Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ مِقْدَامِ بْنِ شُرَيْحِ بْنِ هَانِئٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبِي يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى عَنْهَا أَنَّهُ سَمِعَهَا تَقُولُ كُنْتُ عَلَى بَعِيرٍ صَعْبٍ فَجَعَلْتُ أَضْرِبُهُ فَقَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عَلَيْكِ بِالرِّفْقِ فَإِنَّ الرِّفْقَ لَا يَكُونُ فِي شَيْءٍ إِلَّا زَانَهُ وَلَا يُنْزَعُ مِنْ شَيْءٍ إِلَّا شَانَهُ.
English Translation
Affan told us: Shu'ba told us, from Miqdam ibn Shurayh ibn Hani', who said: I heard my father narrate from Aisha, may Allah be pleased with her, that he heard her say: 'I was on an unruly camel and began to strike it, so the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said to me: Be gentle, for gentleness does not enter into anything but that it beautifies it, and it is not removed from anything but that it disgraces it.'