حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ: اطَّلَعَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ جُحْرٍ فِي حُجْرَةِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، وَمَعَهُ مِدْرًى يَحُكُّ بِهِ رَأْسَهُ، فَقَالَ: «لَوْ أَعْلَمُكَ تَنْظُرُ لَطَعَنْتُ بِهِ عَيْنَكَ. إِنَّمَا جُعِلَ الِاسْتِئْذَانُ مِنْ أَجْلِ الْبَصَرِ».
Sahl ibn Saʿd (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: A man peeped through a hole into one of the private apartments of the Prophet (ﷺ) ﷺ, while the Prophet (ﷺ) ﷺ had a head-scratcher in his hand with which he was scratching his head. He said, “Had I known that you were looking, I would have struck your eye with it. The permission to enter has only been prescribed because of the gaze.” Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 216
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