Hadith 461
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Do not cause hardship to the people.
Hadith 462
أَخْبَرَنَا أَخْبَرَنَا
يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ، أَخْبَرَنَا
أَشْعَثُ، عَنْ
كُرْدُوسٍ، عَنْ
عَبْدِ اللَّهِ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ، قَالَ:
"إِنَّ لِلْقُلُوبِ لَنَشَاطًا وَإِقْبَالًا، وَإِنَّ لَهَا تَوْلِيَةً وَإِدْبَارًا، فَحَدِّثُوا النَّاسَ مَا أَقْبَلُوا عَلَيْكُمْ".
Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas’ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: People experience times of joy and eagerness, and also times of indifference and weariness, so narrate hadith to people when they are attentive to you (i.e., when they are eager and lively).
Hadith 463
أَخْبَرَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو هِلَالٍ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ الْحَسَنَ يَقُولُ: كَانَ يُقَالُ: "حَدِّثْ الْقَوْمَ مَا أَقْبَلُوا عَلَيْكَ بِوُجُوهِهِمْ، فَإِذَا الْتَفَتُوا، فَاعْلَمْ أَنَّ لَهُمْ حَاجَاتٍ".
Abu Hilal al-Rasi said: I heard Imam Hasan al-Basri, may Allah have mercy on him, say: It is said that narrate hadith to people when they are attentively inclined towards you, and if they turn here and there, then understand that they have some needs (i.e., they are not fully attentive for listening to hadith).