Manners, Etiquette & Character

Al-Adab Al-Mufrad

Asking Permission

Ibn 'Abbas said, "The verse, 'Do not enter houses other than your own until you have asked permission and greeted their inhabitants' (24:27) has an exception made to it when Allah says, 'There is nothing wrong in your entering houses...

Al-Adab Al-Mufrad

Asking Permission

Regarding the ayat, "Those you own as slaves should ask your permission to enter" (24:56), Ibn 'Umar said, "That applies to men rather than women."

Al-Adab Al-Mufrad

Asking Permission

Ibn 'Umar reported that when his children had reached puberty and he had withdrawn to his room, none of them entered where he was except with his permission.

Al-Adab Al-Mufrad

Asking Permission

'Alqama said, "A man came to 'Abdullah and said, 'Should I ask permission to go in where my mother is?' He said, 'At all times. Do you want to see her (exposed)?'"

Al-Adab Al-Mufrad

Asking Permission

Muslim ibn Nadhir said, "A man asked Hudhayfa, 'Should I ask permission to enter where my mother is?' He replied, 'If you were not to ask her permission, you would see what you dislike.'"

Al-Adab Al-Mufrad

Asking Permission

Musa ibn Talha said, "I entered where my mother was with my father. He went in and I followed him. He turned and pushed me in the chest so that I fell on my bottom. Then he said, 'Will you...

Al-Adab Al-Mufrad

Asking Permission

Jabir said, "A man should ask permission from his son and his mother, even if she is old, his brother, his sister and his father."

Al-Adab Al-Mufrad

Asking Permission

before the Dawn Prayer and when you have undressed at noon and after the Night Prayer - three times of nakedness for you.' (24:56) Ibn 'Abbas said, 'He did not command these individuals to ask permission other than at these...

Al-Adab Al-Mufrad

Asking Permission

'Abdullah said, "A man asks permission of his father, his mother, his brother and his sister."

Al-Adab Al-Mufrad

Asking Permission

'Ubayd ibn 'Umayr reported that Abu Musa al-Ash'ari asked permission of 'Umar ibn al-Khattab, but he did not grant him permission. It seemed that he was busy. Abu Musa came back and 'Umar had finished. He said, "Didn't I hear...

Al-Adab Al-Mufrad

Asking Permission

Regarding the person who asks for permission to enter before he gives the greeting, Abu Hurayra said, "He is not given permission until he has first given the greeting."

Al-Adab Al-Mufrad

Asking Permission

Abu Hurayra said, "When someone comes in and does not say, 'Peace be upon you,' then say, 'No,' until he brings the key which is the greeting (salam)."

Al-Adab Al-Mufrad

Asking Permission

Abu Hurayra reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "If a man looks into your house and you take some pebbles and gouge out his eye, there is no fault in you."

Al-Adab Al-Mufrad

Asking Permission

Anas said, "The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, was standing in prayer and a man looked into his room. He took an arrow from his quiver and aimed it at his eyes."

Al-Adab Al-Mufrad

Asking Permission

Sahl ibn Sa'd told him that a man looked from a room through the door of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, while the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, had a comb...

Al-Adab Al-Mufrad

Asking Permission

The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "The ear is put in the place of the eye."

Al-Adab Al-Mufrad

Asking Permission

Anas said, "A man looked through a gap into the room of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and the Messenger of Allah aimed an arrow-head at him, and the man withdrew his head."

Al-Adab Al-Mufrad

Asking Permission

'Ubayd ibn Hunayn related to him that Abu Musa said, "I asked permission three times to come in to 'Umar, but he did not give me permission and so I went away. He said, ''Abdullah, is it hard on you...

Al-Adab Al-Mufrad

Asking Permission

'Abdullah said, "When a man is given an invitation, that is his permission to enter."

Al-Adab Al-Mufrad

Asking Permission

Abu Hurayra reported that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "When one of you gives someone an invitation and the person you invited comes with your messenger, that is his permission to enter."