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Sahih MuslimThe Book of Manners and Etiquette

Sahih Muslim 2158a

Chapter: The Prohibition Of Looking Into A House

Authentic hadith of Sahih Muslim Sahih Muslim 2158a

Narrator:Abu Hurayrah

حَدَّثَنِي زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ، عَنْ سُهَيْلٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏"‏

مَنِ اطَّلَعَ فِي بَيْتِ قَوْمٍ بِغَيْرِ إِذْنِهِمْ فَقَدْ حَلَّ لَهُمْ أَنْ يَفْقَئُوا عَيْنَهُ ‏"

Abu Huraira reported having heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) say:

He who peeped into the house of people without their consent, it is permissible for them to put out his eyes.

Reported by Muslim (No. 2158a) and Ahmad (No. 7298).

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An-Nawawi — Sharh Sahih Muslim

قَوْله صَلَّى اللَّه عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : ( مِنْ اِطَّلَعَ فِي بَيْت قَوْم بِغَيْرِ إِذْنهمْ فَقَدْ حَلَّ لَهُمْ أَنْ يَفْقَئُوا عَيْنه ) قَالَ الْعُلَمَاء مَحْمُول عَلَى مَا إِذَا نَظَر فِي بَيْت الرَّجُل فَرَمَاهُ بِحَصَاةِ فَفَقَأَ عَيْنه. وَهَلْ يَجُوز رَمْيه قَبْل إِنْذَاره ؟ فِيهِ وَجْهَانِ لِأَصْحَابِنَا : أَصَحّهمَا جَوَازه لِظَاهِرِ هَذَا الْحَدِيث وَاللَّه أَعْلَم.…

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  • التحقيق في مسائل الخلاف لابن الجوزي (1971)مَنِ اطَّلَعَ عَلَى قَوْمٍ فِي بَيْتِهِمْ بِغَيْرِ إِذْنِهِمْ ، فَقَدْ حَلَّ لَهُمْ أَنْ يَفْقَؤُوا عَيْنَهُ
  • الجامع لمعمر بن راشد (15)مَنِ اطَّلَعَ عَلَى قَوْمٍ فِي بَيْتِهِمْ بِغَيْرِ إِذْنِهِمْ فَقَدْ حَلَّ لَهُمْ أَنْ يَفْقَؤوا عَيْنَهُ
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  • المعجم الصغير للطبراني (169)مَنِ اطَّلَعَ فِي بَيْتِ قَوْمٍ بِغَيْرِ إِذْنِهِمْ ، فَقَدْ حَلَّ أَنْ يَفْقَئُوا عَيْنَهُ
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Not graded Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Bulugh al-Maram 1211

“If anyone spies on you (tries to look at you) without your permission, and you thereupon throw a stone at him and because of it he lost his eye, you are not to be bIamed.” Agreed upon. In another version by Ahmad and an-Nasa'i and graded as Sahih by Ibn Hibban, “He has no right for Diyah or Qisas.”

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Anas ibn Malik reported that a bedouin came to the house of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and put his eye to the crack of the door. Therefore the Prophet took an arrow or a sharp stick and aimed it at the bedouin as to gouge out his eye. The man left and the…

حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى، قَالَ‏:‏ حَدَّثَنَا أَبَانُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ قَالَ‏:‏ حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى، أَنَّ إِسْحَاقَ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللهِ حَدَّثَهُ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، أَنَّ أَعْرَابِيًّا أَتَى بَيْتَ رَسُولِ اللهِ صلى الله…

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Not graded Al-Adab al-Mufrad 1093

Thawban, the mawla of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, related that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "It is not lawful for a Muslim man to look inside a house until he has been given permission. If he does so, he has entered. He should not…

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Abu Dharr reported God’s Messenger as saying, “If anyone removes a curtain and looks into a house before receiving permission and sees anything in those within which should not be seen, he has committed an offence which it is not lawful for him to commit. If a man confronted him when he looked in…

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Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sunan Abu Dawud 5171

A man peeped into some of the apartment of the prophet (May peace be upon him). The prophet (May peace be upon him) got up taking an arrowhead or arrowheads. He said: I can still picture myself looking at the Messenger of Allah (May peace be upon him) when he was exploring to pierce him.

فَقَامَ إِلَيْهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم بِمِشْقَصٍ أَوْ مَشَاقِصَ - قَالَ - فَكَأَنِّي أَنْظُرُ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَخْتِلُهُ لِيَطْعُنَهُ ‏.‏

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