A man peeped into the house of the Prophet (ﷺ) through a hole while the Prophet (ﷺ) was scratching his headwith a Midrai (a certain kind of comb). On that the Prophet (ﷺ) said (to him), "If I had known you hadbeen looking, then I would have pierced your eye with that instrument, because the asking ofpermission has been ordained so that one would not see things unlawfully."