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Sahih al-Bukhari 5244

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 5244

Narrator:Jābir ibn ‘Abdullāh

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُقَاتِلٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَاصِمُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ، عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ جَابِرَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، يَقُولُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏ إِذَا

أَطَالَ أَحَدُكُمُ الْغَيْبَةَ فَلاَ يَطْرُقْ أَهْلَهُ لَيْلاً ‏"

Narrated Jabir bin `Abdullah:

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "When anyone of you is away from his house for a long time, he should not return to his family at night."

Reported by Al-Bukhari (No. 5244, 1801) and Ahmad (No. 14728).

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Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani — Fath al-Bari

وَقَوْله فِي طَرِيق عَاصِم عَنْ الشَّعْبِيّ عَنْ جَابِر " إِذَا أَطَالَ أَحَدكُمْ الْغَيْبَة فَلَا يَطْرُق أَهْله لَيْلًا " التَّقْيِيد فِيهِ بِطُولِ الْغَيْبَة يُشِير إِلَى أَنَّ عِلَّة النَّهْي إِنَّمَا تُوجَد حِينَئِذٍ , فَالْحُكْم يَدُور مَعَ عِلَّته وُجُودًا وَعَدَمًا , فَلَمَّا كَانَ الَّذِي يَخْرُج لِحَاجَتِهِ مَثَلًا نَهَارًا وَيَرْجِع لَيْلًا لَا يَتَأَتَّى لَهُ مَا يَحْذَر مِنْ الَّذِي يُطِيل الْغَيْبَة كَانَ طُول الْغَيْبَة مَظِنَّة الْأَمْن مِنْ الْهُجُوم , فَيَقَع الَّذِي يَهْجُم بَعْد طُول الْغَيْبَة غَالِبًا مَا يُكْرَه , إِمَّا أَنْ يَجِد أَهْله عَلَى غَيْر أُهْبَة مِنْ التَّنَظُّف وَالتَّزَيُّن الْمَطْلُوب مِنْ الْمَرْأَة فَيَكُون ذَلِكَ سَبَب النَّفْرَة بَيْنهمَا , وَقَدْ أ…

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Authentic Mishkat al-Masabih 3903

Jabir reported God’s Messenger as saying, “When one of you has been away from home for a long time he must not come to his family during the night.” (Bukhari and Muslim.)

وَعَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسلم: «إِذا طَال أَحَدُكُمُ الْغَيْبَةَ فَلَا يَطْرُقْ أَهْلَهُ لَيْلًا»

Narrated by Jābir ibn ‘Abdullāh

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  • حلية الأولياء لأبي نعيم (12524)إِذَا أَطَالَ أَحَدُكُمُ الْغَيْبَةَ عَنْ أَهْلِهِ ثُمَّ قَدِمَ فَلا يَطْرُقُ أَهْلَهَ لَيْلا

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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.‏

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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 ‏"

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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