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suyuti:2-98b – ʿUmar In a man
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السيوطي:٢-٩٨b –

(عَنْ عُمَرَ) (*): إِنَّ رَجُلًا كَانَ عَلَى عَهْدِ رسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ اسْمُهُ عَبْدُ اللهِ، وكَانَ يُلَقَّبُ حِمَارًا، وَكَانَ يُضْحِكُ رسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَدْ جَلَدَهُ في الشَّرَابِ، فَأُتِىَ بهِ يَوْمًا فَأَمَرَ بِهِ فَجُلِدَ، فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ القَوْمِ: اللَّهُمَّ الْعَنْهُ، فَما أَكْثَرَ مَا يُؤتَى بِهِ! ! فَقَالَ النَّبِىُّ ﷺ لَا تَلْعَنُوهُ فَوَاللهِ مَا عَلِمْتُ أنَّهُ يُحِبُّ الله وَرَسُولَهُ".

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The Sahabi who drank alcohol and made the Prophet ﷺ laugh

bukhari:6780 – Yaḥyá b. Bukayr > al-Layth > Khālid b. Yazīd > Saʿīd b. Abū Hilāl > Zayd b. Aslam from his father > ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb

During the lifetime of the Prophet ﷺ there was a man called ʿAbdullah whose nickname was Donkey, and he used to make Messenger of Allah ﷺ laugh. The Prophet ﷺ lashed him because of drinking (alcohol).

And one-day he was brought to the Prophet ﷺ on the same charge and was lashed. On that, a man among the people said, "O Allah, curse him ! How frequently he has been brought (to the Prophet ﷺ on such a charge)!" The Prophet ﷺ said, "Do not curse him, for by Allah, I know for he loves Allah and His Apostle."

البخاري:٦٧٨٠ – حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ بُكَيْرٍ حَدَّثَنِي اللَّيْثُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي خَالِدُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي هِلاَلٍ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ

أَنَّ رَجُلاً عَلَى عَهْدِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ كَانَ اسْمُهُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ وَكَانَ يُلَقَّبُ حِمَارًا وَكَانَ يُضْحِكُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَكَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ قَدْ جَلَدَهُ فِي الشَّرَابِ فَأُتِيَ بِهِ يَوْمًا فَأَمَرَ بِهِ فَجُلِدَ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ اللَّهُمَّ الْعَنْهُ مَا أَكْثَرَ مَا يُؤْتَى بِهِ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ لاَ تَلْعَنُوهُ فَوَاللَّهِ مَا عَلِمْتُ أَنَّهُ يُحِبُّ اللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُ

bayhaqi:17496 – [Chain 1] Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ And ʾAbū Saʿīd b. Abū ʿAmr > Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > Muḥammad b. Isḥāq al-Ṣaghānī > ʿAbdullāh b. Ṣāliḥ > al-Layth [Chain 2] Abū ʿAmr al-Adīb > Abū Bakr al-Ismāʿīlī > Abū al-Ḥasan Aḥmad b. Muḥammad > Abū Zurʿah > Yaḥyá b. Bukayr > al-Layth > Khālid b. Yazīd > Saʿīd b. Abū Hilāl > Zayd b. Aslam from his father > ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb ؓ

During the lifetime of the Prophet ﷺ there was a man called ʿAbdullah whose nickname was Donkey, and he used to make Messenger of Allah ﷺ laugh. The Prophet ﷺ lashed him because of drinking (alcohol). And one-day he was brought to the Prophet ﷺ on the same charge and was lashed. On that, a man among the people said, "O Allah, curse him ! How frequently he has been brought (to the Prophet ﷺ on such a charge)!" The Prophet ﷺ said, "Do not curse him, for by Allah, I know for he loves Allah and His Apostle." (Using translation from Bukhārī 6780)

البيهقي:١٧٤٩٦ – أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ وَأَبُو سَعِيدِ بْنُ أَبِي عَمْرٍو قَالَا ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ الصَّغَانِيُّ ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ صَالِحٍ حَدَّثَنِي اللَّيْثُ ح وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَمْرٍو الْأَدِيبُ أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرٍ الْإِسْمَاعِيلِيُّ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو الْحَسَنِ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ ثنا أَبُو زُرْعَةَ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ بُكَيْرٍ حَدَّثَنِي اللَّيْثُ حَدَّثَنِي خَالِدُ بْنُ يَزِيدَ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي هِلَالٍ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَسْلَمَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ عُمَرَ بْنِ الْخَطَّابِ ؓ

أَنَّ رَجُلًا عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ كَانَ اسْمُهُ عَبْدُ اللهِ وَكَانَ يُلَقَّبُ حِمَارًا وَكَانَ يُضْحِكُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ قَدْ جَلَدَهُ فِي الشَّرَابِ فَأُتِيَ بِهِ يَوْمًا فَأَمَرَ بِهِ فَجُلِدَ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ الْقَوْمِ اللهُمَّ الْعَنْهُ مَا أَكْثَرَ مَا يُؤْتَى بِهِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَا تَلْعَنْهُ فَوَاللهِ مَا عَلِمْتُ إِنَّهُ يُحِبُّ اللهَ وَرَسُولَهُ لَفْظُ حَدِيثِهِمَا سَوَاءٌ

رَوَاهُ الْبُخَارِيُّ فِي الصَّحِيحِ عَنِ ابْنِ بُكَيْرٍ

suyuti:2-138b – ʿUmar

A man had the nickname Himār (donkey) and he used to give the Prophet ﷺ a gift of a vessel of ghee and a vessel of honey. When the owner thereof came to ask him to pay for these things, he would bring him to the Prophet ﷺ and say: O Messenger of Allah, give this man the price of his goods, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ would do no more than smile and give instructions that he be paid. One day he was brought to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ having drunk alcohol. A man said: O Allah, curse him, how often he is brought to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ! But the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Do not curse him, for he loves Allah and His Messenger."

السيوطي:٢-١٣٨b – عن عمر

"أَنَّ رَجُلًا كَانَ يُلَقَّبُ حِمَارًا، وَكَانَ يُهْدِى إِلَى النَّبِىِّ ﷺ العُكَّةَ (* ) مِنَ السَّمْنِ، وَالعُكَّةَ مِنَ العَسَلِ، فَإِذَا جَاءَ صَاحِبُهُ يَتَقَاضَاهُ جَاءَ بِهِ إِلَى النَّبِىِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ الله: أَعْطِ هَذَا ثَمَنَ مَتَاعِهِ، فَمَا يَزِيدُ النَّبىُّ ﷺ عَلَى أَنْ يَتَبَسَّمَ، وَيَأمُرَ بِهِ فَيُعْطَى، فَجِئَ بِهِ يَوْمًا إِلَى رَسُولِ الله ﷺ وَقَدْ شَرِبَ الخَمْرَ، فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ: اللَّهُمَّ العَنْه، مَا أَكْثَرَ مَا يُؤْتَى بِهِ رَسُولَ الله ﷺ ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ الله ﷺ : لَا تَلْعَنُوهُ؛ فَإِنَّهُ يُحِبُّ الله وَرَسُولَهُ ( * *) ".

ابن أبى عاصم، [ع] أبو يعلى [ص] سعيد بن منصور