'Iyad ibn Himar said, "I said, 'Messenger of Allah, there is someone
who reviles me.' The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace,
said, 'Those who revile one another are two shaytans who accuse one another
and deny one another.'"
وَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم: إِنَّ اللَّهَ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ أَوْحَى إِلَيَّ أَنْ تَوَاضَعُوا، وَلاَ يَبْغِ بَعْضُكُمْ عَلَى بَعْضٍ.
The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "Allah
Almighty revealed to me that you should be humble and that you should not
wrong one another."
'Iyad ibn Himar reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah
bless him and grant him peace, said, "Allah has revealed to me that you
should be humble so that none of you will oppress anyone else and none
of you will disdain another.' I said, 'Messenger of Allah, what do you
think I should do when a man reviles me in a low assembly and then I answer
him back? Do I incur any wrong action in doing that?' He replied, 'Two
men who revile one another are two shaytans who accuse one another and
deny one another.'"
'Iyad said, "I was at war with the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and I gave him a she-camel before I became Muslim. He said, "I dislike the froth of the idolaters."
وَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم: أَتَدْرُونَ مَا الْعَضْهُ؟ قَالُوا: اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ، قَالَ: نَقْلُ الْحَدِيثِ مِنْ بَعْضِ النَّاسِ إِلَى بَعْضٍ، لِيُفْسِدُوا بَيْنَهُمْ.
The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "Do you know what calumny is?" They said, "No, Allah and His Messenger know best." He said, "Telling people what other people have said in order to create dissension between them."
