Umm ad-Darda' reported that a man came up to her and said, "A man
has said bad things about you in the presence of 'Abdu'l-Malik.' She said,
"We are suspected of something which we did not do. How often we have been
praised for what we did not do!"
Ibn 'Abbas said, "There are 360 joints and each of them owes sadaqa
every single day. Every good word is sadaqa. A man's helping his brother
is sadaqa. A drink of water which he gives is sadaqa. Removing something
harmful from the road is sadaqa."
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أُمَيَّةَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ مُوسَى، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ كَيْسَانَ، عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ: اسْتَبَّ رَجُلاَنِ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم، فَسَبَّ أَحَدُهُمَا وَالْآخَرُ سَاكِتٌ، وَالنَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم جَالِسٌ، ثُمَّ رَدَّ الْآخَرُ. فَنَهَضَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم، فَقِيلَ: نَهَضْتَ؟ قَالَ: نَهَضَتِ الْمَلاَئِكَةُ فَنَهَضْتُ مَعَهُمْ، إِنَّ هَذَا مَا كَانَ سَاكِتًا رَدَّتِ الْمَلاَئِكَةُ عَلَى الَّذِي سَبَّهُ، فَلَمَّا رَدَّ نَهَضَتِ الْمَلاَئِكَةُ.
Ibn 'Abbas said, "Two men defamed one another in the time of the
Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. One of them
reviled the other who remained silent. The Prophet, may Allah bless him
and grant him peace, remained seated. Then the other man answered him back
and the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, got up. He was
asked, "You got up?" He said, "The angels left, so I left with them. While
this man was silent, the angels were answering the one who cursed him.
When he answered, the angels left."
