Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 39035 — Killing one who insults the Prophet

A man from Banu Suwa'ah narrates: I said to Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her): Tell me about the character of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: Have you not read the Qur'an? "And indeed, you are of a great moral character" [Al-Qalam: 4]. She said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was sitting with his Companions. I prepared food for him, and Sayyidah Hafsah (may Allah be pleased with her) also prepared food for him (peace and blessings be upon him). Sayyidah Hafsah got ahead of me. She said: I said to the slave-girl: Go and overturn Hafsah's bowl. She said: She leaned forward to place the bowl before him (peace and blessings be upon him), and she (the slave-girl) overturned the bowl. The bowl broke and the food was scattered. She said: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) gathered up the bowl, and gathered into it whatever had fallen from it onto the ground, and then everyone ate. Then my bowl went, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) sent that bowl to Hafsah and said: "Take this vessel in place of your vessel, and eat what is in it." Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: I saw nothing (on account of this incident) in his (peace and blessings be upon him) face.