حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحٌ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ بَهْدَلَةَ عَنْ زِرِّ بْنِ حُبَيْشٍ عَنْ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ أَقْرَأَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ سُورَةَ الْأَحْقَافِ وَأَقْرَأَهَا آخَرَ فَخَالَفَنِي فِي آيَةٍ مِنْهَا فَقُلْتُ مَنْ أَقْرَأَكَ قَالَ أَقْرَأَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ لَقَدْ أَقْرَأَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَذَا وَكَذَا فَأَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَعِنْدَهُ رَجُلٌ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَلَمْ تُقْرِئْنِي كَذَا وَكَذَا قَالَ بَلَى قَالَ الْآخَرُ أَلَمْ تُقْرِئْنِي كَذَا وَكَذَا قَالَ بَلَى فَتَمَعَّرَ وَجْهُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ الرَّجُلُ الَّذِي عِنْدَهُ لِيَقْرَأْ كُلُّ وَاحِدٍ مِنْكُمَا كَمَا سَمِعَ فَإِنَّمَا هَلَكَ أَوْ أُهْلِكَ مَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ بِالِاخْتِلَافِ فَمَا أَدْرِي أَأَمَرَهُ بِذَاكَ أَوْ شَيْءٍ قَالَهُ مِنْ قِبَلِهِ
مسند امام احمد بن حنبل · Hadith 4322
It was narrated that Ibn Mas'ood said: The Messenger of Allah (PBUH) taught me SoorataT Ahqaf and he taught it to someone else, who differed with me in (the recitation of) one verse of it. i said: Who taught you it? He said: The Messenger of Allah (PBUH) taught me. I said: The Messenger of Allah taught me such and such. i went to the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) and there was a man with him. i said: O Messenger of Allah, did you not teach me such and such? He said: "Yes." The other man said: Did you not teach me such and such? He said: "Yes." And the face of the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) showed anger. The man who was with him said: Let each of you recite it as he heard it, for those who came before you were doomed because of differences. I do not know whether he told him to say that or if it was something that he said of his own accord.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020