Sunan an-Nasa'i

Sunan an-Nasa'i 1935

Arabic hadith text

أَخْبَرَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَحْمَدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا وُهَيْبٌ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَنْصُورُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ أُمِّهِ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ ذُكِرَ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم هَالِكٌ بِسُوءٍ فَقَالَ ‏ "‏ لاَ تَذْكُرُوا هَلْكَاكُمْ إِلاَّ بِخَيْرٍ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Translation

Ibrahim ibn Ya‘qub narrated to us, saying: Ahmad ibn Ishaq told me, saying: Wuhayb narrated to us, saying: Mansur ibn ‘Abd al-Rahman narrated to us, from his mother, from ‘A’ishah, who said: Someone who had died was spoken of disparagingly in the Prophet’s presence. He said: ‘Do not speak of your deceased except in good terms.’