Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2751
حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْوَاسِطِيُّ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ يَحْيَى، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى بْنِ حَبَّانَ، عَنْ عَمِّهِ، وَاسِعِ بْنِ حَبَّانَ، عَنْ وَهْبِ بْنِ حُذَيْفَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " الرَّجُلُ أَحَقُّ بِمَجْلِسِهِ وَإِنْ خَرَجَ لِحَاجَتِهِ ثُمَّ عَادَ فَهُوَ أَحَقُّ بِمَجْلِسِهِ " . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ غَرِيبٌ . وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ أَبِي بَكْرَةَ وَأَبِي سَعِيدٍ وَأَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Wahb ibn Hudhayfah reported that Allah’s Messenger said: ‘A person has the strongest claim to his seat. If he leaves to attend to a need and then returns, he has the strongest claim to that seat.’
There are reports on this topic from Abu Bakrah, Abu Sa‘id, and Abu Hurayrah. Abu ‘Isa said: This is a hasan gharib hadith.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The hadith concerns a person returning to the place he had occupied after briefly leaving to attend to a need.