Jami' at-Tirmidhi
Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2701
حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْمَخْزُومِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، قَالَتْ إِنَّ رَهْطًا مِنَ الْيَهُودِ دَخَلُوا عَلَى النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالُوا السَّامُ عَلَيْكَ . فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم " عَلَيْكُمْ " . فَقَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ فَقُلْتُ بَلْ عَلَيْكُمُ السَّامُ وَاللَّعْنَةُ . فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم " يَا عَائِشَةُ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يُحِبُّ الرِّفْقَ فِي الأَمْرِ كُلِّهِ " . قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ أَلَمْ تَسْمَعْ مَا قَالُوا قَالَ " قَدْ قُلْتُ عَلَيْكُمْ " . وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ أَبِي بَصْرَةَ الْغِفَارِيِّ وَابْنِ عُمَرَ وَأَنَسٍ وَأَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْجُهَنِيِّ . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى حَدِيثُ عَائِشَةَ حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
‘A’ishah reported: A group of Jews came to the Prophet and said, ‘Death be upon you.’ The Prophet replied, ‘And upon you.’ ‘A’ishah said, ‘I said: “Rather, may death and the curse be upon you!”’ The Prophet said, ‘‘A’ishah, Allah loves gentleness in every matter.’ She asked, ‘Did you not hear what they said?’ He replied, ‘I said, “And upon you.”’
There are reports on this topic from Abu Basrah al-Ghifari, Ibn ‘Umar, Anas, and Abu ‘Abd al-Rahman al-Juhani. Abu ‘Isa said: The hadith of ‘A’ishah is hasan sahih.
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The visitors use al-sam (‘death’), a word resembling al-salam (‘peace’); the Prophet replies with the concise ‘and upon you.’ The grading and corroborating reports are included from the Arabic.