ʿAbd al-Jabbār ibn al-ʿAlāʾ al-Makkī narrated to us: Sufyān narrated to us, from ʿAmr ibn Dīnār, who said: Tāwūs informed us: I heard Abū Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him, relate that the Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said:

“Adam and Moses, peace be upon them both, disputed. Moses said, ‘Adam, you are our father, yet you let us down and caused us to leave Paradise.’ Adam replied, ‘Moses, Allah chose you to speak to you and wrote the Torah for you with His hand. Do you blame me for something Allah decreed for me forty years before He created me?’” He said, “Thus Adam prevailed over Moses in argument, peace be upon them both.”

⦗127⦘ Al-Hasan ibn Muhammad al-Zaʿfarānī narrated to us: Sufyān ibn ʿUyaynah narrated to us, from ʿAmr—that is, Ibn Dīnār—from Tāwūs, who heard Abū Hurayrah relate a similar report from the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace. He included the words, “And wrote the Torah for you with His hand,” but did not mention, “Thus Adam prevailed over Moses in argument.”

ʿAmr ibn ʿAlī narrated to us: Sufyān narrated to us, from ʿAmr ibn Dīnār, from Tāwūs, who heard Abū Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him, relate from the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, a report like that of ʿAbd al-Jabbār. He included the words, “And wrote the Torah for you with His hand,” and, “Do you blame me?”