أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ عَنْ إِسْرَائِيلَ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْأَعْلَی أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ سَعِيدَ بْنَ جُبَيْرٍ يَقُولُ أَخْبَرَنِي ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ أَنَّ رَجُلًا وَقَعَ فِي أَبٍ کَانَ لَهُ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ فَلَطَمَهُ الْعَبَّاسُ فَجَائَ قَوْمُهُ فَقَالُوا لَيَلْطِمَنَّهُ کَمَا لَطَمَهُ فَلَبِسُوا السِّلَاحَ فَبَلَغَ ذَلِکَ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَصَعِدَ الْمِنْبَرَ فَقَالَ أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ أَيُّ أَهْلِ الْأَرْضِ تَعْلَمُونَ أَکْرَمُ عَلَی اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ فَقَالُوا أَنْتَ فَقَالَ إِنَّ الْعَبَّاسَ مِنِّي وَأَنَا مِنْهُ لَا تَسُبُّوا مَوْتَانَا فَتُؤْذُوا أَحْيَائَنَا فَجَائَ الْقَوْمُ فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ نَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنْ غَضَبِکَ اسْتَغْفِرْ لَنَا
سنن نسائی · Hadith 4790
Ibn ‘Abbas narrated that a man slandered one of his forefathers from the time of the Jahiliyyah, and Al-’Abbas slapped him. His people came and said: “Let him slap him as he slapped him,” and they prepared for quarrel. News of that reached the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم , and he ascended the Minbar and said: “people, which of the people of the Earth do you know to be the most noble before Allah?” They said: “You.” He said: “Al-’Abbas belongs to me and I to him. Do not defame our dead or offend our living.” Those people came and said: “Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم, we seek refuge with Allah from your anger; pray to Allah to forgive us.” (Da’if)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020