حَدَّثَنِي حُجَيْنُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى حَدَّثَنَا إِسْرَائِيلُ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْأَعْلَى عَنِ ابْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ أَنَّ رَجُلًا مِنْ الْأَنْصَارِ وَقَعَ فِي أَبٍ لِلْعَبَّاسِ كَانَ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ فَلَطَمَهُ الْعَبَّاسُ فَجَاءَ قَوْمَهُ فَقَالُوا وَاللَّهِ لَنَلْطِمَنَّهُ كَمَا لَطَمَهُ فَلَبِسُوا السِّلَاحَ فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَصَعِدَ الْمِنْبَرَ فَقَالَ أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ أَيُّ أَهْلِ الْأَرْضِ أَكْرَمُ عَلَى اللَّهِ قَالُوا أَنْتَ قَالَ فَإِنَّ الْعَبَّاسَ مِنِّي وَأَنَا مِنْهُ فَلَا تَسُبُّوا مَوْتَانَا فَتُؤْذُوا أَحْيَاءَنَا فَجَاءَ الْقَوْمُ فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ نَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنْ غَضَبِكَ
مسند امام احمد بن حنبل · Hadith 2734
It was narrated from Ibn 'Abbas (RA) that an Ansari man insulted one of the forefathers of al- 'Abbas who lived at the time of Jahiliyyah, and al-' Abbas slapped him. His people came and said: By Allah we will certainly slap him [al- 'Abbas] as he slapped him [our man], and they took up arms. News of that reached the Messenger of Allah (PBUH), so he ascended the mmbar and said: "O people, who among the people of this world is dearest to Allah?' They said: You are. He said: "al-'Abbas is of me and I am of him, so do not revile our dead lest you offend our living." The people came and said: O Messenger of Allah, we seek refuge with Allah from your anger.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020
Sanad
حَدَّثَنِي حُجَيْنُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى حَدَّثَنَا إِسْرَائِيلُ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْأَعْلَى عَنِ ابْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ
