Arabic (Original)
قَالَ أَبُو عَبْد الرَّحْمَنِ حَدَّثَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ بُكَيْرٍ النَّاقِدُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنْ هِشَامِ بْنِ حُجَيْرٍ عَنْ طَاوُسٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ قَالَ لِي مُعَاوِيَةُ عَلِمْتَ أَنِّي قَصَّرْتُ مِنْ رَأْسِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِمِشْقَصٍ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ لَا أَعْلَمُ هَذَا إِلَّا حُجَّةً عَلَيْكَ.
English Translation
Abu 'Abd al-Rahman said: 'Amr ibn Muhammad ibn Bukayr al-Naqid narrated to me, saying: Sufyan ibn 'Uyayna narrated to us from Hisham ibn Hujayr from Tawus from Ibn 'Abbas, who said: Mu'awiya said to me: 'Do you know that I shortened the hair of the head of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, with an arrowhead?' I said to him: 'I know only that this is an argument against you.'