Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ زَيْدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَعْمَرٌ وَنُعْمَانُ أَوْ أَحَدُهُمَا عَنْ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ مَا لَعَنَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مُسْلِمًا مِنْ لَعْنَةٍ تُذْكَرُ وَلَا انْتَقَمَ لِنَفْسِهِ شَيْئًا يُؤْتَى إِلَيْهِ إِلَّا أَنْ تُنْتَهَكَ حُرُمَاتُ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وَلَا ضَرَبَ بِيَدِهِ شَيْئًا قَطُّ إِلَّا أَنْ يَضْرِبَ بِهَا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَلَا سُئِلَ شَيْئًا قَطُّ فَمَنَعَهُ إِلَّا أَنْ يُسْأَلَ مَأْثَمًا فَإِنَّهُ كَانَ أَبْعَدَ النَّاسِ مِنْهُ وَلَا خُيِّرَ بَيْنَ أَمْرَيْنِ قَطُّ إِلَّا اخْتَارَ أَيْسَرَهُمَا وَكَانَ إِذَا كَانَ حَدِيثَ عَهْدٍ بِجِبْرِيلَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَام يُدَارِسُهُ كَانَ أَجْوَدَ بِالْخَيْرِ مِنْ الرِّيحِ الْمُرْسَلَةِ.
English Translation
Affan told us: Hammad ibn Zayd told us: Ma'mar and Nu'man, or one of them, told us, from al-Zuhri, from Urwa, from Aisha, who said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, never cursed a Muslim with a curse worth mentioning, nor did he ever take revenge for himself over anything done to him, except when the sacred limits of Allah, Mighty and Majestic, were violated; and he never struck anything with his hand at all, except when striking in the way of Allah; and he was never asked for anything and refused it, unless he was asked for something sinful, for he was the furthest of people from that; and he was never given the choice between two matters without choosing the easier of the two; and whenever he had recently been in the company of Gabriel, peace be upon him, studying the Qur'an with him, he would be more generous with good than the sending wind.