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Sunan Ibn Majah 538 (Book 1, Hadith 272) #29890
Proper Etiquette for Guests

SUMMARY: A guest stayed with 'Aishah and had a nocturnal emission on her blanket. He felt too shy to send it back, so he dipped it in water instead. 'Aishah then scolded him for spoiling the garment and said that it would have been sufficient to scrape off the semen with his finger.

Hammam bin Harith narrated: "A guest came and stayed with 'Aishah, and she ordered that he be given a yellow blanket of hers. He had a nocturnal emission on it, and he felt too shy to send it back to send it back to her when it had the traces of that emission on it, so he dipped it in water and then sent it to her'.Aishah said: 'Why did he spoil our garment? It would have been sufficient for him to scrape it off with his finger. I often scraped it (semen) from the garment of the Messenger of Allah with my finger'."
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، وَعَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ هَمَّامِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ، قَالَ نَزَلَ بِعَائِشَةَ ضَيْفٌ فَأَمَرَتْ لَهُ بِمِلْحَفَةٍ لَهَا صَفْرَاءَ فَاحْتَلَمَ فِيهَا فَاسْتَحْيَى أَنْ يُرْسِلَ بِهَا وَفِيهَا أَثَرُ الاِحْتِلاَمِ فَغَمَسَهَا فِي الْمَاءِ ثُمَّ أَرْسَلَ بِهَا فَقَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ لِمَ أَفْسَدْتَ عَلَيْنَا ثَوْبَنَا إِنَّمَا كَانَ يَكْفِيكَ أَنْ تَفْرُكَهُ بِإِصْبَعِكَ رُبَّمَا فَرَكْتُهُ مِنْ ثَوْبِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ـ ـ بِإِصْبَعِي

TOPICS
guest  *  blanket  *  emission  *  scrape  *  semen

QUICK LESSONS:
Be respectful when staying as a guest at someone's house; act considerately towards your host; don't damage any property or belongings; scrape off any stains rather than dipping them into water; manage embarrassment appropriately without making your host uncomfortable or embarrassed either .

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith is about proper etiquette when staying as a guest in someone's home. It was narrated by Hammam bin Harith that a guest stayed with 'Aishah and had a nocturnal emission on her blanket. The guest felt too shy to send the blanket back, so he dipped it in water instead of scraping off the semen with his finger as suggested by 'Aishah. This teaches us that we should always be mindful of our actions when we are guests in someone else's home, even if we feel embarrassed or ashamed about something happening there; we should still act respectfully and not damage any property or belongings of our hosts. We should also be considerate of their feelings and not do anything that could make them uncomfortable or embarrassed either.

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