Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 419
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أُمَيَّةَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ مُوسَى، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ كَيْسَانَ، عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ: اسْتَبَّ رَجُلاَنِ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم، فَسَبَّ أَحَدُهُمَا وَالْآخَرُ سَاكِتٌ، وَالنَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم جَالِسٌ، ثُمَّ رَدَّ الْآخَرُ. فَنَهَضَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم، فَقِيلَ: نَهَضْتَ؟ قَالَ: نَهَضَتِ الْمَلاَئِكَةُ فَنَهَضْتُ مَعَهُمْ، إِنَّ هَذَا مَا كَانَ سَاكِتًا رَدَّتِ الْمَلاَئِكَةُ عَلَى الَّذِي سَبَّهُ، فَلَمَّا رَدَّ نَهَضَتِ الْمَلاَئِكَةُ.
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Muhammad ibn Umayya narrated to us: ‘Isa ibn Musa narrated to us, from ‘Abd Allah ibn Kaysan, from ‘Ikrima, from Ibn ‘Abbas, who said: Two men reviled one another in the time of the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace). One insulted the other while he remained silent, and the Prophet was sitting. Then the other replied. The Prophet stood up, and someone asked, ‘You stood up?’ He said: The angels stood up, so I stood with them. While this man was silent, the angels were replying to the one who insulted him; when he replied, the angels stood up.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The verb نهض can mean to rise or get up; the Arabic repeats it for the Prophet and the angels, while the English witness interprets the angels’ action as leaving.