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ahmad:4054Sulaymān b. Dāwud > Zuhayr > Abū Isḥāq > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ > ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] "We came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ regarding a man whom we wanted to curse. He remained silent, so we asked him again and he remained silent. Then we asked him for the third time, and he said, 'If you want, you may make him go away as if he is angry.'"  

أحمد:٤٠٥٤حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ أَبِي الْأَحْوَصِ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

أَتَيْنَا رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فِي رَجُلٍ نَسْتَأْذِنُهُ أَنْ نَكْوِيَهُ فَسَكَتَ ثُمَّ سَأَلْنَاهُ مَرَّةً أُخْرَى فَسَكَتَ ثُمَّ سَأَلْنَاهُ الثَّالِثَةَ؟ فَقَالَ ارْضِفُوهُ إِنْ شِئْتُمْ كَأَنَّهُ غَضْبَانُ