Hadith Ladud
Such narrations often have contexts that is missing from the text. We also have no idea as to what emotion something was said with. For example, if this narration is rightly associated with prophet SAW, it could still very well have been said lightly to cheer everyone up who was sad about prophet’s illness. Prophet SAW’s personality was undisputedly the best example for the humanity during his own lifetime, and after 1400 years it still firmly stands that claim. We don’t require the crutches of individual narrations to infer his personality , especially when we choose to ignore the Quran and an overwhelming number of other narrations that establish him as nothing short of a perfect gentleman.
Please also see: Discussion 1042