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1592 — Abū Saīd Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Ziyād al-Arābī narrated to us; he said: ⦗2099⦘ Al-Hasan ibn al-Muthannā narrated to us; he said: Affān ibn Muslim narrated to us; he said: Hammād narrated to us, from al-Kalbī, from Abū Sālih, from Ibn Abbās—may Allah be pleased with him—that al-Walīd ibn Uqba said to Alī ibn Abī Tālib—may Allah be pleased with him: “I am more eloquent than you, my spearpoint is sharper than yours, and I am better able than you to drive back a battalion.” Alī replied, “Be silent, for you are a transgressor.” Allah—Mighty and Majestic—then revealed: “Is one who is a believer like one who is a transgressor? They are not equal” [al-Sajda: 18].
١٥٩٢ - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو سَعِيدٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ الْأَعْرَابِيُّ قَالَ ⦗٢٠٩٩⦘: حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ , عَنِ الْكَلْبِيِّ , عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ , عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ﵁: أَنَّ الْوَلِيدَ بْنَ عُقْبَةَ قَالَ لِعَلِيِّ بْنِ أَبِي طَالِبٍ ﵁: أَنَا أَبْسَطُ , مِنْكَ لِسَانًا , وَأَحَدُ مِنْكَ سِنَانًا , وَأَجْلَى لِلْكَتِيبَةِ مِنْكَ , فَقَالَ: اسْكُتْ , فَإِنَّكَ فَاسِقٌ فَأَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ ﷿ ﴿أَفَمَنْ كَانَ مُؤْمِنًا كَمَنْ كَانَ فَاسِقًا , لَا يَسْتَوُونَ﴾ [السجدة: ١٨]