Al-Adab Al-Mufrad #421
Disparaging
The Arabic includes the chain of narration (sanad) and the collector's commentary; the English translation shows the Prophet's words only.
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."
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This hadith is #421 from Al-Adab Al-Mufrad, in the Book of Disparaging.