Sunan Abi Dawud · General Behavior (Kitab Al-Adab)
باب مَا جَاءَ فِي الرَّجُلِ يُحِلُّ الرَّجُلَ قَدِ اغْتَابَهُ
Chapter: Forgiving others for backbiting.
2 hadith · references 4886–4887
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Abu Dawud · 4886أَيَعْجِزُ أَحَدُكُمْ أَنْ يَكُونَ مِثْلَ أَبِي ضَيْغَمٍ أَوْ ضَمْضَمٍ شَكَّ ابْنُ عُبَيْدٍ كَانَ إِذَا أَصْبَحَ ، قَالَ : اللَّهُمَّ إِنِّي قَدْ تَصَدَّقْتُ بِعِرْضِي عَلَى عِبَادِكَNarrated Qatadah: Is one of you helpless to be like AbuDaygham or Damdam (Ibn Ubayd is doubtful) who would say when morning came: O Allah, I gave my honour as alms to Thy servants?4 narratorsAbu Dawud · 4887أَيَعْجِزُ أَحَدُكُمْ أَنْ يَكُونَ مِثْلَ أَبِي ضَمْضَمٍ , قَالُوا : وَمَنْ أَبُو ضَمْضَمٍ ، قَالَ : رَجُلٌ فِيمَنْ كَانَ مِنْ قَبْلِكُمْ بِمَعْنَاهُ , قَالَ : عِرْضِي لِمَنْ شَتَمَنِيAbdur-Rahman bin ‘Ajlan reported the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: Is one of you unable to be like Abu Damdam? The people asked: who is Abu Damdam? He replied: A man of old before you. He then mentioned the rest of tra8 narrators·parallel chain