Hadith 27631

Chapter 123

باب 123

(123) بَابُ الْعَفْوِ وَالصَّفْحِ عَنِ النَّاسِ

(123) Chapter: Excusing and pardoning people
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حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلامٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ، عَنْ وَهْبِ بْنِ كَيْسَانَ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللهِ بْنَ الزُّبَيْرِ يَقُولُ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ: {خُذِ الْعَفْوَ} وَأْمُرْ بِالْعُرْفِ وَأَعْرِضْ عَنِ الْجَاهِلِينَ، قَالَ: وَاللَّهِ مَا أَمَرَ بِهَا أَنْ تُؤْخَذَ إِلاَّ مِنْ أَخْلاَقِ النَّاسِ، وَاللَّهِ لَآخُذَنَّهَا مِنْهُمْ مَا صَحِبْتُهُمْ.

'Abdullah ibn az-Zubayr said on the minbar, "Make allowancesfor people and command what is right and turn away from the ignorant."(7:
199) He said, "By Allah, we are only commanded by this ayat to acceptpeople's character. By Allah, I will accept people's character as longas I am with them."

Reference: Al-Adab Al-Mufrad 244

In-book reference: Book 12, Hadith 7

English translation: Book 12, Hadith 244