Al-Adab Al-Mufrad
Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 338
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ فُلَيْحٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ أَبِي يُونُسَ مَوْلَى عَائِشَةَ، أَنَّ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتِ: اسْتَأْذَنَ رَجُلٌ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم: بِئْسَ ابْنُ الْعَشِيرَةِ، فَلَمَّا دَخَلَ هَشَّ لَهُ وَانْبَسَطَ إِلَيْهِ، فَلَمَّا خَرَجَ الرَّجُلُ اسْتَأْذَنَ آخَرُ، قَالَ: نِعْمَ ابْنُ الْعَشِيرَةِ، فَلَمَّا دَخَلَ لَمْ يَنْبَسِطْ إِلَيْهِ كَمَا انْبَسَطَ إِلَى الْآخَرِ، وَلَمْ يَهِشَّ إِلَيْهِ كَمَا هَشَّ لِلْآخَرِ، فَلَمَّا خَرَجَ قُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ، قُلْتُ لِفُلاَنٍ مَا قُلْتَ ثُمَّ هَشَشْتَ إِلَيْهِ، وَقُلْتَ لِفُلاَنٍ مَا قُلْتَ وَلَمْ أَرَكَ صَنَعْتَ مِثْلَهُ؟ قَالَ: يَا عَائِشَةُ، إِنَّ مِنْ شَرِّ النَّاسِ مَنِ اتُّقِيَ لِفُحْشِهِ.
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
‘A’isha said: A man asked permission to enter and the Messenger of Allah (may Allah bless him and grant him peace) said, ‘What a bad man of his clan!’ When the man entered, the Prophet welcomed him warmly and spoke with him at ease. After he left, another man asked permission to enter. The Prophet said, ‘What an excellent man of his clan!’ When he entered, the Prophet was not as warm or at ease with him as he had been with the first. When the second man left, I said, ‘Messenger of Allah, you said what you said about so-and-so, then welcomed him warmly; you said what you said about so-and-so, but I did not see you treat him the same way.’ He replied, ‘‘A’isha, among the worst of people is one whose foul speech causes others to be wary of him.’’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The report contrasts the Prophet’s private assessment of two men with his different manner toward each; the final explanation links this conduct to the harm caused by a person’s foul speech.