Hudhayfah was in al-Madain, and he used to mention things that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had said to some of his companions in anger. Some people who heard this from Hudhayfah would go to Salman and report Hudhayfah's words to him.Salman would say, "Hudhayfah knows best what he is saying."They would then return to Hudhayfah and say to him, "We mentioned your words to Salman, but he neither confirmed nor denied them."So Hudhayfah came to Salman, who was in a vegetable garden, and said, "Salman, what prevents you from confirming what I have heard from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ?"Salman replied, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ would sometimes become angry and, in his anger, say things to some of his companions. He would also be pleased and, in his pleasure, say things to some of his companions. Will you not stop until you cause some men to love certain men and others to hate certain men, and until you bring about disagreement and division? I know that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ gave a sermon in which he said, 'Whichever man of my Ummah I have insulted with an insult or cursed with a curse in my anger, I am only a son of Adam who becomes angry just as they become angry. I have only been sent as a mercy to the worlds, so make it a blessing upon them on the Day of Resurrection.' By Allah, you will stop, or I will write to Umar."
كان حذيفة بالمدائن، فكان يذكر أشياء قالها رسول الله ﷺ لأناس من أصحابه في الغضب، فينطلق ناس ممن سمع ذلك من حذيفة، فيأتون سلمان، فيذكرون له قول حذيفة، فيقول سلمان: حذيفة أعلم بما يقول، فيرجعون إلى حذيفة، فيقولون له: قد ذكرنا قولك لسلمان، فما صدقك ولا كذبك. فأتى حذيفة سلمان وهو في مبقلة، فقال: يا سلمان! ما يمنعك أن تصدقني بما سمعت من رسول الله ﷺ، فقال سلمان: إن رسول الله ﷺ كان يغضب، فيقول في الغضب لناس من أصحابه، ويرضى، فيقول في الرضا لناس من أصحابه. أما تنتهي حتى تورث رجالا حب رجال، ورجالا بغض رجال، وحتى توقع اختلافا وفرقة، ولقد علمت أن رسول الله ﷺ خطب، فقال: أيما رجل من أمتي سببته سبة أو لعنته لعنة في غضبي، فإنما أنا من ولد آدم أغضب كما يغضبون، وإنما بعثني رحمة للعالمين، فاجعلها عليهم صلاة يوم القيامة. والله لتنتهين أو لأكتبن إلى عمر.
Reported by Abu Dawud (4659), Ahmad (23706), and Tabarani in Al-Kabir (6/318–319), all through the route of Zaida bin Qudama Thaqafi, who said, Umar bin Qays Masir told us, from Amr bin Abu Qurra, who said, then he mentioned it. Its chain of transmission is sahih. Amr bin Abu Qurra was one of Huzaifa's students, and the hadith is from Huzaifa, from Salman, and it does not matter that Amr bin Abu Qurra did not meet Salman directly.It has also been narrated as a mursal report from Abu Salih, who said, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "O people, I am only a mercy sent as a gift." This was reported by Abu Bakr bin Abu Shayba (32442) and Ibn Saad (1/192), both from Waki, from Amash, from Abu Salih (who is Samman), from the Prophet ﷺ.It was also reported by Darimi (15) through the route of Ali bin Mushir, from Amash, in the same way, as a mursal report. It has also been narrated from Amash, from Abu Salih, from Abu Hurairah, as a connected (mawsul) report, but this is not correct. Bukhari, Daraqutni, and others have judged that the mursal version is the more correct one. (See Ilal Tirmidhi, 927, and Ilal Daraqutni, 1897.)