14. Distortion of the narration in which Mugheera Ibn Sho’uba abused Ali on pulpit !

Ahmad bin Hanbal (Died 241 AH) narrated :

حدثنا وكيع، حدثنا شعبة، عن الحر بن الصياح، عن عبد الرحمن بن الأخنس، قال: خطبنا المغيرة بن شعبة فنال من علي رضي اللهُ عنه….

Abdur Rahman bin Al-Akhnas said :

Mugheera bin Sho’uba gave us sermon and he abused Ali Ibn Abi Talib…..

Musnad – Ahmad bin Hanbal // Volume 3 // Page 177 // Number 1631 // Edn. Risalah Al-Alamiyyah Beriut Lebanon.

Abu Ya’la Mosuli (Died 307 AH) also narrated same narration with same wording.

Musnad – Abu Ya’la // Volume 2 // Page 259 – 260 // Number 971 // Edn. Maktaba Rusd Riyadh Saudi Arabia.

Now the same narration is quoted by Al-Nasa’i with following wording :

شهدت سعيد بن زيد بن عمرو بن نفيل عند المغيرة بن شعبة، فذكر من علي شيئاً.

Sa’eed bin Zayd bin ‘Umro bin Nafel was beside Al-Mugheera Ibn Sho’uba and he said something about Ali Ibn Abi Talib.

Sunan – Al-Nasa’i // Volume 10 // Page 225 // Number 8350 // Edn. Dar Al-Tasil Riyadh Saudi Arabia.