Musnad Ahmad 10703

Translation

✧ When two people insult each other, whatever they say is on the one who started it, as long as the wronged one does not transgress.

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Same hadith, other wordings

• Riyadhus Shalihin 1561"المتسابان ما قالا فعلى البادي منهما حتى يعتدي المظلوم"

Narrators

1. 1
   Abū Hurayrah al-Dawsī

   The illustrious Companion, the memorizer among the Companions (ḥāfiẓ al-ṣaḥābah)d. 57 AH, or: 58 AH, or: 59 AH
   أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ الدَّوْسِيُّالصحابي الجليل ، حافظ الصحابة
   عن
2. 2
   his father

   trustworthy (thiqah)d. between 101 and 110 AH
   أَبِيهِثقة
   عن
3. 3
   al-ʿAlāʾ b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Ḥuraqī

   truthful (ṣadūq), who sometimes made mistakes (rubbamā wahima)d. 130-odd, or: 132 AH, or: 139 AH
   الْعَلَاءَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ يَعْقُوبَصدوق ربما وهم
   سمعت
4. 4
   Shuʿbah

   Trustworthy (thiqah), a retentive memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), meticulous (mutqin)d. 160 AH
   شُعْبَةُثقة حافظ , متقن
   حدثنا
5. 5
   Rawḥ

   Trustworthy (thiqah), excellent, he authored worksd. 205 AH, also said: 207 AH
   رَوْحٌثقة فاضل ، له تصانيف
   حدثنا
6. 6
   Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal

   Trustworthy (thiqah), a memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), a jurist (faqīh), an authority (ḥujjah).d. 241 AH, Abū Umayyah Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm al-Ṭarsūsī said: 242 AH, and no one followed him in his view
   أحمد بن حنبلثقة حافظ فقيه حجة

Who each narrator was and how reliable, from hdith.com

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