Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
Book 56, Hadith 7
حَدَّثَنَا صَدَقَةُ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ الْمُنْكَدِرِ قَالَ: سَمِعَ عُرْوَةَ بْنَ الزُّبَيْرِ أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ أَخْبَرَتْهُ: اسْتَأْذَنَ رَجُلٌ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ: ائْذَنُوا لَهُ، بِئْسَ أَخُو الْعَشِيرَةِ، فَلَمَّا دَخَلَ أَلاَنَ لَهُ الْكَلاَمَ، فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، قُلْتَ الَّذِي قُلْتَ، ثُمَّ أَلَنْتَ الْكَلاَمَ، قَالَ: أَيْ عَائِشَةُ، إِنَّ شَرَّ النَّاسِ مَنْ تَرَكَهُ النَّاسُ، أَوْ وَدَعَهُ النَّاسُ، اتِّقَاءَ فُحْشِهِ.
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
Sadaqah related to us: Ibn ‘Uyaynah related to us: I heard Ibn al-Munkadir say: He heard ‘Urwah ibn al-Zubayr say that ‘A’ishah informed him: A man asked permission to enter upon the Prophet, Allah bless him and grant him peace, and he said: ‘Let him in. What a bad man he is among his clan!’ When the man entered, he spoke gently to him. I said: ‘Messenger of Allah, you said what you said, then spoke gently to him.’ He replied: ‘‘A’ishah, the worst of people is the one whom people leave alone—or shun—out of fear of his obscenity.’’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The source preserves two wordings, تركه الناس or ودعه الناس, both describing people leaving or avoiding him to protect themselves from his foul speech.
إِنَّ شَرَّ النَّاسِ مَنْ تَرَكَهُ النَّاسُ،
The source records alternate verbs for people avoiding or abandoning him.
Should both variants be retained in the final text?