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Mu'awiya the donkey

Sharh Ma’ani al-Athar by al-Tahawi, Vol. 2, pg. 452 - 453, Report # 1610:

قيل له: قد روي عن ابن عباس في فعل معاوية هذا ما يدل على إنكاره إياه عليه.
وذلك.

أن أبا غسان مالك بن يحيى الهمداني حدثنا قال: ثنا عبد الوهاب بن عطاء، قال: أنا عمران بن حدير، عن عكرمة أنه قال: كنت مع ابن عباس عند معاوية نتحدث حتى ذهب هزيع من الليل، فقام معاوية، فركع ركعة واحدة، فقال ابن عباس: "من أين ترى أخذها الحمار؟.

It was said to him: It has been narrated from Ibn ‘Abbas regarding this action of Mu‘awiya what indicates that he disapproved of it from him. And that is:

Abu Ghassan Malik b. Yahya al-Hamdani narrated to us; he said: ‘Abd al-Wahhab b. ‘Ata narrated to us; he said: ‘Imran b. Hudayr narrated to me, from ‘Ikrima, that he said: I was with Ibn ‘Abbas by Mu‘awiya, talking until a portion of the night had passed. Mu‘awiya then stood and prayed one rak‘a, so Ibn ‘Abbas said: “From where do you think the donkey learned that?”