Hadith : What is the matter with these people?

Aisha, the youngest wife of the Prophet Mohammed, and known as the Mother of the Believers, related that if he was informed of anything about a certain man, he would not say, ‘what is the matter with so and so, that he behaves thus?’; but he would say, ‘what is the matter with the people that they would say such and such?’

And in a similar hadith, the Apostle of God said: ‘None of my Companions must tell me anything about anyone, for I like to come out to you with no ill-feelings.’

2 Replies to “Hadith : What is the matter with these people?”

  1. Howard Olivier

    What a lovely turning of the tables on those talking about other people. Would that it become normal to ask, “What is the matter with the people that they would say such-and-such’.”

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