Mu'awiya ibn Hudayj said, "I came to 'Umar ibn al-Khattab, may
Allah be pleased with him, and asked him for permission to enter. They
told me, 'Stay where you are until he comes to you.' I sat down near his
door." He continued, "'Umar came out to me, called for water and did wudu'.
Then he wiped over his leather socks. I said, 'O Amir al'-Mu'minin, is
this on account of urine?' He replied, 'On account of urine or other things.'"
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا بَقِيَّةُ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْيَحْصِبِيُّ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ بُسْرٍ، صَاحِبُ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم كَانَ إِذَا أَتَى بَابًا يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَسْتَأْذِنَ لَمْ يَسْتَقْبِلْهُ، جَاءَ يَمِينًا وَشِمَالاً، فَإِنْ أُذِنَ لَهُ وَإِلا انْصَرَفَ.
'Abdullah ibn Busr, the Companion of the Prophet, may Allah bless
him and grant him peace, said that when the Prophet, may Allah bless him
and grant him peace, came to a door when he wanted to ask permission to
enter, he did not face it directly. He stood to the right or the left.
If he was given permission, he went in. Otherwise he went away.
Abu'l-'Alaniyya said, "I came to Abu Sa'id al-Khudri and greeted
him, but he did not give me permission. Then I greeted him again and he
did not give me permission. Then I greeted him a third time, raising my
voice and said, 'Peace be upon you, people of the house,' and he did not
give me permission. Then I went off to one side and sat down. A slave boy
came out to me and said, 'Enter.' I entered and Abu Sa'id said to me, 'If
you had said it any more times, I would not have given you permission.'
I asked him about vessels (i.e. those used for wine) and other things.
He said, 'Haram.' I asked him about an old milk-skin made into a bucket
for fermentation purposes. 'Haram,' he said."
