Sunan Abi Dawud
Sunan Abi Dawud 4793
Regarding good interactions with people
Arabic hadith text
حَدَّثَنَا عَبَّاسٌ الْعَنْبَرِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا أَسْوَدُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا شَرِيكٌ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، فِي هَذِهِ الْقِصَّةِ قَالَتْ فَقَالَ تَعْنِي النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم " يَا عَائِشَةُ إِنَّ مِنْ شِرَارِ النَّاسِ الَّذِينَ يُكْرَمُونَ اتِّقَاءَ أَلْسِنَتِهِمْ
Translation
The tradition mentioned above has been transmitted by `A’isha through a different chain of narrators. This version has
the Prophet (ﷺ) said: `A’isha! There are some bad people who are respected for fear of their tongues.