It is also supported by what Ahmad (1/448) narrated through an authentic chain from a man, from ʿAmr ibn Wabisa al-Asadi, from his father, who said: “While I was at home in Kufa, I heard at the door: ‘Peace be upon you. May I enter?’ I replied, ‘And peace be upon you. Enter.’ When he entered, it was Abdullah ibn Masʿud…”

This indicates that, in teaching the man from Banu ʿAmir the etiquette of seeking permission to enter, the Prophet did not intend his words, “May I enter?” in themselves; rather, he objected to the man’s failure to begin with the greeting of peace—contrary to what I heard from some distinguished preachers.

It is further corroborated and strengthened by what Abd al-Razzaq narrated (10/382/19427) through an authentic chain from Ibn Sirin, who said: A Bedouin sought permission to enter upon the Prophet and said, “May I enter?” without offering the greeting of peace. The Messenger of Allah said to one of his household, “Tell him to offer the greeting of peace.” The Bedouin overheard this, offered the greeting of peace, and was granted permission.

2713 — “You will be summoned [on the Day of Resurrection] with your mouths gagged; then the first to speak on behalf of any one of you—on one occasion he said, ‘interpret,’ and in another narration, ‘express clearly’—will be his thigh and hand.”

It was narrated by al-Nasaʾi in al-Kubra (6/439), al-Hakim (4/600), and Ahmad (5/4–5), whose wording is cited here; likewise by Abd al-Razzaq in al-Musannaf (20/130/20115), al-Hasan al-Marwazi in Zawaʾid al-Zuhd (350/987), al-Tabarani in al-Muʿjam al-Kabir (19/407–409), and al-Baghawi in al-Tafsir (7/25), through several routes from Bahz ibn Hakim ibn Muʿawiyah, from his father, from his grandfather, in a report attributed to the Prophet. Al-Hakim said: “Its chain of transmission is authentic.” Al-Dhahabi agreed with him. Ibn Abd al-Barr said in the biographical entry on Hakim ibn Muʿawiyah: