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السيوطي:٤٢٩٦a

"أَمَا إِنَّ مَلكًا يَذبُّ عَنْكَ، كُلَّمَا شَتَمَكَ هذَا قَال لَهُ: بَلْ أنْتَ، وَأنْتَ أَحَقُّ بِهِ، وإذَا قُلتَ: عَلَيكَ السَّلامُ، قال: لَا بَلْ لَكَ: أَنْت أحَقُّ به" .  

[حم] أحمد عن النعمان بن مقرِّن

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ahmad:23745Aswad b. ʿĀmir > Abū Bakr > al-Aʿmash > Abū Khālid al-Wālibī > al-Nuʿmān b. Muqarrin al-Muzanī

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "A man insulted another man in front of him, so the insulted man said to him, 'Peace be upon you.' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Indeed, there is an angel between you who repels every insult you direct towards him.' The insulted man said, 'Rather, you are more deserving of it.' And when he said to him, 'Peace be upon you,' he replied, 'No, rather, you are more deserving of it.'"  

أحمد:٢٣٧٤٥حَدَّثَنَا أَسْوَدُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي خَالِدٍ الْوَالِبِيِّ عَنِ النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ مُقَرِّنٍ الْمُزَنِيِّ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَسَبَّ رَجُلٌ رَجُلًا عِنْدَهُ قَالَ فَجَعَلَ الرَّجُلُ الْمَسْبُوبُ يَقُولُ عَلَيْكَ السَّلَامُ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَمَا إِنَّ مَلَكًا بَيْنَكُمَا يَذُبُّ عَنْكَ كُلَّمَا يَشْتُمُكَ هَذَا قَالَ لَهُ بَلْ أَنْتَ وَأَنْتَ أَحَقُّ بِهِ وَإِذَا قَالَ لَهُ عَلَيْكَ السَّلَامُ قَالَ لَا بَلْ لَكَ أَنْتَ أَنْتَ أَحَقُّ بِهِ