صحيح مسلم
Muslim
كتاب البر والصلة والآدابThe Book of Virtue, Enjoining Good Manners, and Joining of the Ties of Kinship
باب مَنْ لَعَنَهُ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَوْ سَبَّهُ أَوْ دَعَا عَلَيْهِ وَلَيْسَ هُوَ أَهْلاً لِذَلِكَ كَانَ لَهُ زَكَاةً وَأَجْرًا وَرَحْمَةً:Chapter: Whomever Is Cursed, Reviled Or Prayed Against By The Prophet (SAW) When He Does Not Deserve That, It Will Be Purification, Reward And Mercy For Him
Hadith 2604
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى الْعَنَزِيُّ . ح وحَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ بَشَّارٍ ، وَاللَّفْظُ لِابْنِ الْمُثَنَّى ، قَالَا : حَدَّثَنَا أُمَيَّةُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ ، عَنْ أَبِي حَمْزَةَ الْقَصَّابِ ، عَنْ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ، قَالَ : " كُنْتُ أَلْعَبُ مَعَ الصِّبْيَانِ ، فَجَاءَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَتَوَارَيْتُ خَلْفَ بَابٍ ، قَالَ : فَجَاءَ فَحَطَأَنِي حَطْأَةً ، وَقَالَ : اذْهَبْ وَادْعُ لِي مُعَاوِيَةَ ، قَالَ : فَجِئْتُ ، فَقُلْتُ : هُوَ يَأْكُلُ ، قَالَ ، ثُمَّ قَالَ لِيَ : اذْهَبْ فَادْعُ لِي مُعَاوِيَةَ ، قَالَ : فَجِئْتُ ، فَقُلْتُ : هُوَ يَأْكُلُ ، فَقَالَ : لَا أَشْبَعَ اللَّهُ بَطْنَهُ ، قَالَ ابْنُ الْمُثَنَّى : قُلْتُ لِأُمَيَّةَ : مَا حَطَأَنِي ؟ قَالَ : قَفَدَنِي قَفْدَةً " .
Ibn Abbas (RA) reported: I was playing with children that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) happened to pass by (us). I hid myself behind the door. He (the Holy Prophet) came and he patted upon my shoulders and said: Go and call Mu'awiyah. I returned and said: He is busy in taking food. He again asked me to go and call Mu'awiyah to him. I went (and came back) and said that he was busy in taking food, whereupon he said: May Allah not fill his belly! Ibn Muthanna, said: I asked Umm Umayya what he meant by the word Hatani. He said: It means "he patted my shoulders".
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حَدَّثَنِي إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ ، أَخْبَرَنَا النَّضْرُ بْنُ شُمَيْلٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ ، أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو حَمْزَةَ ، سَمِعْتُ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ ، يَقُولُ : كُنْتُ أَلْعَبُ مَعَ الصِّبْيَانِ ، فَجَاءَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَاخْتَبَأْتُ مِنْهُ فَذَكَرَ بِمِثْلِهِ .
This hadith has been transmitted on the authority of Ibn Abbas (RA) with a slight variation of wording.
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Explanation & Benefits
Shaykh Maulana Abdul Aziz Alvi
Hadith Commentary: Benefits and Issues: When Muawiyah (radi Allahu anhu) went to call Ibn Abbas (radi Allahu anhu), he found him eating bread. Upon seeing this, he returned and informed you. From this, it is not evident that Ibn Abbas (radi Allahu anhu) had also informed Muawiyah (radi Allahu anhu) of your summons, or had told him to come immediately. Therefore, in accordance with the custom of the Arabs, you expressed informality by saying, "May Allah not fill his stomach," just as even today companions and friends, out of informality, say to someone eating, "Is your stomach a furnace that never gets full?" And you had said to the orphan girl of Umm Sulaym, "May her age not increase," or to Hafsah (radi Allahu anha), "‘Uqra Halqa," and sometimes said, "Taribat ‘Aynak." On such occasions, it is merely an expression of affection and informality; a curse is not intended. That is why Imam Muslim has included this among those hadiths which explain that if I supplicate against any of my followers in a way that he does not deserve, then make it a source of reward, mercy, and nearness for him. In this way, these words became a supplication in their favor.
Source: Tuhfat al-Muslim: Commentary on Sahih Muslim, Page: 6628
