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4791. It was narrated from 'Urwah that 'Āishah said: "A man asked permission to enter upon the Prophet ﷺ and he said: 'What a bad son of the tribe he is' or 'what a bad man of the tribe he is.' Then he said: 'Let him in,' and when he came in, he spoke kindly to him. 'Āishah said: 'O Messenger of Allāh, you spoke kindly to him when you said what you said.' He said: 'The worst of people in status before Allāh on the Day of Resurrection will be those whom people left alone – or abandoned – for fear of their evil behaviour.'" (Sahih)
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There are no authentic narrations mentioning the name of this person, some of the scholars, like Ibn Baṭṭāl, Al-Qāḏī 'Iyād, Al-Qurṭubī, and An-Nawawī say it is, 'Uyainah bin Ḥiṣn bin Hudhaifah bin Badr Al-Fazārī. (See Fath Al-Bārī no. 6032). All of this is based upon narrations that do not have connected or authentic chains, similarly, it is said that his name was Makhramah bin Nawfal. In any case, Allāh's Messenger ﷺ knew something about this person that was not apparent, and his speaking of him in that manner was of benefit, and was not a form of backbiting.
