The ḥadith also draws our attention to a noble point of etiquette: a visitor should not stand to depart until he has first asked the host’s permission. Sadly, many people in certain Arab countries fall short in observing this prophetic instruction; you will see them leave a gathering without seeking leave—indeed, without even offering the salām! This is a second breach of Islamic decorum that is addressed by the following ḥadith:

“Whenever one of you comes to a gathering, let him give the salām; and when he wishes to rise and leave, let him give the salām again, for the salutation at the beginning is no more deserving than the one at the end.”

183 – “Whenever one of you comes to a gathering, let him give the salām; and when he wishes to rise and leave, let him give the salām again, for the salutation at the beginning is no more deserving than the one at the end.”

Al-Bukhārī recorded it in al-Adab al-Mufrad (1007, 1008); Abū Dāwūd (5208), al-Tirmidhī (2/118), al-Ṭaḥāwī in Sharḥ Mushkil al-Āthār (2/139), Aḥmad (2/230, 287, 429), al-Ḥumaydī (1162), Abū Yaʿlā in his Musnad (folio 306/1), and al-Fākihī in Ḥadīthuhū ʿan Abī Yaḥyā ibn Abī Maysarah (1/5/2) all transmitted it through Ibn ʿAjlān, from Saʿīd al-Maqburī, from Abū Hurayrah—marfūʿ. Al-Tirmidhī said, “A ḥadīth ḥasan (good).”

I say: its chain is sound; every narrator in it is trustworthy. As for Ibn ʿAjlān—whose name is Muḥammad—there is some slight criticism of him, but it does not undermine the validity of citing his ḥadīth, especially since he was followed up by Yaʿqūb ibn Zayd al-Taymī, who related the same report from al-Maqburī. This al-Taymī is trustworthy, so the ḥadīth is authentic—praise be to Allah. It also has supporting chains that further strengthen it, as will be mentioned shortly.

Al-Suyūṭī attributed the ḥadīth in both al-Jāmiʿ al-Ṣaghīr and al-Jāmiʿ al-Kabīr (1/45/1) to Ibn Ḥibbān and al-Ḥākim