Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا بَهْزٌ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الْمَلِكِ بْنُ مَيْسَرَةَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ النَّزَّالَ بْنَ سَبْرَةَ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَجُلًا يَقْرَأُ آيَةً عَلَى غَيْرِ مَا أَقْرَأَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَأَخَذْتُ بِيَدِهِ فَأَتَيْتُ بِهِ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ كِلَاكُمَا قَدْ أَحْسَنَ قَالَ وَغَضِبَ حَتَّى عُرِفَ الْغَضَبُ فِي وَجْهِهِ قَالَ شُعْبَةُ أَكْبَرُ ظَنِّي أَنَّهُ قَالَ لَا تَخْتَلِفُوا فَإِنَّ مَنْ قَبْلَكُمْ اخْتَلَفُوا فِيهِ فَهَلَكُوا.
English Translation
Bahz told us, Shu'bah told us, Abd al-Malik ibn Maysarah told me, who said: I heard al-Nazzal ibn Sabrah relate from Abdullah, who said: "I heard a man reciting a verse differently from how the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, had taught me, so I took him by the hand and brought him to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, and he said: 'Both of you have indeed done well.'" He said: "And he became angry, until the anger was recognized in his face." Shu'bah said: "To the best of my belief, he said: 'Do not differ, for those before you differed about it and perished.'"