Muwatta Malik #1941
Speech
The Arabic includes the chain of narration (sanad) and the collector's commentary; the English translation shows the Prophet's words only.
وَحَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، أَنَّ عِيسَى ابْنَ مَرْيَمَ، لَقِيَ خِنْزِيرًا بِالطَّرِيقِ فَقَالَ لَهُ انْفُذْ بِسَلاَمٍ . فَقِيلَ لَهُ تَقُولُ هَذَا لِخِنْزِيرٍ فَقَالَ عِيسَى إِنِّي أَخَافُ أَنْ أُعَوِّدَ لِسَانِي النُّطْقَ بِالسُّوءِ .
Malik related to me from Yahya ibn Said that Isa ibn Maryam
encountered a pig on the road. He said to it, "Go in peace." Somebody
asked, "Do you say this to a pig?" Isa said, "I fear lest I accustom
my tongue to evil speech."
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This hadith is #1941 from Muwatta Malik, in the Book of Speech.