“Are you not, O Marwan, the son of the accursed man—your father, whom the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, cursed?!” He said: Aisha, may Allah be pleased with her, heard the two of them and said, “O Marwan! Did you say such-and-such to Abd al-Rahman?! You have lied! It was not revealed concerning him; rather, it was revealed concerning so-and-so, son of so-and-so.” Marwan then burst into tears (!) and descended from the pulpit, going to the door of her chamber. He continued speaking with her until he departed.

I say: Ibn Kathir made no comment on it, though its chain of transmission is authentic.

Al-Bukhari also reported it in his Sahih (4827) through another, abbreviated chain, in which Marwan said, “Seize him!” But he entered Aisha’s house, and they were unable to get hold of him.

It also contains Aisha’s condemnation of Marwan.

Al-Nasa’i likewise reported it in al-Kubra (6/458–459) through a third route, from the narration of Shu‘bah, from Muhammad ibn Ziyad, who said:

When Muawiyah secured the pledge of allegiance for his son, Marwan said, “The precedent of Abu Bakr and Umar!” Abd al-Rahman ibn Abi Bakr replied, “The precedent of Heraclius and Caesar!”

It further states that Aisha replied to Marwan:

“By Allah, he is lying! It was not revealed concerning him. Had I wished to name the one concerning whom it was revealed, I would have named him. But the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, cursed Marwan’s [father] (1), while Marwan was still in his loins; thus, he was a mere fragment (2) of Allah’s curse.”

I say: Its chain of transmission is authentic. Al-Hafiz, in Fath al-Bari (13/577), and al-Suyuti, in al-Durr (6/41), attributed it to Abd ibn Humayd, Ibn al-Mundhir, al-Hakim—who declared it authentic—and Ibn Mardawayh.