Sahih Muslim
Sahih Muslim 2587
Arabic hadith text
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَيُّوبَ، وَقُتَيْبَةُ، وَابْنُ، حُجْرٍ قَالُوا حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ، - يَعْنُونَ ابْنَ جَعْفَرٍ - عَنِ الْعَلاَءِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " الْمُسْتَبَّانِ مَا قَالاَ فَعَلَى الْبَادِئِ مَا لَمْ يَعْتَدِ الْمَظْلُومُ " .
Translation
Yahya ibn Ayyub, Qutaybah, and Ibn Hujr narrated to us; they said: Ismail—that is, Ibn Jafar—narrated to us, from al-Ala, from his father, from Abu Huraira, that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: When two people insult each other, the sin of what they say falls upon the one who began, unless the wronged person exceeds the bounds.