Hadith 16760

Chapter 6

باب 6

(6) باب فِي حُسْنِ الْعِشْرَةِ

(6) Chapter: Regarding good interactions with people (ES)
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حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْحَمِيدِ، - يَعْنِي الْحِمَّانِيَّ - حَدَّثَنَا الأَعْمَشُ، عَنْ مُسْلِمٍ، عَنْ مَسْرُوقٍ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، رضى الله عنها قَالَتْ كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم إِذَا بَلَغَهُ عَنِ الرَّجُلِ الشَّىْءُ لَمْ يَقُلْ مَا بَالُ فُلاَنٍ يَقُولُ وَلَكِنْ يَقُولُ " مَا بَالُ أَقْوَامٍ يَقُولُونَ كَذَا وَكَذَا " .

Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin:
When the Prophet (ﷺ) was informed of anything of a certain man, he would not say: What is the matter with so and so that he says? But he would say: What is the matter with the people that they say such and such? (ES)

Reference (ES): Sunan Abi Dawud 4788 (ES)

In-book reference (ES): Book 43, Hadith 16 (ES)

English translation (ES): Book 42, Hadith 4770 (ES)