night.

Authentic hadith of Sahih al-Bukhari Sahih al-Bukhari 5243

Narrator:Jābir ibn ‘Abdullāh

حَدَّثَنَا آدَمُ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَارِبُ بْنُ دِثَارٍ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَكْرَهُ أَنْ

يَأْتِيَ الرَّجُلُ أَهْلَهُ طُرُوقًا‏.‏

Narrated Jabir bin `Abdullah:

The Prophet (ﷺ) disliked that one should go to one's family at night (on returning from a journey).

Reported by Al-Bukhari (No. 5243), Abu Dawud (No. 2776) and Ahmad (No. 13676).

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Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani — Fath al-Bari

قَوْله ( يُكْرَه أَنْ يَأْتِي الرَّجُل أَهْله طُرُوقًا ) فِي حَدِيث أَنَس " أَنَّ النَّبِيّ صَلَّى اللَّه عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ لَا يُطْرَق أَهْله لَيْلًا , وَكَانَ يَأْتِيهِمْ غَدْوَة أَوْ عَشِيَّة " أَخْرَجَهُ مُسْلِم , قَالَ أَهْل اللُّغَة : الطُّرُوق بِالضَّمِّ الْمَجِيء بِاللَّيْلِ مِنْ سَفَر أَوْ مِنْ غَيْره عَلَى غَفْلَة , وَيُقَال لِكُلِّ آتٍ بِاللَّيْلِ طَارِق وَلَا يُقَال بِالنَّهَارِ إِلَّا مَجَازًا كَمَا تَقَدَّمَ تَقْرِيره فِي أَوَاخِر الْحَجّ فِي الْكَلَام عَلَى الرِّوَايَة الثَّانِيَة حَيْثُ قَالَ لَا يَطْرُق أَهْله لَيْلًا , وَمِنْهُ حَدِيث " طَرَقَ عَلِيًّا وَفَاطِمَة " وَقَالَ بَعْض أَهْل اللُّغَة : أَصْل الطُّرُوق الدَّفْع وَالضَّرْب , وَبِذَلك سُمِّيَتْ الطَّرِيق لِأَن…

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  • السنن الكبرى للبيهقي (9610)يَكْرَهُ أَنْ يَأْتِيَ الرَّجُلُ أَهْلَهُ طَرُوقًا
  • تاريخ دمشق لابن عساكر (61173)أَنْ يَأْتِيَ الرَّجُلُ أَهْلَهُ طُرُوقًا .
  • مستخرج أبي عوانة (3865)يَكْرَهُ أَنْ يَأْتِيَ الرَّجُلُ أَهْلَهُطَرُوقًا
  • مستخرج أبي عوانة (5948)يَكْرَهُ أَنْ يَأْتِيَ الرَّجُلُ أَهْلَهُ طُرُوقًا
  • مستخرج أبي عوانة (5949)يَكْرَهُ أَنْ يَأْتِيَ الرَّجُلُ أَهْلَهُ لَيْلا
  • مسند أبي داود الطيالسي (1820)يَكْرَهُ أَنْ يَأْتِيَ الرَّجُلُ أَهْلَهُ طُرُوقًا
  • مسند ابن الجعد (639)يَأْتِيَ الرَّجُلُ أَهْلَهُ طُرُوقًا

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Not graded Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Riyad as-Salihin 986

The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) would not come (back) to his family by night. He used to come in the morning or in the evening (before dark). [Al-Bukhari and Muslim].

وعن أنس رضي الله عنه قال‏:‏ كان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم لا يطرق أهله ليلاً، وكان يأتيهم غدوة أو عشية‏.‏ ‏(‏‏(‏متفق عليه‏)‏‏)‏ ‏الطروق‏ ‏ ‏:‏المجيء في الليل‏.‏

Narrated by Anas ibn Mālik + 4 other versions

Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sunan Abu Dawud 2778

Jabir bin ‘Abd Allaah said “We were on a journey with the Apostle of Allaah(ﷺ). When we were going to come to our family, he said “Stay till we enter during the night, so that the disheveled woman combs herself and the woman whose husband has been away cleans herself. Abu Dawud aid “Al Zuhri said…

أَمْهِلُوا حَتَّى نَدْخُلَ لَيْلاً لِكَىْ تَمْتَشِطَ الشَّعِثَةُ وَتَسْتَحِدَّ الْمُغِيبَةُ ‏"

Narrated by Jābir ibn ‘Abdullāh + 10 other versions

Authentic Sahih Muslim 715x

If one of you comes (back from a journey) at night. he should not enter his house as a night visitor (but should wait) until a woman whose husband has been away from house has removed the hair from her private parts and a woman with dishevelled hair has combed her hair.

إِذَا قَدِمَ أَحَدُكُمْ لَيْلاً فَلاَ يَأْتِيَنَّ أَهْلَهُ طُرُوقًا حَتَّى تَسْتَحِدَّ الْمُغِيبَةُ وَتَمْتَشِطَ الشَّعِثَةُ ‏"

Narrated by Jābir ibn ‘Abdullāh + 3 other versions

Authentic Sahih al-Bukhari 5246

The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "If you enter (your town) at night (after coming from a journey), do not enter upon your family till the woman whose husband was absent (from the house) shaves her pubic hair and the woman with unkempt hair, combs her hair" Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) further said, "(O Jabir!) Seek…

دَخَلْتَ لَيْلاً فَلاَ تَدْخُلْ عَلَى أَهْلِكَ حَتَّى تَسْتَحِدَّ الْمُغِيبَةُ وَتَمْتَشِطَ الشَّعِثَةُ ‏"‏‏.‏ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏ فَعَلَيْكَ بِالْكَيْسِ الْكَيْسِ ‏"

Narrated by Jābir ibn ‘Abdullāh + 2 other versions