صحيح مسلم
Sahih Muslim
كتاب الإمارة
The Book on Government
باب كَرَاهَةِ الطُّرُوقِ وَهُوَ الدُّخُولُ لَيْلاً لِمَنْ وَرَدَ مِنْ سَفَرٍ:
Chapter: It is disliked to enter at night when coming home from a journey
Hadith 715
This hadith is listed as number 4969 in Maktaba Shamila
وحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ، حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ ، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ ، عَنْ مُحَارِبٍ ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ ، قَال : " نَهَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنْ يَطْرُقَ الرَّجُلُ أَهْلَهُ لَيْلًا يَتَخَوَّنُهُمْ أَوْ يَلْتَمِسُ عَثَرَاتِهِمْ " .
A version of the tradition narrated on the authority of Jabir (but through a different chain of transmitters) mentions the undesirability of coming to one's house like a night visitor, but does not contain the words:" Doubting their fidelity or spying into their lapses." he people until the Command of Allah overtakes them while they are still triumphant.
