حَدَّثَنَا دَاوُدُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو الضَّبِّيُّ حَدَّثَنَا نَافِعُ بْنُ عُمَرَ عَنْ ابْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْکَةَ قَالَ کَتَبْتُ إِلَی ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ أَسْأَلُهُ أَنْ يَکْتُبَ لِي کِتَابًا وَيُخْفِي عَنِّي فَقَالَ وَلَدٌ نَاصِحٌ أَنَا أَخْتَارُ لَهُ الْأُمُورَ اخْتِيَارًا وَأُخْفِي عَنْهُ قَالَ فَدَعَا بِقَضَائِ عَلِيٍّ فَجَعَلَ يَکْتُبُ مِنْهُ أَشْيَائَ وَيَمُرُّ بِهِ الشَّيْئُ فَيَقُولُ وَاللَّهِ مَا قَضَی بِهَذَا عَلِيٌّ إِلَّا أَنْ يَکُونَ ضَلَّ
صحیح مسلم · Hadith 22
Abū Ayyūb Sulaymān bin Ubayd Allah al-Ghaylānī narrated to us, Abū Āmir, meaning al-Aqadī, narrated to us, Rabāh narrated to us, on authority of Qays bin Sa’d, on authority of Mujāhid, he said Bushayr ul-Adawī came to Ibn Abbās then he set about narrating to him, saying: ‘The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah upon him, said…’, ‘the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah upon him, said…’. Then it seemed that Ibn Abbās was not listening to his Ḥadīth and not reflecting on them, so [Bushayr] said: ‘Oh Ibn Abbās, why is it that I see you not listening to my Ḥadīth? I narrate to you on authority of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah upon him, however you are not listening’. Ibn Abbās said: ‘Indeed once upon a time we would listen to a man saying, ‘the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah upon him, said…’ rushing towards him with our eyes and harkening towards him with our ears; then when the people took the difficult and the docile we no longer took from people except those whom we knew’.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020