Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي عَنِ ابْنِ إِسْحَاقَ قَالَ فَحَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ مَعْمَرِ بْنِ حَزْمٍ عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ كَعْبِ بْنِ عُجْرَةَ عَنْ عَمَّتِهِ زَيْنَبَ بِنْتِ كَعْبٍ وَكَانَتْ عِنْدَ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ قَالَ اشْتَكَى عَلِيًّا النَّاسُ قَالَ فَقَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِينَا خَطِيبًا فَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ لَا تَشْكُوا عَلِيًّا فَوَاللَّهِ إِنَّهُ لَأُخَيْشِنٌ فِي ذَاتِ اللَّهِ أَوْ فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ.
English Translation
Ya'qub told us, his father told us, from Ibn Ishaq, who said: Abdullah ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn Ma'mar ibn Hazm told me, from Sulayman ibn Muhammad ibn Ka'b ibn Ujra, from his aunt Zaynab bint Ka'b - who was married to Abu Sa'id al-Khudri - from Abu Sa'id al-Khudri, who said: "The people complained about Ali. So the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, stood up among us delivering a sermon, and I heard him say: 'O people, do not complain about Ali, for by Allah, he is indeed harsh in the cause of Allah,' or 'in the path of Allah.'"