Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 1086
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ الْمُنْكَدِرِ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ جَابِرًا يَقُولُ: أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فِي دَيْنٍ كَانَ عَلَى أَبِي، فَدَقَقْتُ الْبَابَ، فَقَالَ: مَنْ ذَا؟ فَقُلْتُ: أَنَا، قَالَ: أَنَا، أَنَا؟، كَأَنَّهُ كَرِهَهُ.
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Jabir said: I came to the Prophet ﷺ concerning a debt my father owed. I knocked on the door, and he asked, “Who is it?” I said, “I.” He said, “I? I?” as though he disliked that response.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The report appears to criticize answering “Who is it?” with only “I,” rather than identifying oneself.