It is narrated from Sayyiduna al-Fadl bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he said: "I came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) during his illness, and at that time there was a red (or, by the narrator's doubt, a yellow) band near his blessed head. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'O my cousin, take this band and tie it (firmly) around my head.' So I tied it around his (peace and blessings be upon him) head. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) leaned on me until we entered the mosque, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'O people, I am only a human being like you, and perhaps the time of my departure from among you has drawn near. So if I have harmed (or injured) anyone's honour, his hair, his body or his wealth in any way, then here is the honour of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), his hair, his body and his wealth: let him stand up and take his retribution (qisas). And let none of you ever say: I fear the enmity, hatred and rancour of Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). Beware! These two are neither in my nature nor part of my character.' The narrator says: Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) went back. When the next day came, I again came to him (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'O my cousin, I think that my address of yesterday was not sufficient; take this band and tie it around my head.' So I tied it around his (peace and blessings be upon him) head. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) leaned on me until he entered the mosque and said the same as he had said the day before, and then he said: 'The most beloved of you to us is the one who takes his retribution (if he has a right to it).' The narrator says: Then a man stood up and said: O Messenger of Allah, do you remember the day when a beggar came to you and asked you for (something), and you (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'Who has something with which he can lend to us?' and I lent you (peace and blessings be upon him) three dirhams? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'O Fadl, give him (those dirhams).' So I gave them to him. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'Whoever is overcome by something (a moral weakness or fault), let him ask us (for supplication), and we will supplicate for him.' Then a man stood up and said: O Messenger of Allah, I am a cowardly man and sleep a great deal. So he (peace and blessings be upon him) supplicated for him. Sayyiduna al-Fadl (may Allah be pleased with him) says: (After this supplication) I saw that this man became the bravest of us all and the one who slept the least. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) came to the house of Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) and said to the women the same as he had said to the men, and then he said: 'Whoever is overcome by something (a fault), let her ask us (for supplication), and we will supplicate for her.' Then a woman pointed to her tongue (indicating that she suffered from it), so he (peace and blessings be upon him) supplicated for her. At the end of the narration it says: That woman would sometimes say to me: 'O Aishah, perform your prayer well.'"
(Note: The last sentence of the narration is based on a narrator's misreading (tashif) and error (wahm); in the text there is an ambiguity of a change of narrator (an account of Sayyidah Aishah in place of al-Fadl), which shows the weakness of this chain and the lack of precision.)
Hadith Referenceمسند أبي يعلى الموصلي / مسند عبد الله بن الزبير رحمه الله / 6824
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:إسناده ضعيف
Hadith Takhrij«حکم الحدیث مسند ابی یعلی محققاً تنسیق حسين سليم أسد - مکتبہ شاملہ :قال حسين سليم أسد: إسناده ضعيف . » «قال سعيد بن محمد السناري: باطل بهذا السياق والتمام» «أخرجه الترمذى في "الشمائل" [رقم 137]، وابن عساكر في "تاريخه" [4/ 92]، وغيرهما، مسند ابویعلیٰ ترقیم الاثری: 6789»