Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 1083
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلاَمٍ قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنِي مَخْلَدُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنِي عَطَاءٌ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَقُولُ: إِذَا قَالَ: أَأَدْخُلُ؟ وَلَمْ يُسَلِّمْ، فَقُلْ: لاَ، حَتَّى تَأْتِيَ بِالْمِفْتَاحِ، قُلْتُ: السَّلاَمُ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ.
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Ata reported that Abu Hurayra said: If someone says, “May I enter?” without offering the greeting, tell him, “No, until you bring the key.” Ata asked, “The greeting of peace?” Abu Hurayra replied, “Yes.”
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
This report uses the greeting of peace as a metaphorical key to entry.
حَتَّى تَأْتِيَ بِالْمِفْتَاحِ
The witness truncates the instruction to refuse entry until the visitor brings the key, then omits Ata’s question and Abu Hurayra’s confirmation that the key is the greeting.
Should the full exchange about the greeting as the key be restored?