English translation
4081. Abû Naṣr narrated from Abû Barzah, that he said: “I came to Abû Bakr when he had spoken harshly to a man who had answered back. I said: ‘Shall I not strike his neck (kill him)?" He rebuked me, and said: 'That is not for anyone after the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ.'" (Hasan) Abū 'Abdur-Raḥmān (An-Nasā'ī) said: Abū Naṣr is Ḥumaid bin Hilal, and Yūnus bin 'Ubaid reported it from him with his chain:
