Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 462
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَتْ: دَخَلَ رَهْطٌ مِنَ الْيَهُودِ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالُوا: السَّامُ عَلَيْكُمْ، قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ فَفَهِمْتُهَا فَقُلْتُ: عَلَيْكُمُ السَّامُ وَاللَّعْنَةُ، قَالَتْ: فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم: مَهْلاً يَا عَائِشَةُ، إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُحِبُّ الرِّفْقَ فِي الأَمْرِ كُلِّهِ، فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، أَوَ لَمْ تَسْمَعْ مَا قَالُوا؟ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم: قَدْ قُلْتُ: وَعَلَيْكُمْ.
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
‘Abd al-‘Aziz ibn ‘Abd Allah related to us; Ibrahim ibn Sa‘d related to us, from Ibn Shihab, from ‘Urwa ibn al-Zubayr, from ‘A’isha, the wife of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, who said: A group of Jews came to the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, and said, “Death be upon you.” ‘A’isha said: I understood what they said and replied, “Death and the curse be upon you.” She said: The Messenger of Allah said, “Gently, ‘A’isha. Allah loves gentleness in every matter.” I said, “Messenger of Allah, did you not hear what they said?” The Messenger of Allah said, “I already said, ‘And upon you.’”
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The greeting uses al-sām (death) in place of salām (peace), a wordplay reflected in ‘A’isha’s response.