his father, from his grandfather, Abdullāh ibn Amr ibn al-Ās, may Allah be pleased with them both, who said:

“My brother and I once attended a gathering, and I would not exchange that experience for red camels. I approached with my brother and found a group of elderly Companions of the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, sitting by one of his doors. We did not want to make them move apart, so we sat to one side. They mentioned a verse of the Quran and disputed over it until their voices rose. The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, came out angrily, his face reddened, throwing dust at them and saying, ‘Is this what you have been commanded to do? This is how the nations before you perished: by disputing with their prophets and setting the Scriptures against one another. The Quran was not sent down for one part of it to contradict another. So whatever