Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أَحْمَدَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ حَبِيبٍ عَنْ حَبِيبِ بْنِ أَبِي ثَابِتٍ عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ يَسَارٍ قَالَ جَاءَ رَجُلٌ فَوَقَعَ فِي عَلِيٍّ وَفِي عَمَّارٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى عَنْهُمَا عِنْدَ عَائِشَةَ فَقَالَتْ أَمَّا عَلِيٌّ فَلَسْتُ قَائِلَةً لَكَ فِيهِ شَيْئًا وَأَمَّا عَمَّارٌ فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ لَا يُخَيَّرُ بَيْنَ أَمْرَيْنِ إِلَّا اخْتَارَ أَرْشَدَهُمَا.
English Translation
Abu Ahmad told us: Abdullah ibn Habib told us, from Habib ibn Abi Thabit, from Ata ibn Yasar, who said: A man came and spoke ill of Ali and Ammar, may Allah be pleased with them both, in the presence of A'ishah. She said, "As for Ali, I will not say anything to you about him. As for Ammar, I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: 'He is never given a choice between two matters except that he chooses the more rightly-guided of them.'"