Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 424
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عِيسَى، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ الْحَارِثِ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي حَبِيبٍ، عَنْ سِنَانِ بْنِ سَعْدٍ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ: الْمُسْتَبَّانِ مَا قَالاَ، فَعَلَى الْبَادِئِ، حَتَّى يَعْتَدِيَ الْمَظْلُومُ.
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Ahmad ibn ‘Isa narrated to us: Ibn Wahb narrated to us, and ‘Amr ibn al-Harith informed me, from Yazid ibn Abi Habib, from Sinan ibn Sa‘d, from Anas, from the Prophet (may Allah bless him and grant him peace), who said: When two people revile one another, what they say is borne by the one who began, until the wronged person exceeds the bounds.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The English witness offers only a cross-reference (‘As 423, but from Anas’); this version translates the complete Arabic text and chain.
عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ: الْمُسْتَبَّانِ مَا قَالاَ،
The English witness provides only a cross-reference, while the Arabic gives a complete chain and report with a slightly different final connector (until the wronged person exceeds the bounds).
Can this cross-referenced version be checked against a complete English edition?