Mishkat al-Masabih #3740
Jihad
The Arabic includes the chain of narration (sanad) and the collector's commentary; the English translation shows the Prophet's words only.
وَعَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسلم: «إِذا طَال أَحَدُكُمُ الْغَيْبَةَ فَلَا يَطْرُقْ أَهْلَهُ لَيْلًا»
Jabir reported God’s Messenger as saying, “When one of you has been away from home for a long time he must not come to his family during the night.”
(Bukhari and Muslim.)
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This hadith is #3740 from Mishkat al-Masabih, in the Book of Jihad.