Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا أَسْوَدُ بْنُ عَامِرٍ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ زَيْدٍ عَنْ سَلْمٍ الْعَلَوِيِّ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَنَسَ بْنَ مَالِكٍ يَقُولُ دَخَلَ عَلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ رَجُلٌ وَعَلَيْهِ صُفْرَةٌ فَكَرِهَهَا فَلَمَّا قَامَ الرَّجُلُ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لِبَعْضِ أَصْحَابِهِ لَوْ أَمَرْتُمْ هَذَا أَنْ يَدَعَ هَذِهِ الصُّفْرَةَ قَالَهَا مَرَّتَيْنِ أَوْ ثَلَاثًا قَالَ أَنَسٌ وَكَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَلَّمَا يُوَاجِهُ الرَّجُلَ بِشَيْءٍ يَكْرَهُهُ فِي وَجْهِهِ.
English Translation
Aswad ibn Amir told us, Hammad - meaning Ibn Zayd - told us, from Salm al-Alawi, that he heard Anas ibn Malik say: A man entered upon the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, wearing a yellow garment, and he disliked it. When the man got up, the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said to some of his companions, "If only you had told him to remove this yellow garment" - he said it twice or three times. Anas said: And the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, rarely confronted a man to his face with something he disliked.