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مشكوة المصابيح
Mishkat al-Masabih
كتاب الجهاد
The Book of Jihad
(مَتَى يَدْخُلُ الْبَيْتَ بَعْدَ غِيَابٍ طَوِيلٍ؟)
(When to enter the house after a long absence?)
Mishkat al-Masabih 3904 — When to enter the house after a long
وَعَنْهُ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «إِذَا دَخَلْتَ لَيْلًا فَلَا تَدَخُلْ عَلَى أهلك حَتَّى تستحد المغيبة وتمتشط الشعثة»
He reported the Prophet as saying, “When you arrive during the night do not go in to your family till the woman whose husband has been away cleans herself and the dishevelled woman combs herself.” (Bukhari and Muslim.)
