It is narrated from Yahya Abu Hisham al-Dimashqi that a man from the people of Madinah came to Egypt and said to the doorkeeper of its governor: "Tell the governor to come out to me." The doorkeeper said (in surprise): "Since we settled in this place, no one but you has said such a thing to us; people only ever say: 'Seek permission for us to be admitted to the governor.'" At this the man said again: "Go to him and just tell him that so-and-so is at the door." So the governor (on hearing this) came out to him himself, and the man said: "I have come to you only to ask you about the hadith concerning concealing the faults of a Muslim and covering him."
Musnad al-Harith: 3090.
Hadith Referenceالمطالب العالية بزوائد المسانيد الثمانية / كتاب العلم / 3079
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