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Sunan an-Nasai 4858 — Privacy and Looking Through Doors
Mentioning The Hadith of 'Amr Bin Hazm concerning Blood Money, and different Versions
Privacy in Islam: Hadith on Looking Through a Door Crack
Sunan an-Nasai : 4858
Sunan an-NasaiHadith Number 4858
أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُسْلِمُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبَانُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي طَلْحَةَ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، أَنَّ أَعْرَابِيًّا، أَتَى بَابَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَأَلْقَمَ عَيْنَهُ خُصَاصَةَ الْبَابِ فَبَصُرَ بِهِ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَتَوَخَّاهُ بِحَدِيدَةٍ أَوْ عُودٍ لِيَفْقَأَ عَيْنَهُ فَلَمَّا أَنْ بَصُرَ انْقَمَعَ فَقَالَ لَهُ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم " أَمَا إِنَّكَ لَوْ ثَبَتَّ لَفَقَأْتُ عَيْنَكَ " .
Anas bin Malik Narrated from:
A Bedouin came to the door of the prophet and put his eye to the crack. The Prophet saw him and intended to put his eye out with a sword or a stick. When he saw him, he stopped, and the Prophet said to hi: "If you had persisted, I would have put your eye out."
Reference : Sunan an-Nasa'i 4858In-book reference : Book 45, Hadith 153English translation : Vol. 5, Book 45, Hadith 4862
Summary of Sunan an-Nasai Hadith 4858
This Hadith about privacy in Islam tells of a Bedouin who came to the door of the Prophet and put his eye to the crack. The Prophet saw him and intended to put his eye out with a sword or stick. When the man noticed and drew back, the Prophet said that if he had stayed, his eye would have been put out. The text is focused on looking into someone’s private space without permission. For users searching for hadith about privacy, looking through door hadith, or seeking permission in Islam, this narration gives a strong warning. It shows that the act of secretly looking was treated seriously in the wording of the report.
What we learn from this hadith
- The Hadith warns against looking through a door crack into private space.
- It shows that the Prophet strongly objected to this act in the report.
- The narration points to the need for permission before trying to see inside.
