Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 1090
Arabic hadith text
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ، قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ مُسْلِمِ بْنِ نَذِيرٍ قَالَ: اسْتَأْذَنَ رَجُلٌ عَلَى حُذَيْفَةَ فَاطَّلَعَ وَقَالَ: أَدْخُلُ؟ قَالَ حُذَيْفَةُ: أَمَّا عَيْنُكَ فَقَدْ دَخَلَتْ، وَأَمَّا اسْتُكَ فَلَمْ تَدْخُلْ.
Translation
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Muslim ibn Nadhir said: A man sought permission to enter upon Hudhayfa, but peered inside and asked, “May I enter?” Hudhayfa replied, “As for your eye, it has already entered; as for your backside, it has not.”
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
Hudhayfa’s reply is a pointed rebuke: the man’s gaze entered before he sought permission.