Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا وَهْبُ بْنُ جَرِيرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ مَلَاذٍ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ نُمَيْرِ بْنِ أَوْسٍ عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ مَسْرُوحٍ عَنْ عَامِرِ بْنِ أَبِي عَامِرٍ الْأَشْعَرِيِّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ نِعْمَ الْحَيُّ الْأُسْدُ وَالْأَشْعَرِيُّونَ لَا يَفِرُّونَ فِي الْقِتَالِ وَلَا يَغُلُّونَ هُمْ مِنِّي وَأَنَا مِنْهُمْ قَالَ عَامِرٌ فَحَدَّثْتُ بِهِ مُعَاوِيَةَ فَقَالَ لَيْسَ هَكَذَا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَلَكِنَّهُ قَالَ هُمْ مِنِّي وَإِلَيَّ فَقَالَ لَيْسَ هَكَذَا حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَلَكِنَّهُ قَالَ هُمْ مِنِّي وَأَنَا مِنْهُمْ قَالَ فَأَنْتَ إِذًا أَعْلَمُ بِحَدِيثِ أَبِيكَ قَالَ عَبْد اللَّهِ هَذَا مِنْ أَجْوَدِ الْحَدِيثِ مَا رَوَاهُ إِلَّا جَرِيرٌ.
English Translation
Wahb ibn Jarir told us, he said: My father told us, he said: I heard Abdullah ibn Malath narrating from Numayr ibn Aws, from Malik ibn Masruh, from Amir ibn Abi Amir al-Ash'ari, from his father, from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, who said: What an excellent tribe are the Ash'ariyyun - lions, who do not flee in battle nor commit treachery; they are of me and I am of them. Amir said: I narrated this to Mu'awiyah, and he said: That is not how the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said it, rather he said: they are of me and to me. He said: It is not so; my father narrated to me from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, rather he said: they are of me and I am of them. He said: Then you are more knowledgeable about your father's hadith. Abdullah said: This is among the best hadiths; none narrated it except Jarir.