[Machine] It was mentioned to Ibn Mas'ud that there was a story-teller who used to sit at night and say to the people, "Say such and such, then inform me." So they informed him and Abdullah came, having learned it exactly. Then he said, "Whoever knows me, has known me. As for those who do not know me, I am Abdullah ibn Mas'ud. You all know that you are more rightly guided than Muhammad ﷺ and his companions, or that you are clinging to a misguided sin."  

ذُكِرَ لِابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَاصٌّ يَجْلِسُ بِاللَّيْلِ وَيَقُولُ لِلنَّاسِ قُولُوا كَذَا فَقَالَ «إِذَا رَأَيْتُمُوهُ فَأَخْبَرُونِي» قَالَ فَأَخْبَرُوهُ فَجَاءَ عَبْدُ اللهِ مُتَقَنِّعًا فَقَالَ «مَنْ عَرَفَنِي فَقَدْ عَرَفَنِي وَمَنْ لَمْ يَعْرِفْنِي فَأَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ تَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّكُمْ لَأَهْدَى مِنْ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ وَأَصْحَابِهِ أَوْ إِنَّكُمْ لَمُتَعَلِّقُونَ بِذَنَبِ ضَلَالَةٍ»