Some men from the Ansar, companions of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, told me that one night they were sitting with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ when a shooting star streaked across the sky. He then narrated the hadith, except that he said, "When our Lord decrees a matter, the bearers of the Throne glorify Him, then those next to them, then those next to them, until the glorification reaches the lowest heaven. Those near the bearers of the Throne ask the bearers of the Throne, 'What did your Lord say?' They reply, 'The truth, and He is the Most High, the Most Great.' Then they say such and such, and the inhabitants of the heavens inform one another until the news reaches the lowest heaven."He said, "Then the devils come and eavesdrop on the news, and they cast it down to their allies and hurl it to them. Whatever they convey accurately is true, but they add to it, fabricate, and take away from it."
حدثنا محمد بن مصعب حدثنا الأوزاعي عن الزهري عن علي بن حسين
حدثني رجال من الأنصار من أصحاب رسول الله ﷺ أنهم كانوا جلوسا مع رسول الله ﷺ ذات ليلة إذ رمي بنجم فذكر الحديث إلا أنه قال إذا قضى ربنا أمرا سبحه حملة العرش ثم الذين يلونهم ثم الذين يلونهم حتى يبلغ التسبيح السماء الدنيا فيقولون الذين يلون حملة العرش لحملة العرش ماذا قال ربكم فيقولون الحق وهو العلي الكبير فيقولون كذا وكذا فيخبر أهل السماوات بعضهم بعضا حتى يبلغ الخبر السماء الدنيا قال ويأتي الشياطين فيستمعون الخبر فيقذفون به إلى أوليائهم ويرمون به إليهم فما جاءوا به على وجهه فهو حق ولكنهم يزيدون فيه ويقرفون وينقصون
Its isnad is sahih, and we have already indicated its sourcing in the hadith before it. "Yaqrifun," with fatha on the ya, sukun on the qaf, and fatha on the ra, meaning they mix falsehood into it. It is said "qarafa alayhi," meaning he lied. See Nawawi's commentary on Muslim, 14:225–227. In [manuscript] K it reads "yaqtirun" instead of "yaqrifun."