Sayyiduna al-Mughirah bin Shu'bah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated: I was with Sayyiduna Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) when a horse was presented to him. A man said: "Give it to me to ride." Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "That I give it to ride to a boy who has ridden horses on his own ('uzlah) is dearer to me than giving it to you to ride." The man became angry and said: "By Allah! I am a better horseman than you and your father." Sayyiduna al-Mughirah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: When he said that to the successor of the Messenger of Allah, I became angry. I got up and went to him, seized his head and struck him on his nose, and a swelling formed there. The Ansar wanted to take retaliation from me. When this reached Sayyiduna Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him), he said: "Some people think that I will grant them retaliation against al-Mughirah bin Shu'bah. That I should expel them from their lands would be more fitting than that I grant them retaliation against one who disciplines, who disciplines the servants of Allah."
(Allamah al-Haythami said:) I could not understand the meaning of this last sentence. And Allah knows best.
Al-Tabarani recorded it, and its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih.
Hadith Referenceمجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب المناقب / 15951
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:إسنادہ صحیح
Hadith Takhrij«اخرجه الطبراني فى المعجم الكبير (402/20)»