Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنْ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ قَالَ اسْتَأْذَنَ عَمْرُو بْنُ الْعَاصِ عَلَى فَاطِمَةَ فَأَذِنَتْ لَهُ قَالَ ثَمَّ عَلِيٌّ قَالُوا لَا قَالَ فَرَجَعَ ثُمَّ اسْتَأْذَنَ عَلَيْهَا مَرَّةً أُخْرَى فَقَالَ ثَمَّ عَلِيٌّ قَالُوا نَعَمْ فَدَخَلَ عَلَيْهَا فَقَالَ لَهُ عَلِيٌّ مَا مَنَعَكَ أَنْ تَدْخُلَ حِينَ لَمْ تَجِدْنِي هَاهُنَا قَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ نَهَانَا أَنْ نَدْخُلَ عَلَى الْمُغِيبَاتِ.
English Translation
Abu Mu'awiyah narrated to us, from al-A'mash, from Abu Salih, who said: Amr ibn al-'As sought permission to visit Fatimah, and she permitted him. He said: 'Is Ali there?' They said: 'No.' He said: so he went back. Then he sought permission to visit her again another time, and asked: 'Is Ali there?' They said: 'Yes.' So he entered upon her. Ali said to him: 'What kept you from entering when you did not find me here?' He said: 'The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, forbade us from entering upon women whose husbands are absent.'