Sayyiduna Ma'n bin Yazid, or perhaps Sayyiduna Abu Ma'n (may Allah be pleased with him), narrates: the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Gather in your mosques, and when all the people have gathered, inform me. The narrator says: We all gathered, then we came to him, and he came walking with us and sat with us. One of us spoke, saying: 'All praise belongs to Allah, before Whom there is none who suffices with praise, and beyond Whom there is no way.' At this the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) became angry and stood up. We blamed one another and said: 'Allah Almighty had singled us out with him, in that he came to us first among the people, but then this happened and that happened.' The narrator says: Then we came to him and found him in the mosque of Banu so-and-so. We spoke with him, and he came walking with us until he sat in the same gathering where he had sat before, or near that place. He said: "All praise belongs to Allah. Whatever He willed He placed before Him, and whatever He willed He placed behind Him; and some eloquence is magic." The narrator says: Then the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) turned to us; he gave us commands, spoke with us and taught us.
Imam Ahmad and al-Tabarani recorded it, and its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih, except Suhayl bin Dhira', whom Ibn Hibban declared thiqah (trustworthy).
Allamah al-Haythami says: I say: the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), "Some poetry is wisdom, and some eloquence is magic", will come later in the hadith.
Hadith Referenceمجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب الأدب / 13288
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:إسنادہ صحیح
Hadith Takhrij«اخرجه الطبراني فى المعجم الكبير (442/19) ، أخرجه مسند أحمد برقم: 15434، 2810، 2856»