حَدَّثَنَا هَاشِمٌ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ بْنِ مَيْسَرَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ النَّزَّالَ بْنَ سَبْرَةَ الْهِلَالِيَّ يُحَدِّثُ عَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَجُلًا قَرَأَ آيَةً قَدْ سَمِعْتُ مِنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ خِلَافَهَا فَأَخَذْتُهُ فَجِئْتُ بِهِ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ فَعَرَفْتُ فِي وَجْهِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ الْكَرَاهِيَةَ قَالَ كِلَاكُمَا مُحْسِنٌ لَا تَخْتَلِفُوا أَكْبَرُ عِلْمِي قَالَ مِسْعَرٌ قَدْ ذَكَرَ فِيهِ لَا تَخْتَلِفُوا إِنَّ مَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ اخْتَلَفُوا فَأَهْلَكَهُمْ
مسند امام احمد بن حنبل · Hadith 4364
It was narrated that Ibn Mas'ood said: I heard a man narrate a verse that I had heard differently from the Prophet (PBUH) and I brought him to the Prophet (PBUH). Then I recognised displeasure in the face of the Prophet (PBUH). He said: "Both of you are good; do not differ." As far as I [the narrator] know, Mis'ar said: He said: "Do not differ, for those who came before you differed and they were doomed."
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020