English
Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated: “I came to the Prophet (ﷺ) regarding a debt my father owed. I knocked 1 on the door, and he said, ‘Who is it?’ I said, ‘It is I.’ He said, ‘I, I,’ as if he disliked it.”
Possible references (unverified, pending editorial review)
- Candidate: Sahih al-Bukhari 6250 (unverified) 99% confidence
- Candidate: Sahih Muslim 2155a (unverified) 95% confidence
Confidence and text similarity are not editorial verification.
Commentary and footnotes (2)
Note 1
(1) His statement: “I knocked on the door, etc.”: It is said in Radd al-Muhtar, citing Fusul al-‘Allami: “If called from inside the house, ‘Who is at the door?’ one should not say, ‘It is I,’ as it is not a sufficient response. Rather, he should say, ‘May so-and-so enter?’ If told, ‘No,’ he returns peacefully.”
Note 1
(۱) قوله : فدققت الباب إلخ : قال في رد المحتار) نقلا عن فصول العلامي: فإذا نودي من البيت: من على الباب؟ لا يقول: أنا؛ فإنه ليس بجواب، بل يقول : أيدخل فلان؟ فإن قيل : لا ، رَجَعَ سالما.