Sahih al-Bukhari · The Book of (The Wedlock)
121- بَابُ لاَ يَطْرُقْ أَهْلَهُ لَيْلاً إِذَا أَطَالَ الْغَيْبَةَ مَخَافَةَ، أَنْ يُخَوِّنَهُمْ أَوْ يَلْتَمِسَ عَثَرَاتِهِمْ:
(121) Chapter. If a man is away or absent from his family for a long time, then on returning home, he should not enter his house at night, lest he should find something which might arouse his suspicion as regards his family, or lest he should discover their defects.
2 hadith · references 5243–5244
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Bukhari · 5243يَكْرَهُ أَنْ يَأْتِيَ الرَّجُلُ أَهْلَهُ طُرُوقًاThe Prophet (ﷺ) disliked that one should go to one's family at night (on returning from a journey).4 narratorsBukhari · 5244إِذَا أَطَالَ أَحَدُكُمُ الْغَيْبَةَ فَلَا يَطْرُقْ أَهْلَهُ لَيْلًاAllah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "When anyone of you is away from his house for a long time, he should not return to his family at night."5 narrators