Musnad Ahmad 2511
Ahmad ibn Hanbal
«" مَا أَدْرَكْنَا أَحَدًا أَقْوَمَ بِقَوْلِ الشِّيعَةِ مِنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ "»
Its text does not say these are the Prophet’s words ﷺ, so they are not framed in gold.
The chain
The text as printed
٢٥١١ - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو قَطَنٍ، عَنِ الْمَسْعُودِيِّ، قَالَ: " مَا أَدْرَكْنَا أَحَدًا أَقْوَمَ بِقَوْلِ الشِّيعَةِ مِنْ عَدِيِّ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ " (١)
Rulings on it
The early critics’ verdicts on this hadith have not been extracted from their books yet: they are in their texts, and their extraction is coming.